State troopers have to work July 4 if ordered, court rule
October 13
The need to protect public safety trumps a contract agreement, so the head of the State Police can order troopers to work the Esplanade on July 4th rather than noping out of holiday duty along the Charles, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today.
Reversing the normal course of events at JFK/UMass: Police say guy busts down a fare gate to exit the station, not to avoid a fare
October 13
Transit Police report they wish to have a word or two or three with the bull moose of a guy they say was in such a rush to exit the Red Line at JFK/UMass around 9:15 p.m. on Sunday that he couldn't wait for his bulk to activate the gate sensor and instead used his caboose to bust out by smashing through the fare gate, leaving one of the plexiglass panels just lying on the floor.
Man gets 10 to 15 for 2023 Mass and Cass stabbing death; woman set to start trial in case tomorrow
October 13
A Boston man today pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the stabbing death of Kimberly Webb, 39, at Southampton and Atkinson streets in the South End on Aug. 19, 2023, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Orange Line is having fits due to signals on the fritz
October 13
At 1:28 p.m., the MBTA reported Orange Line delays of about 10 minutes that turned into delays about 20 minutes due to signal problems at North Station. The T declared at 2:48 the problem was fixed - only to announce just 25 minutes later that the Orange Line was having new delays caused by signal problems at Oak Grove - delays bad enough that ...
What's a bar owner to do when his relatives up from Connecticut are packed into his bar after closing but terrified to leave because of shootings on the other side of the city?
October 13
The owner of Little Haiti International Cuisine, 1184 Hyde Park Ave. in Hyde Park, who has already had his hours cut back because of a quintuple shooting that left one dead on Aug. 3, today faced new grilling by the Boston Licensing Board over an incident early on July 5, when a Boston Police sergeant found people inside, with music on a 3 a.m., long after the bar's temporary World Cup-related 2 a.m. closing time.
Software engineer, father of three identified as victim of Arborway crash caused when an 18-year-old driver slammed into his car
October 13
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office today identified the victim of Sunday's two-car crash on the Arborway southbound just before Forest Hills as Ilir Janko Melka, 48, of Worcester, a software engineer who came to the US as an immigrant from Albania when he was 15 and who leaves his wife and three daughters.
Naked body recovered from harbor next to the Aquarium
October 13
First responders found a naked body from the water on the Long Wharf side of the New England Aquarium shortly before 7 a.m., Highguard reports.
The E Line this morning was far from OK, due to a car on the tracks near MFA
October 13
A car somehow wound up on the Green Line tracks on Huntington Avenue near Vancouver Street just past the MFA shortly after 5:20 a.m., which of course led to a non-start of a morning commute on the E. The MBTA reported at 6:58 a.m. that the errant car had been removed and service was resuming.
