The crew of a fishing boat about 40 miles off the coast found a body that was "wrapped and in a state of decomposition" when it pulled up its nets Friday morning, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. State Police and the Coast Guard met the boat at the dock; the body was taken to the state medical examiner's office on Harrison Avenue for an autopsy.
French Toast Alert Level: 1 Slice / Low. Explanation.
By adamg - 03/09/2025 - 8:05pm
Lee Toma snapped the Vinga, which is not normally berthed next to the Beades Bridge that carries Morrissey Boulevard over the little Dorchester Bay inlet that is home to the Dorchester Yacht Club, but which currently is due to the fierce winds we got over the past couple of days.
By adamg - 03/09/2025 - 4:24pm
What started as a small group of people protesting the acting president outside his Prudential Center vehicle showroom last month has grown into an increasingly large and vocal protest along Boylston Street. Brian H. videoed today's demonstration. Read more.
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By adamg - 03/09/2025 - 11:38am
Boston Police report the arrest of two men they charge opened fire inside Fete, 25 Kingston St., shooting one man inside the restaurant and another walking outside at the time around 12:20 a.m. on Saturday. Read more.
By adamg - 03/09/2025 - 11:09am
As I continue to try to figure out what's causing the database to keep spinning out of control, I've changed how the comment voting thingee works: Instead of immediately updating the vote tally as soon as you vote, which requires immediate interaction with the database, it'll wait for a couple of hours to reconfigure the vote totals. Apologies for the delayed gratification - and hopefully I can change it back soon.
By adamg - 03/09/2025 - 11:02am
Two teens, one 17, the other 15, were stabbed on Eastern Avenue in Chelsea around 8:45 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
By adamg - 03/08/2025 - 8:43pm
Back when the Charles River by Millennium Park was still mostly covered in ice, somebody's dog fell through into the water, and after firefighters arrived and got the dog out, somebody else lent some blankets with which to warm the pet up before being rushed to Angell Animal Medical Center. Read more.
By adamg - 03/08/2025 - 5:33pm
Ron Newman, who has been spending a lot of time at local anti-dictator protests, went to the women's rally and march on Boston Common today, reports: "Every protest gets larger." WCVB has more.
Newman also attended a pro-immigrant rally at the East Somerville library today.
By adamg - 03/08/2025 - 12:29pm
Update: Two arrested.
A man was shot inside Fete, 25 Kingston St., shortly after 12:20 a.m. Not long after, a second man showed up at Tufts Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the leg he said he got while walking by the restaurant. Read more.
By adamg - 03/08/2025 - 9:46am
Four South Boston elected officials want statewide college and high-school associations to tell their students not to go all Clockwork Orange during this year's St. Patrick's parade. Read more.
By adamg - 03/07/2025 - 2:52pm
Ron Newman attended the rally for science on Boston Common today. Read more.
By adamg - 03/07/2025 - 1:36pm
WFXT reports the pilot, facing a charge of "sexual exploitation of a minor for service" in North Carolina, was sitting in a car at the Wonderland Blue Line stop this morning when state troopers approached and he pulled out a gun and killed himself. The pilot was arrested at Logan on Feb. 20 and released on bail at East Boston court the next day on condition he travel to North Carolina, which he then didn't.
By adamg - 03/07/2025 - 1:21pm
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By adamg - 03/07/2025 - 10:08am
The morning crew at a New York cable news show was loving that Josh Kraft "imagine Boston as New York" invitation for a fundraiser. Read more.
By adamg - 03/07/2025 - 9:57am
WCVB reports an 18-wheeler somehow wound up on its side on the inbound turnpike in Allston, blocking two lanes around 5 a.m.
By adamg - 03/07/2025 - 9:13am
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports Boston Police arrested two suspects for the murder of Mauricio Lawrence on Tennis Road in Mattapan on Feb. 4. Read more.
By adamg - 03/06/2025 - 11:04pm
Looks like my re-do of the site software and database was only marginally successful: Caching seems to work, so people who aren't logged in seem to get pages served up pretty quickly, but the server is still wheezing and people with accounts are having major page-loading issues - I've seen server loads as high as 21. Read more
By adamg - 03/06/2025 - 10:49pm
GBH has a good (if also sad and infuriating) story about ICE officers nosing around East Boston stores and businesses, asking questions they have no right to ask and even trying doors when they think no one is looking. Thing is, they keep running into people who know their rights, like they don't have to answer questions posed by people without warrants - and they have security cameras, so they see you trying those doors.
By adamg - 03/06/2025 - 8:50pm
By adamg - 03/06/2025 - 7:43pm
The National Transportation Safety Board reports its initial analysis of a trolley-smashing crash at the East Somerville Green Line stop last month is that the driver of train in service came into the station way too fast, especially given that there was a stopped, out-of-service trolley sitting at the station. Read more.
By adamg - 03/06/2025 - 2:04pm
Massachusetts and seven other states today sued the Department of Education for abruptly terminating two nationwide programs that funded teacher training programs for areas facing critical teacher shortages. Read more.
By adamg - 03/06/2025 - 1:32pm
By adamg - 03/06/2025 - 11:10am
The owners of four office buildings in the West End and one on North Washington Street in the North End have filed plans to replace their office space with a total of 114 apartments, under a city program that offers tax relief for such conversions. Read more.
