South End landlord sues private school; Manhattan skyscraper builder wins auction for large Dot Ave. parcel
Lawsuit by South End landlord details fraud allegation against Croft School founder - and demand for at least $14 million in damages for failed lease deal
March 18
The owners of the South End building where the Foodie's market was supposed to make way for a new branch of the Croft School yesterday sued the school and now suspended school Executive Director Scott Given over what they said was a completely fraudulent lease process, one that culminated when a bank called police on one of the owners who showed up at a branch to transfer funds from what they allege was a fake letter of credit supplied by Given - and bank employees thought the owner was trying to defraud the bank.
New York developer known for putting up a 100-story Manhattan condo building now has plans for that five-acre swath of Dorchester Avenue in South Boston
March 17
Extell, a New York developer specializing in expensive Manhattan residential mega-high rises, says it is now a part owner of a five-acre parcel between Dorchester and Old Colony avenues that is the subject of an ever growing and convoluted series of lawsuits and that it will be...
Jackson Square turns into a lake
March 17
Boston Water and Sewer Commission crews are at Jackson Square dealing with a "major" water break on Columbus Avenue at Centre and Ritchie streets.
Four-story apartment building proposed for Washington Street near Roslindale Square
March 17
A Needham developer has filed plans to replace a vacant three-family home with a four-story, 16-unit apartment building at 4301 Washington St., halfway between Corinth and Albano streets in Roslindale.
Judge revokes freedom for Laotian native after regime says, whoa, we have permission from Laos to send him back after all
March 17
A federal judge in Boston today revoked the freedom he granted yesterday to Souvanh Keosouvanh, after regime lawyers provided paperwork showing that, actually, his native Laos would take him back after all.
'And don't come back!' they could've yelled as the Redcoats sailed away
March 17
A roving UHub Revolution enthusiast took in this morning's commemoration of the cannon emplacement up on Dorchester Heights that Henry Knox and his team of revolutionaries and oxen dragged from upstate (upcolony?) New York, forcing General Howe to order the evacuation of 10,000 redcoats from Boston 250 years ago today.
Come for the photos of Revolutionary re-enactors, stay for the photo of Knox the Ox and his faithful companion, Gates.
Boston city workers face nearly 23% increase in health-insurance premiums; official says growing use of weight-loss drugs a key reason
March 17
Boston CFO Ashley Groffenberg is telling the City Council that the growing use of GLP-1 drugs is costing the city's self-insurance system so much the city may have to increase health-insurance premiums for employees and retirees by 22.6% for the coming year just to keep up - which would be the largest one-year increase in recent decades.
President makes surprise Boston visit for St. Patrick's Day
March 17
Via Boston Irish comes the news that Joe Biden attended and spoke at the Irish American Partnership's St. Patrick's Day breakfast at the InterContinental Hotel this morning (he wasn't scheduled to speak). He got a standing ovation.
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New Jersey investor joins lawsuit scrum over large land parcel on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston
March 17
A New Jersey investor yesterday sued the New York construction company that had scheduled an auction today for five acres of prime land along Dorchester Avenue that a South Boston developer is also suing over because he claims he owns the land - including the parcel a South Boston landowner is in turn now suing him for allegedly not paying the...
