MassDOT reported at the tail end of the morning commute that one driver learned the hard way his rig was too big for the Sumner Tunnel, wedging it in firmly enough to warrant an alert that the tunnel's left lane was shut for awhile.
The Boston Licensing Board voted today to set a revocation hearing in six months for the liquor license John Tyler holds for a space at 154 Maverick St., but said they are more hopeful this time than the last time they threatened him with revocation, last August, because he has letters of intent from two possible operators that could, finally, keep the place open longer than a couple months. Read more.
Mayor Wu today announced six Open Streets events in Boston, adding Hyde Park to the list of streets that will be shut for several hours as a sort of neighborhood-wide block party. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting two teens, one from far distant Hyde Park, on charges they broke into the Super Smoke Shop at 247 Meridian St. in East Boston, Saturday night. Read more.
The entire hearing. See below for Collins's statement.
Update: Collins offers conditional support.
State Sen. Nick Collins (D-1st Suffolk) unleashed a barrage of invective yesterday against plans by the owner of the Quiet Few tavern in East Boston's Jeffries Point to open a similar tavern at 400 Dorchester St. in South Boston's Andrew Square, calling it a potential hellhole catering to the very sort of losers the neighborhood doesn't need - despite testimony from people in Andrew Square they can't wait for it to open. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a man on drug charges after finding him and another guy at home inside the Progressive Club, 234 Maverick St. in East Boston, which has been abandoned for awhile now, in fact is slated to be torn down for condos. Read more.
Rendering by Zephyr Architects.
In an unusual move, the Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 20-unit apartment building at 141 Addison St. in East Boston even though the BPDA has yet to sign off on the project. Read more.
An annoyed citizen files a 311 complaint about irresponsible dog owners along Border Street in East Boston: Read more.
An annoyed citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation on the East Boston side of Bennington Street at the Revere line: Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board, which had already given John Tyler one last chance to prove he could actually run a restaurant in the Maverick Square building he co-owns with his ex-wife, voted today to schedule a revocation hearing for its liquor license as soon as possible after receiving word his latest restaurant has failed. Read more.
An East Boston man faces a variety of gun charges for the two guns, one loaded with 31 bullets and a laser attachment, he had stowed in his sweatshirt and sweatpants, that state troopers found when they pulled him over for bombing past a stop sign while making a left turn in East Boston Monday afternoon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
A peeved pedestrian of a citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation where Havre Street empties onto Bennington Street in East Boston: Read more.
The Nairobi News reports Kenyan police have re-arrested Kevin Kangethe, wanted for murdering Margaret Mbitu, driving her body to Logan and then leaving it in the car there as he flew to Nairobi last November. Read more.
A Fall River man was arraigned yesterday on a murder charge for the stabbing death of Wilfredo Landaverde Arevalo of Medford at 186 Gove St. in East Boston around 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 15. Read more.
Buddey, the mummified-monkey sniffing dog (what, you think we're going to post the photos of the mummified monkeys?).
A man trying to bring in some desiccated dead monkeys via Logan Airport proved no match for Buddey, the Customs and Border Protection sniffer dog, who led agents doing routine post-flight checks right to a suitcase containing them yesterday. Read more.
The East Boston Times-Free Press reports on a rally in Maverick Square this week for Marco Flores, who pleaded guilty in 2013 to a charge of voluntary manslaughter for strangling the man who had raped him for years when the man began threatening to do the same to a younger sibling of Flores's.
Four current and former state troopers and two trucker associates - one from East Boston - face federal charges in connection with a bribe-for-license deal at a State Police licensing unit in Stoughton, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Nairobi News reports police there have arrested Kevin Kangethe, formerly of Lowell, to face charges here that he murdered his girlfriend, Margaret Mbitu, drove her body to Logan Airport and then got on a plane to Kenya last November 1. Read more.
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