Flann O'Brien's could be coming back; judge blocks one regime plan to control elections

Proposed replacement for the Poor Clare Nuns monastery at the Arborway in JP.

Owners of a Dorchester bar designed with Flann O'Brien's of Mission Hill in mind hope to re-open Flann O'Brien's

June 24

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owners of the Banshee on Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester open a new Flann O'Brien's at 1619 Tremont St. at the Brigham Circle side of Mission Hill - the address of the original Flann O'Brien's, which closed during the pandemic in 2021.

Judge blocks regime from trying to force states to make voters show proof of citizenship

June 24

A judge in Boston federal court this morning ruled the Man Who Would Be King's apparatchiks can't force Massachusetts and other states that joined it in a suit to make voters bring proof of citizenship and to prohibit the states from counting mail-in ballots that were postmarked before Election Day but received after it.

Third time a winner? Developer tries again with new plan to replace old monastery next to the Arboretum

June 24

A developer has filed its third proposal for the Poor Clare Nuns monastery, this time calling for the elimination of current, abandoned residence and construction of more residential units on the site - but also a 50-foot buffer filled with trees between the proposed building and the Arnold Arboretum, coupled with an agreement lasting more than 800 years to let the Arboretum do what it must to keep that buffer in place to protect its own trees.

Man indicted on charges he would putter up to elderly women on his moped and rob them, at least once at gunpoint

June 24

A man who lucked out and had a charge of robbing an elderly woman at gunpoint last fall dismissed in April was indicted this week on charges he used that opportunity to pick up where he left off - robbing numerous women, mostly elderly, from his moped in Dorchester, Mattapan, Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Hey, ChatGPT, draw me a map of the MBTA, but with an Orange Line extension down Blue Hill Avenue

June 24

This is the map that City Councilors Miniard Culpepper (Roxbury) and Brian Worrell (Dorchester) used yesterday as part of their case to build an Orange Line extension down Blue Hill Avenue. As if we needed more proof that friends don't let friends use generative AI. How many mistakes can you find?

Mejia cites dehydration, exhaustion for collapse; Man shot to death in Allston

311 complaint of the day: Who left a pile of rotting fish behind a historic house in Dorchester? July 19 An olfactorily offended resident filed a 311 complaint about today about the growing stench behind the historic James Blake House, 735 Columbia Rd. in Dorchester ... Deer with its ducks in

People demand safer roads; guy charged with shooting at cops

But first, this morning dawned bright and early and full of storrowing goodness: Somebody in a rental truck ignored the "CARS ONLY" signs and did a 10-out-of-1o storrowing inbound at the BU Bridge around 5 a.m: Truck completely destroyed, roof peeled back and laying

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The state Department of Environmental Protection forecast for today: "Wildfire smoke from Canada will continue to enter the region and influence particle pollution levels. Fine particle levels are forecast to average in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) range." And by "sensitive groups," they mean seniors,

One man with black T and shiesty, other in gray hoodie, their Civic.

Two sought for stabbing at Roslindale cemetery

Boston Police report they are looking for two guys and a Honda Civic for a stabbing at St. Michael Cemetery, 500 Canterbury St. in Roslindale, around 6:10 a.m. on Saturday. Read more. After-hours brawl left once promising amateur boxer from Ireland bleeding from several stab wounds outside