A tale of two immigrants: Both face possible torture or death if returned to their homelands, but court allows only one to stay February 19 Niranjan Khanal, originally from Nepal, and Rosa Lidia Cante Mijangos, originally from Guatemala, both face potential violent attacks should they return to their homelands. But
Elevator in Franklin Street tower was going down when it just stopped, trapping five people February 18 Boston firefighters responded to 225 Franklin St. around 5:10 p.m. after an elevator with five people onboard suddenly stopped in a "blind shaft" with no easy way out, some
Judge rules Massachusetts has the right to warn people about anti-abortion 'pregnancy resource centers' February 17 A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit by a chain of anti-abortion clinics against a Massachusetts state ad campaign warning people against such facilities. Six-story residential building could go up on Soldiers
Bob Aliano, barber who cut hair for several generations of Roslindale residents, has died February 16 The Rialto Barber Shop on South Street in Roslindale today announced the death of Robert Aliano, 88, who owned the shop from 1959 until 2012 - and who kept cutting hair until last week.
Judge bars ICE from just busting into local Lutheran, Baptist churches without a warrant - or setting up checkpoints just outside to scan people February 15 A federal judge has barred ICE and other federal agencies without warrants from running riot in dozens of Boston-area churches - or from setting
Burst pipe heavily damages Brighton barber shop; friends, customers chip in, benefit show set February 12 A pipe burst in an apartment at 408 Market St. in Brighton Center over the weekend, flooding Matt Charette's Matt's Barber Shop. Boston City Council doesn't go on
An odd duck February 11 Alice Murphy spotted this duck waddling down Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay today, but did not attempt to quack any jokes or ask if he were taking a break from Mrs. Mallard, because she didn't want to ruffle his feathers since he
ICE grabs woman charged with performing illegal eyelid surgery in Allston, lawyer says February 10 A Suffolk Superior Court hearing about a Newton woman charged with passing herself off as a plastic surgeon and performing eyelid surgery in a Packards Corner apartment building had to be called off Monday when
Why did the chicken cross the rotary? February 9 The MSPCA reports a staffer, Corinne, was running some errands yesterday morning when she spotted something odd in the rotary where VFW and West Roxbury parkways meet in West Roxbury: Could that be a chicken? Burst pipe shuts dorm at UMass
Some weekends are quiet. Not this one. Lots of news: A fire, people shoveling where the city won't, even a flaming trash truck in the snow. Oh, yeah, and there was a game yesterday, but let's not talk about that. One firefighter injured at two-alarm fire
International incident: Park Plaza landlord sues Israel over mess it says the country's consulate left behind when it moved February 5 You run a consulate from a country in a dangerous part of the world, you're going to make modifications to keep the place safe. The
After a judge ordered ICE to release an immigrant they'd shoved in a bedless, windowless basement, they arrested her husband February 5 A federal judge in Boston last night ordered the regime not to immediately deport an Ecuadorian man - three months after another federal judge ordered ICE
Venerable South End market closing; to be replaced by private school, but some residents already organizing protests February 3 Foodie's Market, open nearly 30 years on Washington Street in the South End, is closing in June, to be replaced by another location of the Croft School, which already
Boston cops who violently broke a man's arm while he was on the ground being arrested will have to answer for that in court, judge rules February 3 A federal judge says a man arrested on gun charges by officers responding to a report of somebody shooting a
Not even the Orange Line is immune as problems on all the T lines balloon February 1 Riders on the Blue, Red and Green lines had to deal with delays today. No delays (yet) on the Orange Line, but trains had to bypass Back Bay station due to smoke from
But first: The French Toast Alert level for Boston has dropped to just 2 Slices/Guarded, based on forecasts that now show the bombostorm on Sunday to pass far enough to our south and east that we don't get much snow (although we could get some coastal flooding)
It only seems like all UHub is covering these days is the rapid demise of Red Line cars. OK, it's true, but we managed to get a couple of other news items posted as well: Most Red Line trains are tired and old; they just don't
Fed up with the Red Line, one rider decided to try a Bluebike: Big mistake January 28 One intrepid commuter decided he'd try bypassing the mishegas on the Red Line this morning by hopping on a Bluebike - after all, they're now available at many locations
Judge orders regime to free immigrant who needs daily insulin shots - and to fly her back here from the Louisiana gulag it stuck her in January 26 A federal judge in Boston on Friday ordered the immediate release of a woman who requires daily insulin shots for her diabetes
A day like today calls for more than just a couple slices January 26 In a discussion on the Boston French Toast Alert Facebook group, Jen Kunze showed off her French-toast cassarole (with recipe and more French toast photos). Ad-hoc skating rink in the making in Readville January 25 The
It's time in for Time Out Market January 22 Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Samuels and Associates, which is a big Fenway landlord/developer, has worked out a deal with Park 401's owner to keep the Time Out Market dishing up food and drink with a
But first: French Toast Alert now at 3 Slices/Elevated. Looks like we will get snow Sunday. Won't be a Blizzard of '78 or Bombogenesis of '2015, not a lot of wind to create drifts high enough to jump into from the second floor (never a
Sports-betting outfit that gambled it could operate in Massachusetts without getting a state license lost that wager today January 20 A judge ruled today that the back-end mechanism might be different, but a New York company that lets people bet on sports outcomes and its refusal to apply for a
Two crashes on a Jamaica Plain parkway treacherous even in good conditions left several injured, shaken up as temperatures dropped January 19 A crash involving at least three cars on the Jamaicaway at Perkins Street around 10:10 p.m. left three adults and two toddlers shaken up enough to