New condo building proposed for Washington Street in Roslindale

New condo building proposed for Washington Street in Roslindale
Eastern screech owl in West Roxbury, captured with a zoom lens by Mary Ellen.

The weather gnomes who run the Boston French Toast Alert were awoken from their tryptophan slumber about a possible snow storm on Tuesday. Likely just rain on the coastal plan, but the NWS did say we might see some "gloppy/sloppy" conditions.

Developer proposes five-story condo building at Washington and Cornell in Roslindale, across from smaller building he's currently putting up

November 26

A Burlington developer has filed plans to replace a single-family house at Washington and Cornell streets in Roslindale with a five-story, 28-unit condo building - across Cornell from where he is currently putting up an 8-unit condo building....

Here's hoping all the people waiting in Somerville for a pie are squared away

November 26

Around 8:20 a.m., Ari Ofsevit reported from Beacon Street in Somerville: "The line outside of Petsi Pies this morning is amazing!"

Resident injured in fire in three decker on Annapolis Street in Dorchester

November 26

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 11 Annapolis St., near Bakersfield Street in Dorchester, for a second-floor fire around 11:45 p.m. on Monday.

Shocking: Electrocuting rats not quite the deterrent Cambridge had hoped

November 26

Rats just don't care when their compatriots climb into a chamber seeking food and instead get zapped to death. Or maybe, Cambridge Day reports, it's because the city bought rat zappers designed for use in sewers and they're just not that good, so they'll be trying above-ground units, aimed at rats that don't hang out with mutant turtles that...

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