Trapped in an elevator; more apartments; fire in JP
Elevator in Franklin Street tower was going down when it just stopped, trapping five people
February 18
Boston firefighters responded to 225 Franklin St. around 5:10 p.m. after an elevator with five people onboard suddenly stopped in a "blind shaft" with no easy way out, some five or ten floors down from the closest exit.
Small town vs. Big Soccer: Who will blink first?
February 18
WBZ reports the Foxborough Select Board is taking no chances that it's going to get stuck with an $8 million bill for security during World Cup matches at Gillette Stadium: Somebody needs to write them a check - one that clears - before they approve the required permits.
Oh say can you see: There's track pain in Quincy
February 18
The Red Line is shambling into rush hour as workers "continue to address a track problem between Wollaston and North Quincy" the MBTA reports. The whack track is on the inbound side and the T is shuffling inbound and outbound trains on the outbound track, so, the T advises, you might want to consider commuter rail, making station stops at ...
Mission Hill nursing school turned failed nursing home could be redeveloped as apartment building
February 18
A Brookline developer has filed plans to convert the failed Landmark at Longwood nursing home on Parker Hill Avenue on Mission Hill into a 114-unit apartment building with the same name.
Kerning rage: Sox fans rise as one in disgust at new Sox jerseys
February 18
Over the Monster can only sputter, says the new uni tops make players look "like they’re wearing knock-off jerseys from Building #19."
Five-story condo building could replace old Adams Village Legion post
February 18
A South Boston developer has filed plans to replace the vacant Old Dorchester American Legion Post at Gallivan Boulevard and Adams Street in Dorchester with a five-story, 24-unit condo building with ground-floor commercial space and ten parking spaces in a garage.
Three-alarm fire that spread from one house to another Wyman Street in Jamaica Plain injured one resident, one firefighter
February 18
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire at a triple decker at 98 Wyman St. in Jamaica Plain jumped to 100 Wyman around 4:45 a.m. and went to three alarms. GoFundMe for the residents.
Hang in there
February 18
Sure, we could get more snow over the next few days, but as Sara Georgini notes, there are certain signs that it's "Almost. Spring. 🌷" - such as this half-cleared stairway at Fenway.
