Man stabbed to death in Mattapan

Man stabbed to death in Mattapan
Some of the winners in a Franklin Park poster competition, by Lindsay Crockett.

Convicted crack dealer charged with fatal stabbing on Fremont Street in Mattapan

November 16

A man was stabbed in the neck at 30 Fremont St. in Mattapan around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday.

End of the line for venerable ice-cream place at BC T stop

November 16

The Heights reports the White Mountain Creamery next to the Boston College Green Line terminal, which opened in 1983, is shutting down at the end of the month - but will be replaced by another small ice-cream chain with...

Person shot on Beacon Hill

November 16

Boston.com reports a person was shot around 9:15 a.m. on Friday at 39 Bowdoin St., near Derne Street on Beacon Hill, and that the homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

Late-night crash in Roslindale Square at the mobile, which remains standing

November 15

Arlo Rogoff happened across a driver who found a new place to park in Roslindale Square shortly after 10:30 tonight: The pedestrian crossing and island in front of the Roslindale Square mobile at Belgrade and Corinth, in front of the Square Root....

Going my way?

November 15

Mary Ellen spotted a sparrow looking like it was trying to hitch a ride at Millennium Park. See larger.

Even Republican women want nothing to do with the Florida Boy at BU who claims he sic'ed ICE on the Allston Car Wash

November 15

The Daily Free Press reports.

Here's hoping people in the Fenway kept their puppies inside

November 15

A roving UHub photographer spotted the Secretary of Puppy Eradication at Fenway Park today, along with a cast member of Real World: Boston, in town for an annual Coast Guard/Merchant Marine football game. No word if she was planning a celebratory post-game gloat ride in Allston.

Big heads in a window on Tremont Street

November 15

Handmaid spotted these big heads in a window up on the third floor of the building next to the AMC theaters on Tremont Street and wondered who they were.

Man without a license runs red light then parks in a no-parking zone in Dorchester with a loaded gun and an alcoholic drink, police say

November 14

Boston Police report that a Dorchester man originally pulled over for running a red light and then trying to park in a no-parking zone was arrested on a variety of both driving and gun charges on Washington Street in Dorchester early...

Franklin Park gets posters

November 14

The city, the Franklin Park Coalition and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects recently announced the winners of a competition to highlight the pendant of the Emerald Necklace, such as Lindsay Crockett, who was honored for her "New Jewels" series featuring Elma Lewis ...

311 complaint of the day: Boston Latin School students are already under enough stress

November 14

A distraught resident filed a 311 complaint this morning about the situation outside BLS on Avenue Louis Pasteur; alleges it made BLS student cry.

Manager for BPS bus operator charged with extortion in kickback scheme; one vendor also arrested

November 14

A now former manager at Transdev, the company that runs and maintains Boston Public Schools buses, was arrested this morning on more than a dozen federal counts of bribery, extortion and mail fraud for the way he allegedly demanded and got  kickbacks from vendors who cleaned and maintained BPS buses and bus yards....

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