Ernie Boch Jr. wants you to come on down for Josh Kraft

Mystery leafy thing for sale at Haymarket, just what is "bright light?"

Allston gets a news and arts source of its very own

August 3

Joanna and John Lin have started up Allstonia, which they promise will be updated once a week with the latest news and happenings around Allston - on both the Web and in e-mail.

311 complaint of the day: The trash explosion on Edinboro Street

August 3

A disgusted resident filed a 311 complaint this morning about the gull-infused situation on Edinboro Street in Chinatown:

Bright lights in the big city

August 3

The Fort Pointer spotted this display at Haymarket yesterday, asks what it is.

Body found floating off New Hampshire island identified as that of a Boston man

August 3

New Hampshire State Police report identifying a body found floating near the Isle of Shoals on July 13 as that of David Paul Stover Shader, 35, of Boston.

Chewing and screwing hits different when there are cameras everywhere, even in seafood restaurants

August 3

Mika McNeil Winder of the Pearl seafood restaurant at South Bay posts photos of a pair of dine-and-dashers.

No, Harvard is not considering paying $500 million in regime blackmail attempt, its president says

August 3

The Crimson reports that Harvard University President Alan Garber has told faculty there's no imminent deal with the regime, let alone one involving a $500-million payment. Doesn't mean Harvard isn't also "working towards the Führer," though.

Campaign roundup: Ernie Boch Jr. wants Bostonians to come on down for Josh Kraft

August 2

Among the people giving money to Josh Kraft's campaign: Ernest Boch Jr. of Norwood, who gave the maximum allowed $1,000 on June 26, acco

Police in Cambridge finally got the alleged machete man out of his apartment around 1 p.m. today; to review pepper-spray use after other residents sickened

August 2

Cambridge Police report that what turned into an 18-hour standoff inside of a Broadway apartment building ended at 1 p.m.

Celtics guy buys Connecticut WNBA team; Boston, here they come?

August 2

ESPN reports that Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca is buying the Connecticut Sun for $325 million and plans to move the team to Bost

Man who hijacked that garbage truck and got shot was once an eyewitness to a murder in Dorchester

August 2

WCVB reports that Admilson Vizcaino, the man charged with stealing an SUV, crashing it near the Encore casino, then carjacking a garbage truck and ...

Chinatown road rager gets out of car, follows pedestrian he almost hit into T stop and smashes him in the face with a bottle, police say

August 1

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy who so objected to a pedestrian who told him to be more after nearly running into him in a Chinatown crosswalk around 3 p.m.

Massachusetts, other states sue regime over its medical transphobia

August 1

Massachusetts, 15 states and the District of Columbia today sued Jeffrey Epstein's BFF and his attorney general for what they say are their unconstitutional, illegal attempts to destroy the lives of transgender people and their families.

On a steaming hot day, woman with a knife stole eight boxes of ice cream from the Grove Hall CVS, police say

August 1

Boston Police report arresting a woman they say walked into the CVS at 468 Blue Hill Ave.

Landlords can't deduct money for 'reasonable wear and tear' from your security deposit when you move, court says

August 1

The state's highest court says landlords who try to grab some money for "reasonable wear and tear" when tenants move out need to cut that out - in an opinion that comes the same day that ...

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