Judge repeats order to Postal Service to stop trying to take over mail-in voting
Judge rules regime violated her order to stop planning takeover of mail-in voting; her punishment is to keep her ban in place
August 25
A Boston federal judge who ordered the US Postal Service just two weeks ago to stop planning its takeover of mail-in voting for the November election as blatantly unconstitutional ruled tonight that its decision to finalize its plans anyway and publish them as an official federal regulation tomorrow is a violation of her order.
Matthews Arena replacement set back at least nine months due to asbestos discovery
August 25
The Huntington News digs up the news about asbestos uncovered during excavation, says the stuff could date to the arena's original construction in 1910.
Ashmont could get a Japanese restaurant
August 25
The Dorchester Reporter reports on early plans for a Tori Japan at 1970 Dorchester Ave., next to the Ashmont T stop.
Man charged as drunken boat killer for crash that killed woman at Logan Airport pier
August 25
WCVB summarizes the case against Lawrence Shieh, 40, who is charged with drunkenly ramming a boat stolen from a Seaport marina into a pier at Logan Airport on May 13.
When Dolly Parton helped turn on the lights on the Boston Common Christmas tree
August 25
WCVB reports on the 2019 lighting of the Nova Scotia tree that included country singer and humanitarian Dolly Parton, who died today at 80.
Croke Park mystery: How a man wound up crumpled on the floor, bleeding from the back of his head, his cheek swelling like he'd just been punched
August 25
The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday whether Croke Park, also known as Whitey's, 268 West Broadway in South Boston, could have prevented a man getting smashed in both the front and back of his head one night last month.
Karaoke night at Dorchester restaurant ends in a bit of a melee
August 25
The usual Thursday-night karaoke crowd at Ghost Pepper Taqueria on Savin Hill Avenue swelled on April 16 with the addition of two large birthday parties. And as the place let out for the night, now early on the 17th, people were in no mood to leave. But they were in a fighty mood, not a mood to burst into more song, according to a police report.
Parents sue Seaport hotel over scalding hot coffee their toddler poured into his lap after a server left the beverage on the table right in front of him
August 25
A New Jersey couple today sued the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, 450 Summer St. in the Seaport, over the second-degree burns their 14-month-old son suffered after he reached for an open container of coffee a server had put on their table right in front of him, dumping its contents all over his stomach and legs
Old Ironsides is booming again
August 25
A Charlestown resident reports all is once again well aboard the USS Constitution, which had ceased its usual sunset and 8 a.m. cannon firings on Friday:
Great news! The cannon is back! We heard it...
