Roslindale pool crisis temporarily averted
Balancing act
December 4
Mary Ellen captured the moon yesterday perfectly balanced on one of the posts that have sprung up along the walking path at the bottom of the hill at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.
Criticizing Israel isn't necessarily proof of anti-Semitism, judge says in tossing suit against Harvard by man who says he was roughed up at a pro-Gaza demonstration
December 4
A federal judge in Boston today dismissed a Jewish Harvard Business School student's suit against Harvard that alleged Harvard let its anti-Semitism fly by failing to do anything about what "an antisemitic mob of students and student-employees" he says physically assaulted him at a pro-Gaza "die in" at the business school in 2023....
Community centers shuffle pool staff citywide; uproar, partial victory at Roslindale pool
December 4
The Boston Centers for Youth and Families recently announced plans to rotate a number of its center and pool managers across the city, starting the first week of January.
Guess you need to look down before exiting through an open door on the Orange Line
December 4
WHDH reports two Orange Line passengers plunged to the tracks yesterday when their train suddenly stopped, the doors opened and they stepped out - to the air rather than the Roxbury Crossing platform they expected. One...
Drunk BPD detective backed into a car in Jeffries Point, faceplanted when trying to run away, then was driven home without any sobriety tests, DA says
December 4
A now former Boston Police detective was released on personal recognizance today on charges he crashed a city-owned pickup in East Boston while drunk and packing his service revolver, then ran away from the scene in October, 2024, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports....
Orange City
December 4
Handmaid got off the bus at Ruggles this morning and looked up and out:
Mission Hill to get Boston's first Korean-infused distillery
December 4
A man with an MIT chemistry degree and his husband won Licensing Board approval today for a distillery and tasting room on Heath Street on the JP line that will focus on home-grown, high-end versions of Korean soju, gin and other spirits - some flavored with the botanicals they plan to grow on site....
Red Line commuters got a bitter pill: Some sort of track problem at Savin Hill
December 4
A track problem on the inbound side at Savin Hill before 10 a.m. led to delays and then just bustitution between Ashmont and JFK/UMass on the Red Line. At 11:39, the T reported the problem had been fixed and normal service was resuming.
Board approves restaurant on Bennington Street over objections from neighbors
December 4
The Boston Licensing Board today unanimously approved a food-serving license for El Parche, 636-638 Bennington St. in East Boston, after urging both owner Mery Pereanez-Quintana and residents to try to work to trust each other.
