South End condo owners sue mgmt co. over missing funds
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 it charges was drained from its accounts
June 16
The trustees of a 10-unit condo building on Worcester Square in the South End recently sued management company Premier Property Solutions and its principals over the $805,000 it says the company drained from an escrow account meant to finish repairs needed because of a 2023 fire that had made the building uninhabitable.
Leave no duck un-coned
June 16
Yes, somebody made (or bought) tiny cones to place on the heads of Mrs. Mallard and the ducklings.
Brothers charged in plot to rob West Roxbury credit union to be partly tried separately because each plans to blame the other
June 16
A federal judge yesterday ordered separate trials on a bank-robbery charge for brothers Justin and Jenel Flounoury because Jenel, a teller at the Energy Credit Union in West Roxbury, and Justin, charged with posing as a robber who "held up" his brother there, both plan defenses in which they will blame the other for the theft of $197,146 from the credit union's vault.
You snooze, you lose: Zoning board overturns delays on demolishing three buildings because landmark commission missed deadlines
June 16
The Zoning Board of Appeal today directed ISD to issue demolition permits tout suite to the owners of three older houses, one on Mission Hill, two in South Boston, because the city Landmarks Commission failed to meet legal deadlines for delaying demolition.
Flowering
June 16
Handmaid got close up with some mountain laurel at the Arnold Arboretum yesterday.
The Blue Line once more is slow; signal probs, dontcha know
June 16
The MBTA reports signal problems between Revere Beach and Wonderland on the Blue Line are causing 10-minute delays - and forcing some trains to just stand by at stations, with no apparent purpose in life.
