Mejia cites dehydration, exhaustion for collapse; Man shot to death in Allston
311 complaint of the day: Who left a pile of rotting fish behind a historic house in Dorchester?
July 19
An olfactorily offended resident filed a 311 complaint about today about the growing stench behind the historic James Blake House, 735 Columbia Rd. in Dorchester ...
Deer with its ducks in a row
July 19
Mary Ellen was at Millennium Park this morning, watching a buck grab some breakfast along the banks of the Charles when a family of wood ducks paddled by.
And then another buck appeared a the buffet: See video.
Roxbury BPL branch renamed after pioneering TV reporter Sarah-Ann Shaw
July 19
WBZ reports on the renaming of the Dudley Street library to the Shaw-Roxbury library in honor of lifelong Roxbury resident Sarah-Ann Shaw, who was the first Black woman reporter on Boston TV.
What Allston is losing as controversial landlord raises rents at large building on Harvard Avenue
July 19
Allstonia interviews the owners of some of the longtime businesses being forced to move or just close following Anwar Faisal's purchase of the Gordon building on Harvard Avenue at Glenville Avenue - which has long been a part of what made Harvard Avenue unique.
Mejia blames council-meeting collapse on dehydration and exhaustion
July 18
El Mundo reports (in Spanish) that Councilor Julia Mejia says she is recuperating from her collapse at a recent City Council meeting, which she blamed on "dehydration and exhaustion."
Orange Line riders once again yell phooey, after some signals again go kablooey
July 18
Yesterday it was SNAFU time on the Orange Line when signals balked at doing their job near Jackson Square. Today, signals at Oak Grove decided they'd rather be doing something else, leading to 30-minute delays.
Rats happily munching on baked goods in a display case get South Station Starbucks shut down
July 18
A Boston health inspector yesterday ordered the South Station Starbucks shut after a manager confirmed the veracity of a video sent to ISD that showed rats noshing on baked goods inside a display case there.
Apartment building proposed for South Huntington Avenue, with some units aimed at artists
July 18
A developer has proposed razing the nondescript and empty one-story building that was once home to El Mundo newspaper on South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica Plain to make way for a five-story, 44-unit apartment building.
Man shot in the stomach on Shawmut Avenue in Roxbury
July 18
Staco City reports a man was shot in the stomach on Shawmut Avenue near Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury around 4:20 a.m.
Man shot to death in Allston apartment
July 18
Boston Police report a man was shot inside an apartment at 20 Rugg Rd. off Braintree Street in Allston around 10:30 p.m. on Friday.
Police say the second lemonade-stand robber has turned himself in - accompanied by his mom
July 18
Boston Police report arresting the second suspect for last month's armed robbery of a lemonade stand in South Boston.
Judge bars regime from cutting billions in grants just because it feels like it
July 18
A Boston federal judge yesterday barred the regime from rescinding federal grants by changing the goals of the grants after they've already been awarded - which the regime had hoped to use to slash funds for programs it now considers evil, or worse, supports diversity.
Signal problems became a royal pain for people heading to Jamaica Plain
July 17
Roving UHub photographer Keegan Dougherty got on a train to Forest Hills, which decided at Back Bay, nah, it doesn't go that way anymore.
Electric scooter on 20th floor of a Northampton Street high rise bursts into flames, causing a two-alarm fire
July 17
Boston firefighters responded around 5:05 p.m. to 35 Northampton St. near Harrison Street for a fire on the 20th floor that started when a scooter in an apartment burst into flames.
South Street Diner gets OK to add bloody Marys, espresso martinis to its drinks program
July 17
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday gave the South Street Diner, 178 Kneeland St. in the Leather District, permission to expand its offerings of alcoholic beverages from beer and wine to harder drinks - after owner Sol Sidell got into a mini-beef with district City Councilor Ed Flynn over possibly later closings for places that serve alcohol.
Shake Shack gets OK to offer burgers until 2 a.m. downtown and in the Back Bay, but not the Seaport, at least not yet
July 17
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday gave Shake Shack permission to extend its closing time to 2 a.m. at its outlets on Washington Street downtown and on Newbury Street in the Back Bay, but held off on similarly late hours at its Seaport Boulevard joint because of outcries from Seaport residents about how the last thing they need is even more hours of scooter deliverers clogging up Seaport Boulevard.
Hoisted on their own bodycam petards: Court tosses gun and drugs as evidence against car owner because bodycam video and audio showed police violated her rights
July 17
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that Suffolk County prosecutors can't use a gun and drugs found in a woman's glovebox in Nubian Square because police opened the compartment with a key she handed over only after a series of illegal pat frisks that at one point left her underwear and bare stomach bare to any passersby who could see in between the 11 total cops who surrounded her.
Cat at sunrise on Revere Beach
July 17
Dawn found Matt Frank walking along Revere Beach enjoying some of the completed sand sculptures ready for this weekend's International Sand Sculpting Festival, which officially opened at 10 a.m.
A man, a rental truck and the BU Bridge: A return to the storrowing of yore
July 17
NBC Boston has photos of a classic storrowing around 5:45 this morning: A guy in a Penske rental truck learned the hard way what "CARS ONLY" means when he rumbled head on into the Grand Junctiom train bridge at the BU Bridge.
