The Boston Public Health Commission reports the bloom is off Sprague Pond on the Readville/Dedham line: Water samples taken Nov. 20 and 26 show that the toxic levels of cyanobacteria reported earlier this month have dropped back to safe numbers. Read more.
Cara Wehmhoefer reports she pulled into the parking lot on Enneking Parkway in Stony Brook Reservation - the one across from the baseball field - yesterday and saw a chicken that had apparently already crossed the road. And then she called Boston Animal Care and Control: Read more.
Boston Police report charging a resident of the Fairmount housing development in Hyde Park with the murder of his neighbor, Jose Alberto Feliz, 28, on Friday. Read more.
A man was shot behind 205 Garfield Ave. in Hyde Park around 1:15 p.m. He was declared dead at the scene. Read more.
The Boston Public Health Commission warns the pond on the Hyde Park/Dedham line off Sprague Street is now infested with a cyanobacteria algae bloom and it has shut the pond to public access - so don't jump in it, go fishing there or let your dog into the smaller of Boston's two great ponds. Read more.
The family of Mario Evans, 16, reports he died after his home at 1049 Hyde Park Ave. in Hyde Park caught fire early on Oct. 29.
His cousin, Sabrina Beauzile, writes: Read more.
Long line inside Baptist College (18-16) to check out. The tabulator is choking on page 2, with maybe a third of voters' offerings shunted to be hand counted.
Boston firefighters responded to 294 Neponset Valley Parkway in Hyde Park shortly before 4 p.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The Boston Fire Department reports smoke was pouring from the house when firefighters arrived.
A motorcyclist and the driver of another vehicle collided at Hyde Park Avenue and West Street shortly before 3:45 a.m. The motorcyclist was declared dead at the scene.
Fire aftermath. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 1049 Hyde Park Ave. in Hyde Park for a fire around 4:10 a.m. Read more.
A federal judge today sentenced a retired Boston Police captain to one year in prison and two years of probation and ordered him to pay $154,249.20 in restitution for participating and overseeing an overtime fraud scheme at the Hyde Park evidence warehouse for several years, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Demosthene running away from Mattapan robbery in distinctive hoodie that helped investigators ID him.
A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Stoughton man to 36 months in federal prison for robbing letter carriers in two Boston neighborhoods to get their "arrow" keys, which would let him and his accomplice open on-street postal boxes to search for checks and other valuables. Read more.
The owner of a Haitian restaurant on Hyde Park Avenue today described his plans to add jazz and dancing to his offerings should he get one of the three all-alcohol licenses the city has to dole out in 02136 over the next year. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the new owner of the old Green Gardens packie and market on West Milton Street in Hyde Park change the store's name to Stop & Shots Liquors & Deli. Read more.
Boston Police and Boston EMS responded to River and Arlington streets in Hyde Park after a crash shortly before 7:20 p.m. between a scooter and an SUV. The scooter driver was transported to a Boston trauma center with life-threatening injuries. Read more.
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission reports a water-main break in Brookline on Wednesday is continuing to affect water pressure and color in some areas "in the southern parts of Boston." Read more.
A Massachusetts Land Court judge this week agreed to let the state Attorney General's office get into the legal scrum over the future of a former library on Hamilton Street in Hyde Park's Readville neighborhood that is owned by the church next door - which wants to raze it to build apartments. Read more.
The City Council agreed today to look into the environmental and safety issues related to plans for at least two industrial-sized electricity-storage plants, one on the aptly named Electric Avenue in Brighton, the other on a wooded hill behind the Stop & Shop mall on American Legion Highway on the Roslindale/Hyde Park meet that was most recently in the news for being the summer home of Moodini the Steer. Read more.
Dorchester Reporter publishers Bill and Linda Dorcena Forry (she was the first Haitian-American to be elected a Massachusetts state senator) state the obvious in a city with a large Haitian community.
Boston Police report arresting a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old on charges they showed a gun to try to make a third teen give up his scooter at the Camp Meigs playground in Hyde Park Friday night. Read more.
Help keep Universal Hub going. If you like what we're up to and want to help out, please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution.
