The T, which said it was going to fix the long-running, high-squealing slow zone between Tufts Medical Center and Back Bay when it shut the whole line for a month last year, said yesterday it's actually fixed the problems along the tracks, and this time it means it, Streetsblog Massachusetts reports.
The Boston Licensing Board voted unanimously today to suspend the Legacy's liquor license for three days because the Warrenton Street club didn't immediately fire a bouncer who is shown on the club's own video cold cocking one of three visiting gay Texans who had been yelling transphobic insults at a drag performer and a transsexual regular at closing time. Read more.
A Boston health inspector this week ordered the closing of Dumpling Cafe, 693 Washington St. for a variety of health-code violations, including storing cut-up produce in an old chicken box and a broken water heater, which meant the kitchen dishwasher couldn't properly sterilize dishes and workers had no hot water for washing their hands. Read more.
A man already facing six open cases involving robbery and assaults was arraigned yesterday on charges he robbed somebody leaving New York Pizza on Tremont Street in December and then, when the man resisted, punched him in the face. Read more.
Frances Hui led a protest against government crackdowns in Hong Kong outside the State House on Aug. 18, 2019. On Twitter, she describes what happened that day and after due to the organizing efforts of Litang Liang, who was arrested today on charges of being an illegal Chinese agent. Read more.
A Brighton resident was arrested today on charges he spent several years spying on the local Chinese community for Beijing and attempting to organize opposition to any anti-China protests in the area. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a marijuana store on Atlantic Avenue at Beach Street. Read more.
The Scope reports that even that one restroom, in the BPL branch, is fairly unknown, so residents say people keep using the streets and alleys of the dense neighborhood as al-fresco restrooms.
Pilotblock South End watched workers today removing stuff from the old Jacob Wirth on Stuart Street - including its large sign, but also items from inside, such as a host stand, possibly as part of renovations to bring the place back to life. Read more.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today that the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal erred in granting approval to plans by the owners of a 2 1/2-story, two-family house at 9 Johnny Ct. in Chinatown to add two more floors and convert the building to five units, because the owner of the neighboring 7 Johnny Ct. raised legitimate concerns the work could damage their building. Read more.
CNN reports that, in addition to FBI agents, members of the Army's Delta Force also stormed a guest room at the Revere Hotel, where they held an innocent airline pilot hostage for close to an hour for "interrogations" until they realized he wasn't a "role actor" in their training exercise and that they had the wrong room.
Some FBI and other federal agents are probably grateful for sovereign immunity because, as WBZ reports, they were doing a training exercise around 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday when they started banging on the door of a 15th-floor room at the Revere Hotel on Stuart Street demanding to be let in and when they were, they handcuffed the airline pilot who had been sleeping in the room, stuffed him in the shower and then interrogated him - until they realized, oops, he really was who he said he was and not part of their exercise.
The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday whether the Glass Slipper - half of what remains of the Combat Zone - could have done anything to prevent a stripper giving a customer a lap dance from, he told police, reaching into his pocket, getting his phone and Zelle-ing herself $320 - after he'd already paid downstairs for some extra attention in one of the club's upstairs VIP rooms. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board will decide Thursday whether Legacy Boston on Warrenton Street could have done anything to prevent an incident in which an unruly man not allowed entrance near closing began trying to fight his way in, only to fall on the stairs and hit his nose hard enough to start it bleeding. Read more.
Sampan reports on ongoing efforts to keep dispensaries out of Chinatown. One argument: Unlike other places where pot shops have opened, Chinatown isn't just a commercial area, it's one of the most densely populated residential parts of Boston.
Possibility for a Fort Point Channel barrier. See it larger.
A consultant hired by the Boston Water and Sewer Commission is recommending a new barrier system where Boston Harbor meets Fort Point Channel, to keep rising sea levels and more intense storms from letting the ocean reclaim what was once South Bay - a large swath of Dorchester, South Boston and Roxbury. Read more.
Shortly before 4:45 p.m., a car on the southbound side of I-93 in the tunnel erupted in flames. And that's why the ventilation shaft at Essex Street and Surface Road began belching black smoke.
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