Developer proposes 17-story apartment building on Bromfield Street - near site where it's been proposing various towers for 20 years now June 28 A New York real-estate firm says it will soon file detailed plans for a 17-story, 158-unit apartment building on Bromfield Street at
Gov. Healey and the United Way of Mass Bay announced a fund to help support an estimated 45,000 Haitians in Massachusetts on "temporary protected status" visas now that the Supreme Court has ruled the regime can soon start throwing them in camps to await deportation to their
Owners of a Dorchester bar designed with Flann O'Brien's of Mission Hill in mind hope to re-open Flann O'Brien's June 24 The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owners of the Banshee on Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester open
Councilors want Orange Line extended down Blue Hill Avenue June 23 City Councilors Miniard Culpepper (Roxbury) and Brian Worrell (Dorchester) say the MBTA should build an Orange Line extension from Ruggles to Mattapan Square through a new tunnel under Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue. Boston's Pink Taco
Apologies for missing yesterday! Thought I'd sent out a newsletter, but woke up this morning to find it still in the "draft" folder, sigh ... You don't have to go all the way down to DC to see a reflecting pool - we've got
Boston announces revolutionary drink-in-public zones June 18 Thanks, World Cup: Mayor Wu today announced two public zones downtown where you'll be able to get your drink on as you walk around on the sidewalk without worrying about getting yelled at by a cop and ordered to
The last bit of the Citgo sign was removed yesterday, as part of an $8 million project to make it more prominent, by moving it roughly 120 feet on a base that will be 30 feet higher. But that will take six months, so in the meantime, we have just
Moon, bridge and planet June 17 Adam Balsam captured the moon over the Zakim last night - and also Mercury (the tiny dot to the right of the bridge cables). Here's another view (with an even fainter Mercury) ... South End condo building sues property-management firm over $805,000
People come to the Common to back Iraq June 15 Ron Newman attended a rally at the Parkman Bandstand for supporters of Iraq in its Gillette Stadium match tomorrow against Norway. Eddie Andelman, dead at 89 June 15 WBZ reports. UHub Direct today is sponsored by the Green Streets Initiative&
Three shot at South End park June 14 WFXT reports three people were shot at O'Day Playgound, 75 West Newton St. in the South End, shortly before 7:40 p.m. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of at least one victim's
Boston federal judge orders Texas attorney general and senate candidate to drop sham lawsuit against Somerville-based Democratic fundraising platform June 11 A Boston federal judge ruled today that Texas Attorney General and Senate candidate Ken Paxton had his office sue Somerville-based ActBlue in an act of naked political
Teens sought for gunpoint holdup of a South Boston lemonade stand June 11 WHDH reports on the holdup of two kids running a lemonade stand on West 9th St. in South Boston around 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday. Two teens charged as pint-size porch pirates in the North