Flynn blocks resolution to help Haitians stay in their homes; murder on Blue Hill Avenue
Hours after judge strips Haitians of their right to work, Councilor Flynn blocks resolution calling on Boston to speed up efforts to help them stay in their homes
August 5
City Councilor Ed Flynn (South Boston, Chinatown, South End, Downtown) today blocked a vote on a resolution that called on city officials to increase their efforts to coordinate housing-assistance programs for several thousand Boston residents who today lost their right to work after the Supreme Court had earlier ruled the regime doesn't need any reason to boot them out of the country.
Man shot to death on Blue Hill Avenue near Seaver Street
August 5
WCVB reports a man fixing a moped was fatally shot by somebody driving by on another moped on Blue Hill Avenue inbound just before Seaver Street around 10:15 a.m.
Squid Hell could become apartments in Jamaica Plain
August 5
A pair of developers have proposed replacing the old Squid Hell recording studio at 84 Stonley Rd. in Jamaica Plain with a five-story, 28-unit apartment building overlooking the MBTA bus yard.
Man charged with murder of Dorchester scooter rider last month
August 5
Boston Police report arresting the man they say shot Breidy Martinez as he rode his scooter down York Street in Dorchester...
For second day in a row, somebody arrested with a loaded gun at Washington Beech, this time accompanied by a guy with some brass knuckles, police say
August 5
Boston Police report arresting a Roslindale man at Beechland Circle in Roslindale around 5:05 p.m. on Tuesday for the gun loaded with seven bullets they say he had in a fanny pack as he was being driven around by another man they say had brass knuckles in his fanny pack.
Boozehounds sought for Harbor boat break-in
August 5
Boston Police report they are looking for a trio of happy thieves who boarded a boat docked at Long Wharf and made off with bottles of booze, sometime before 9 a.m...
Spanish restaurant in the South End agrees to keep bartenders from standing on the bar, pouring wine down patrons' throats - and to do better keeping underage drinkers from getting alcohol
August 5
Barcelona Wine Bar, 525 Tremont St. in the South End, told the Boston Licensing Board it has stopped bartenders from pouring wine down patrons' throats from atop a bar, which is not legal in Boston.
