Boston Police report arresting somebody they say stabbed a man in the leg outside the firehouse at 941 Boylston St. shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, possibly after a fight around the corner on Newbury Street near Massachusetts Avenue. Read more.
Turtle in the grass, alas
A concerned citizen files a 311 request that somebody come rescue the turtle that is now shelling around where it doesn't belong, in the Public Garden lagoon: Read more.
A Michigan woman who says she still suffers severe pain from being tossed to the commuter-rail platform at Back Bay by an escalator that suddenly went into reverse in 2021 last week filed the latest suit against the MBTA and Kone, Inc. over the disaster. Read more.
Local 718 posted photos today of firefighters' cars at Engine 33 and Ladder 15 at Boylston and Hereford streets after the firefighters "returned to the firehouse to find their personal vehicles severely damaged and vandalized." Read more.
GBH reports on efforts to help the peregrine chicks born atop Boston skyscrapers - like at the Christian Science Center. By the GBH reporter who has already made his name for stories like this: Craig LeMoult.
Wednesday night, BPS notified parents of kids at Snowden International High School, the Josiah Quincy (both lower and upper schools) and the Eliot School (all three schools) that the last day of classes for the year is today, because there was no way to get kids to school and have a Celtics championship parade, NorthEnd.page reports, adding that state officials signed off on the move which "left parents scrambling to find childcare and reschedule end-of-year activities."
Keolis pairs some video of celebrating Celts players with this advisory for Championship Duck Boat Day, i.e., Friday:
We'll be operating on a weekday schedule with service changes. Please avoid traveling into the city on this day!
The city announced our five-year Duck Boat parade drought will end Friday at 11 a.m., when the Celtics head on out for a triumphal procession from Causeway Street in front of the Garden. The parade will go by City Hall Plaza and the Common via Tremont Street, turn onto Boylston and end at the Hynes.
Louise Miller watched the ominous clouds moving over Boston around 1:15 p.m.
Three teens - 13, 14 and 16 - were arrested Monday evening after they allegedly stomped a fourth teen at the California Pizza Kitchen in the Prudential Center, then stole her phone, only to get arrested by officers who spotted one of them tossing the pepper spray under a car on St. Botolph Street, police say. Read more.
Paul Friedmann got a good view of the sunrise over Boston this morning.
Handmaid watched the sun go up over Franklin Park: Read more.
Boston Police report they are looking for four people they say made off with a large quantity of alcohol from Quality Mart, 21 Massachusetts Ave. in the Back Bay, Sunday morning after displaying a knife and a bat.
If they look familiar, contact detectives at 617-343-5619 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting the word TIP to CRIME (27463).
Large fans that were delivered to public areas of the BPL's main library in Copley Square this morning are too little too late for workers - especially those in back offices who didn't get any fans - who have been falling faint and developing nausea over more than a week without air conditioning, the unions that represent them say. Read more.
Update: Copley workers are steamed.
Boston Public Library officials say they're hopeful they can turn the air conditioning back on in the new wing of the Copley library early next week after work is finished on a project to rebuild a loading dock at the library - although they caution that, as with any construction project, there could be delays. Read more.
GBH's Jim and Margery show, which normally broadcasts from the new wing of the Copley library, reported this morning it's shifted to the main GBH studios in Brighton because of the library's ongoing AC problems, which started last week.
Brian reports the doors to the main library in Copley Square were shut again. The signs on the doors said just the new wing was closed, but he says there was no staff in the old wing to help puzzled patrons.
A week ago, the signs said the entire library was shut.
Penny Cherbuino snapped the sign posted on one of the doors at the BPL central library in Copley Square yesterday. The BPL reports the library is closed today as well.
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