Failed NY bank robber becomes failed Chinatown bank robber
Boston Police report arresting a New Jersey man they say tried robbing three Chinatown banks in less than half an hour yesterday, but was turned away by tellers at two of them.
Imagine if the Hancock were a lighthouse
October 25
Andy Woodruff was on a plane getting ready to land at Logan just before sunset yesterday.
Arboretum trees show off
October 25
A tree on the Walter Street side of Peters Hill in the Arboretum was making a statement this afternoon - just a short walk from the lemonade, um, ginko trees.
Dorchester mother charged with manslaughter for fentanyl death of daughter, 4
October 25
Boston Police report arresting Dayanna Familiar, 35, on a manslaughter charge after a medical examiner concluded her 4-year-old daughter died Aug. 17 from 'acute fentanyl intoxication" in their Dorchester apartment.
Belmont newspaper: Just because you have multiple MIT degrees doesn't mean you know anything about the First Amendment or contract law
October 24
The Belmont Voice's new lawyer last night fired back against the Inventor of Email's lawsuit that demands a judge make it write about him with a 26-page legal memorandum that can be boiled down to two points:
- Read the First Amendment, bud;
- An e-mail saying the paper wants to cover "independent" Senate candidates is not a contract, much less a binding one that a judge can enforce.
Man shot dead in a car off Dacia Street in Roxbury
October 24
Boston Police report a man in a car outside 12 Beauford Lane in Dorchester was shot around 10:25 p.m. on Friday.
Two injured in fire on Brainerd Road in Allston
October 24
Boston firefighters responded to 117 Brainerd Rd. in Allston around 3:35 a.m. for what turned into a three-alarm fire.
Somerville Theatre secures future and becomes its own landlord
October 23
The employee group that took over Somerville Theatre programming last year announced today it's bought the Davis Square building that's housed the theatre since 1914 for $12 million.
Allston Rat City? More like Boston Rat City, with rat amusement parks, rat buffets and rat highways, disgusted residents tell City Council
October 23
A hearing led by City Councilor Ed Flynn today started with city officials talking up efforts to combat rats that include: Installation of sound sensors in North End, Chinatown and South Boston sewers to track the squeakers as they head underground for the winter, installation of rodent-resistant trash dumpsters at some BHA developments, park ...
A lion sleeps
October 23
The Franklin Park Zoo reports (with photos) the death of Dinari the lion at 17.
All those ballot questions
October 23
WBUR takes a look at each of the nine ballot questions we have this year.
