Judges usually oversee suits, not bring them
In unusual move, several judges sue Dorchester man they say keeps trying to harass them through bogus contract filings with state regulators
May 6
The Massachusetts trial-court system, three judges and two court administrators yesterday sued a Dorchester man they charge responded to gun charges against him in Norfolk County courts not by appealing in court but by repeatedly filing forms with the Secretary of State's office that allege they now owe debts to him, debts the amounts for which he's left unstated but which he claims are covered by their admissions of "dishonor."
Brookline voters overwhelmingly approve property-tax hike
May 5
Brookline.news reports.
Missing-tooth building on North Washington Street in the North End to be replaced by six-story condo building
May 5
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans to replace a one-story commercial building at 133-135 North Washington St. in the North End, now surrounded by taller buildings, with a six-story, six-unit condo building.
Dorchester man gets 28 to 40 years for sexually abusing and raping children his mother was fostering
May 5
Taryl Ford, 46, was sentenced to 28 to 40 years in state prison yesterday after a Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted him last month on four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and one count of disseminating obscene matter to a minor, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Thanks, Trump
May 5
Adam Castiglioni captured today's message on the I-93 overpass in Savin Hill.
State has a penny for your thoughts
May 5
The state Department of Revenue today issued guidelines for retailers on what to do as pennies come out of circulation now that they're no longer being minted.
New apartments approved for Readville
May 5
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a six-story, 42-unit apartment building at 1742 Hyde Park Avenue, just up from the Readville train station, and gave the owner of two smaller buildings at 1904 River St. at the Dedham line permission to add eight new apartments to the sixteen already there.
Imagine a Green Line extension to Chelsea - via the Tobin
May 5
Vanshnookenraggen takes a deep dive into ways to get Chelsea rapid transit that doesn't involve delays caused by a bridge over Chelsea Creek going up. He starts with why densely packed Chelsea doesn't have regular rail service (all those hills), considers and then rules out possible Orange and Blue Line extension before explaining how the Green Line might be extended into the city - via existing but currently unused loop tracks at Government Center (under Cop Slide) and a right-of-way on a third deck on the Tobin Bridge. What? The Tobin might need extensive renovation or even replacement at some point, he writes, adding that a possible interim step would be adding that third deck, but using it at first for bus rapid transit.
The green, white and red returns to Adams Street
May 5
And all is right with the world again, or, at least, Nonantum. The Newton Beacon is there to watch the paint dry.
