Hub in running for DNC; pregnant women beaten
Hub one of five finalists for 2028 Democratic National Convention
March 2
WFXT reports Democrats have made Boston a finalist, along with Atlanta, Denver, Chicago and Philadelphia, for the convention that will officially pick the party's next presidential candidate, assuming we're still having elections then.
Pregnant women beaten in Roxbury, Dorchester on Sunday, police say
March 2
Boston Police report they are seeking help finding suspects for two separate attacks on pregnant women within two hours, one in a Nubian Square laundromat, the other at an Uphams Corner market.
The new observation tower in Lower Mills
March 2
Lee Toma climbed to the top of the new observation tower on Adams Street in Dorchester Lower Mills last night ...
311 complaint of the day: North Station turning into Bodega Bay Station
March 2
A worried resident filed a 311 complaint about the increasingly precarious situation inside North Station ...
One last St. Patrick's Day for Stats on Dorchester Street
March 2
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Stats, 77 Dorchester St. in South Boston, is closing at the end of the month - with the hope they'll come back. Last year, the Boston Planning Department approved plans by owners Jim and Andrew Statires to knock the old place down and replace it with a five-story, 15-unit apartment building - with ground-floor commercial space where a bar could go.
Bouncer gets 3 to 6 years for punch that ended in man's death on Winter Street downtown in 2023
March 2
A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced a Quincy man to 3 to 6 years in state prison following his manslaughter conviction for the death of Barry Whelan, 46, of Woburn on St. Patrick's Day in 2023 outside the TD Bank ATM at Winter Street and Winter Place.
Nearly 200-year-old Dorchester house could be expanded and wrapped with four-story buildings in new residential complex
March 2
The owner of a two-family house built in 1830 at 39 Minot St. in Dorchester has filed plans to renovate and expand it and add buildings on either side to create a 24-unit housing complex.
Green Line riders have reason to frown: Signal problems on the tracks downtown
March 2
At 6:23 a.m., the MBTA reported "an ongoing signal problem" between Copley and Government Center was causing delays of up to 25 minutes and forcing some trains to stand by at stations. At 7:58, the T advised riders to consider hopping on the Orange Line for downtown service.
Another Red Line pain in the ass: Signal woes at JFK/UMass
March 2
At 10:03 a.m., the MBTA reported 15-minute Red Line delays due to "a signal problem near JFK/UMass."
