Holiday celebrations, bad sidewalks in West Roxbury, Roxbury
A dead letter day in Chelsea
November 2
Matt Frank took in Chelsea's Dia de muertos festival.
Shining city from a hill
November 2
The view from Peters Hill on the Roslindale side of the Arnold Arboretum this afternoon included not just the Boston skyline, but the changing trees down the hill
There were other trees to see on the hill, as well ...
Former Newton Mayor Setti Warren died today, 55
November 2
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller reported today that her predecessor, Setti Warren, died at his home today.
I-93 turned into the Southeast Distressway
November 2
Shamus Moynihan roved over to the on ramp up to I-93 south near Albany Street, which was shut around 1:30 p.m. due to a vehicle going up in flames at the top.
311 complaint of the day: Why are cars more important than pedestrians in West Roxbury?
November 2
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about the newly painted stop line for the Chase Bank parking lot at Belgrade Avenue and Centre Street in West Roxbury ...
Two shot in Nubian Square
November 2
Two people were shot in Dudley Square around 10:45 a.m. Read more.
Venerable sex-toys shop, Cambridge's last, to close
November 2
Cambridge Day reports that Hubba Hubba, a woman-owned sex-stuff shop that opened in 1979 will close for good on Nov. 24, after a GoFundMe drive failed to raise enough to meet even one month's rent.
Men who think abortion is too important to leave to the womenfolk hold their annual forced-birth march through Boston
November 1
As they now do every November, members of a right-wing Catholic men's group marched from a Planned Parenthood clinic in Allston down Comm. Ave. to Boston Common to try to force their ideas about abortion on a state that clearly rejects them - surrounded as they are every November, by a...
Somebody blew something up at Harvard Medical School - on purpose, authorities say
November 1
The Crimson reports two people were spotted fleeing the Goldenson Building off Longwood Avenue after an explosion on the building's fourth floor shortly before 3 a.m. In addition to Boston Fire arson...
311 complaint: Who would deny this sweet child safe sidewalks - and affordable housing - on Valentine Street?
November 1
A concerned citizen turns a 311 complaint about godawful sidewalks on Valentine Street in Roxbury into a parable for our times ...
Venerable Brookline sushi restaurant closing down
November 1
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that FuGaKyu, which opened in 1998 on Beacon Street in Coolidge Corner, will close permanently on Nov. 5.
The years, and the controversy, took their toll on the Kisscam couple
October 31
The Coldplay Kisscam couple met up again today on Tyndale Street in Roslindale. Photo by Teresa Marx and Joe DeMasi, before the street was shut for its annual trick-or-treatery.
Oh, Toto, I don't think we're at Ruggles anymore!
October 31
MBTA officials took the yellow brick road down to Park Street today to hand out some Halloween greetings - and, yes, candy - to riders. The role of Glinda the Good Witch was played by MBTA superfan Pari Kim.
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Judge orders regime to start using a SNAP emergency fund to pay SNAP recipients
October 31
A federal judge in Boston today ordered the US Department of Agriculture to use a $6-billion emergency fund set up by Congress last year to make at least partial SNAP payments as long as the Republican shutdown of the government continues. ...
Boston, Boston Foundation start fund to help feed people whose SNAP benefits could disappear tomorrow
October 31
Mayor Wu announced today that the city and the Boston Foundation are starting a fund - with an initial seed of $1 million - to help the estimated 140,000 Bostonians on SNAP....
Kidney transplant physician booted out of the US after returning from trip to native Lebanon will have to stay out of the country for at least five years, judge rules
October 31
A federal judge in Boston ruled today there's nothing he can do to bring back a doctor stopped at Logan Airport and put on a plane back to her native Lebanon because she's no longer in US custody.
311 complaint of the day: Why should I have to donate to the BPL?
October 31
An angry resident files a 311 complaint for some spleen venting about the way the Boston Public Library solicits donations on its Web site, like, on every single page, if you can imagine....
Ongoing layoffs at WBZ now include commentator Jon Keller
October 31
Dan Kennedy discusses the way Paramount, which now owns the station, is purging 2,000 employees nationwide - Ellison the Younger's media conglomerations aren't just going to pay for themselves, y'know.
