Roslindale throws a parade; Communists and Nazis fight for bollard supremacy outside BSO
Roslindale holds its 50th annual parade
October 4
The route was a little different this year, because the bridge at the end of Belgrade Avenue that normally leads to the parade end at Holy Name Church is out, but the rain held off long enough for a good Roslindale Parade, 50 years after the first one.
311 complaint of the day: Communists and Nazis battling for bollard supremacy right in front of the BSO
October 3
A fed-up resident filed a 311 complaint about all the political flyers that keep getting pasted onto bollards at Huntington and Massachusetts avenues, right in front of Symphony Hall ...
Missing your snake in Allston?
October 4
Boston Animal Care and Control reports somebody found a ball python on Linden Street in Allston on Thursday and that it's now enjoying the taste of warm fuzzies at the city animal shelter in Roslindale. ...
Brigham and Women's nurses set Oct. 14 strike date
October 4
WBUR reports that this time, the nurses are planning an open-ended strike if no deal is reached before then.
Three stabbed off Cambridge Street in Allston
October 4
Three people were stabbed at Highgate Street at Cambridge Street in Allston shortly before 1:30 a.m.
The Streisand Effect takes the stage at Gillette
October 3
Robert Orthman went to Bob Kraft's stadium last night for the Zach Bryan concert - where Bryan and all the members of his band were wearing "Free Palestine" T-shirts.
Crashing a truck into a bridge not the only dumb thing you can do on Storrow Drive
October 3
Ari Ofsevit watched a guy cross Storrow Drive on foot next to the BU Bridge yesterday.
311 complaint of the day: Don't you just hate it when guests overstay their welcome?
October 4
A fed-up resident files a 311 complaint about the situation on Searle Road in West Roxbury.
Man stabbed at Tremont and Temple downtown
October 3
WHDH reports a man was stabbed at Tremont Street and Temple Place in Downtown Crossing around 11 p.m. on Friday.
Dorchester woman identified as victim of car crash at Faulkner Hospital
October 2
Patricia McGrath, 68, of Dorchester, was identified as the person sitting on a bench outside Faulkner Hospital Thursday morning when a driver hit and killed her, hit a gas main and ended up hitting a hospital building, the ...
Developer wants to replace burned-out, long abandoned husk of a Commercial Wharf law office with a waterfront hotel
October 2
A Cambridge developer says it will soon file plans to replace a building on Commercial Wharf in the North End destroyed in a fire started by a smoker in 2011 with a four-story boutique hotel with 35 to 45 rooms and a restaurant.
Restitution but no prison for two guys who thought it would be fun to set off a commercial-grade firework in a Harvard Medical School lab
October 2
A federal judge yesterday ordered two guys to pay $28,517 in restitution to Harvard Medical School for the damage they did when they broke into a closed research building, tossed a large explosive in a locker and set it off.
Bittersweet lawsuit: Woman sues Dunkin' over alleged sugar in sugar-free energy drinks
October 2
A Chicago woman who says she was downing two to three Dunkin' Zero energy drinks a week for some zip without sugar yesterday sued the Canton-based Dunkin' Brands for deceptive advertising because the drinks contain allulose, which she says is a type of sugar.
