Park Square building could become 476 apartments
Red sky in the morning, well, actually, today's supposed to be pretty nice
September 8
Amy Salvucci woke to a fiery red morning over Boston. Handmaid did as well ...
An approaching storm
September 7
Swirlygrrl watched storm clouds move in over Boston Harbor and downtown yesterday afternoon from a Georges Island ferry.
Not a bird you want to see giving you the eye
September 7
A roving UHub photographer spotted this turkey vulture giving him a once-over from the roof of a house on the Roslindale side of West Roxbury Parkway today, but he felt his pulse and he was still alive, so safe - unlike the small little dead fuzzy thing on the side of the road the bird then flew down to nibble on.
Red Line no lark; dead train at Park
September 7
The MBTA is reporting ten-minute delays on the Red Line as a "disabled train" is taken out of service at Park Street.
Celebrating and protesting on Labor Day
September 7
Ron Newman watched the Labor Day parade down Boylston Street in the Back Bay, including a contingent of striking workers from the Encore casino.
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Man with "complete disregard for potential consequences" keeps grabbing a coffee and a snack without paying for them at South Boston 7-Eleven, police say
September 7
Boston Police have issued an APB - and a photo - for a man they say refuses to pay for the coffee and snack he keeps grabbing at the 7-Eleven at 473 West Broadway.
17-year-old was riding around Dorchester with a loaded gun in his pants, police say
September 7
Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old they say had a gun loaded with five bullets in his waistband when officers on patrol stopped the car he was in for speeding.
Developer proposes 151 apartments near turnpike's Allston/Cambridge ramps
September 7
A Burlington developer says it will soon file plans to replace four houses on Cambridge Street between Sorrento and Seattle street in Allston with a six-story, 151-unit apartment building.
Two shot in Egleston Square
September 6
Two people were shot shortly before 7:50 p.m. at 1991 Columbus Ave., near Washington Street in Egleston Square - one through both legs, the other on the right side.
The artist who brings joy to abandoned mattresses
September 6
GBH's Curiosity Desk recently interviewed Nick Shea, who draws happy faces on abandoned mattresses.
Developer proposes diplomatically turning St. James Avenue office building into 476 apartments
September 6
A New York developer says it will soon file plans to convert 31 St. James Ave., an 11-story office building on a one-acre parcel that runs from Arlington Street to Berkeley Street into 476 apartments - a project that would require several consulates now based there to find new homes.
B Line riders got all crabby due to a track-jumping cabby
September 5
A roving UHub photographer had to find a different way to rove shortly after 8:30 p.m. after a cab driver for some reason jumped from Commonwealth Avenue onto the inbound Green Line tracks near Allston Street.
Man drew blood twice in attacks on Washington Street downtown, police say
September 5
Boston Police report arresting a Lowell man on charges he attacked two people within minutes along Washington Street in Chinatown and Downtown Crossing Friday morning - a day after he was charged with vandalism at Tufts Medical...
Federal judge yet again orders Postal Service to keep its orange-stained fingers off mail-in voting; now we await the Supreme Court ruling overturning the Constitution and precedent to let the regime block millions from voting
September 4
Boston federal Judge Indira Talwani has issued her latest ruling ordering the Postal Service to leave mail-in voting in November alone: Shut the hell up already about making elections officials affix Postal-Service bar codes to mail-in ballots and to check voter registration against a still non-existent Postal Service database of eligible...
Harvard Pilgrim and some of its Medicare subscribers caught up in giant Russian fraud scheme, feds charge
September 4
A federal grand jury in Boston has indicted a man - a native of the nation of Georgia - as the New England consigliere for a Russian-led fraud scheme that sucked millions of dollars out of the federal Medicare program through fraudulent bills for medical equipment that doctors never prescribed for patients who never asked for it....
Remembering a venerable noodle and rice-bowl place in Porter Square
September 4
A former worker at Tampopo, an udon and donburi place at Porter Exchange, set up a memorial site after it closed earlier this year, after 34 years in business. Includes some recipes and a place for customers to post remembrances.
Serial convenience-store robber with a knife nabbed in Dorchester, police say
September 4
Boston Police report arresting a man they say held up three convenience stores in Dorchester, at least two at knifepoint - and the third after attacking an employee - in recent days, on top of the charges he was already facing for robbing stores in Boston and Lowell, one after strangling a worker.
City revamps Blue Hill Avenue plans: Still with center bus lanes, but less bikey, more car-y
September 4
The Dorchester Reporter reports on the latest city plans for a $163-million overhaul of Blue Hill Avenue from Mattapan Square to Roxbury, which includes two dedicated motor-vehicle lanes the whole way to go with the center bus lanes.
