We walked across the temporary North Washington Street Bridge today and couldn't help but notice the large colony of terns dive bombing the water - as a flotilla of cormorants dived well under the surface. And then a guy with several fishing rods in a kayak powered by pedals arrived on scene. Read more.
Surveillance photos via BPD.
Boston Police have released surveillance photos of several men and a car wanted in connection with a barrage of gunfire on Polk Street in Charlestown just as Charlestown High School seniors, families and friends were getting ready for graduation ceremonies nearby yesterday afternoon. Read more.
Update: Police release photos of suspects.
Shortly before 4 p.m. on Polk Street near Walford Way. No apparent injuries, but two cars hit. One apartment on Polk Street hit. Discarded magazine found on Polk Street. North Washington Street bridge shut. Read more.
No people hit, but shot went through apartment window. Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports numerous cars and buildings - but no people - were hit with gunfire during a gun battle that erupted near 50 Medford St. around 10:30 p.m. on Monday.
Police recovered more than 60 spent shells.
Update: Licensing board rules the bar was not at fault, finds "no violation."
A bartender at the Tavern at the End of the World, 108 Cambridge St., in Charlestown, today recounted an early morning armed robbery in which a gunman repeatedly threatened to just shoot him as they rummaged the bar for money. Read more.
This is not the Charlestown Whole Foods - yet.
A citizen of the sort who is up at 4:41 a.m. files a 311 report about the situation on Medford Street in Charlestown: Read more.
Steve Holt alerts us that in a Charlestown Facebook group, an Albion Place resident reported spotting a capybara sauntering down his street. Capyrbaras are native to South America and are not known for inhabiting the Town.
It was quite a bizarre sighting. If anyone is looking for it, I thought I would post it here for visibility.
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about the small safe that seems to have just shown up in Monument Square in the one-square mile neighborhood called Charlestown.
City election results show Gigi Coletta won the special election today to fill the rest of Lydia Edwards's two-year term as city councilor for District 1 (Charlestown, East Boston, North End), defeating Tania Del Rio.
Read more.
No, not that Big Dig, an earlier one one. This one, described by some as The Incredible Ditch was completed a long, long time ago. Of course you don't remember it, no one today does, so Burlington Retro's Rob Fahey fills us in on the history of the Middlesex Canal.
A roving UHub photographer snapped Charlestown's Medford Street, which, despite being about as straight a street as you could find in Boston, is currently decorated with the waviest yellow lines this side of an acid trip.
He adds that should you find your way up there, stop by Jenny's Pizza (which, via Karson Trager, actually posted a photo of the wavering line yesterday).
The East Boston Times-Free Press reports on an environmental forum with Gabriela Coletta and Tania Del Rio, who are running to replace Lydia Edwards as the District 1 (East Boston, Charlestown, North End) city councilor.
A Seaport developer says it will soon file plans to replace a parking lot at 60-66 Cambridge St. in Charlestown with a two-building, 812,000-square-foot complex aimed at the life-sciences companies that developers are betting will need more and more space in the Boston area. Read more.
Video of the aftermath of the crash, which brought multiple ambulances, at least one of which took somebody to a local hospital in such bad shape the BPD homicide unit was called in just in case.
The Charlestown Patriot-Bridge reports on a forum in Charlestown with Gabriela Coletta and Tania Del Rio, who are running for the District 1 (Charlestown, North End, East Boston) City Council seat that Lydia Edwards gave up after her election to the State Senate.
The city has scheduled the election for May 3; there will be a preliminary on April 5 if another candidate joins the race.
At least as of 7:50 a.m., Thomas Hook could still see the USS Constitution out his window.
Update, 9:50 a.m.: Read more.
Newly elected state Sen. Lydia Edwards announced today she will formally resign as a city councilor on April 30, which she says will give the city council enough time to call a special election to replace her without her East Boston, Charlestown and North End constituents losing representation on the council.
In a statement, she said: Read more.
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