Man opens fire with an assault rifle on Mem. Drive; apartments planned for West Roxbury
Two shot on Memorial Drive
May 11
Cambridge police and paramedics and state troopers responded to 808 Memorial Drive, just before River Street, on reports of gunfire around 1:30 p.m.
Cambridge paramedics transported two people to the hospital, one in critical condition plus the shooter. One victim was in a car and crashed at the Dunkin' Donuts.
Police in Cambridge had just started looking for a Boston man with a rifle when he allegedly opened fire on Memorial Drive
May 11
Just 15 minutes before a man allegedly opened fire with a rifle on Memorial Drive, Boston Police had sent a warning to their counterparts in Cambridge: A man named Tyler Brown - on probation for opening fire on Boston cops in the South End in 2020 - might have crossed the river with a rifle and was making suicidal statements.
The West Roxbury food truck that has long asked motorists "How's your meat?" could be replaced with apartments
May 11
The builder who replaced remnants of an old train line and trestle with single-family houses on Spring Street across from the Star Market plaza in West Roxbury has filed plans to build a four-story, 44-unit apartment building next to the new homes.
Lynn community rallies around school worker on the verge of being deported - leaving behind her son
May 11
NBC Boston reports on a rally yesterday to support the paraprofessional at a local elementary school, who fled persecution and violence in Guatemala, whom ICE, of course, wants to grab and boot out of the country. The mayor, city council and thousands of residents are asking ICE to show what it's so far refused to show: Some mercy.
Manhole fire on the Roslindale/JP line; power outages in JP
May 11
Eversource reports that shortly before 11 a.m., some 148 homes and businesses lost power in the area of Lila Road and Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain.
Thousands walk for peace in Dorchester
May 11
The Dorchester Reporter reports on yesterday's annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace.
