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By adamg - 10/18/24 - 1:14 pm
Machinery in use outside Verizon switching station on Belgrade Avenue

A bedeviled resident filed a 311 complaint about the infernal racket outside the Verizon switching station on Belgrade Avenue near Lord's and Lady's Way in West Roxbury: Read more.

By adamg - 8/19/24 - 12:43 pm
Light-bereft tunnel from Belgrade Avenue to Fallon Field

A concerned resident filed a 311 complaint, along with the day's moodiest photo, about the lack of lights in the pedestrian tunnel under the Needham Line tracks between Belgrade Avenue and Fallon Field in Roslindale.

By adamg - 8/1/24 - 12:25 pm

Distraction Brewing in Roslindale Square announced today that it will shut Aug. 31 - as a new owner works to change it into a brewery that is also a coffeehouse with food. Read more.

By adamg - 7/31/24 - 1:21 pm

The two outages that left part of Roslindale without lights or air conditioning yesterday were caused by "an underground cable fault" underneath Belgrade Avenue, an Eversource spokesperson said today. Read more.

By adamg - 6/7/24 - 3:33 pm

A federal jury today convicted Stavros Papantoniadis for a reign of terror against his workers, which included sending one man into surgery twice and and tormenting other workers by threatening them with death and with turning them into ICE. Read more.

By adamg - 4/17/24 - 10:48 am

The Bellevue Hill Improvement Association in West Roxbury has dropped its lawsuit against a proposed five-story, 124-unit apartment building on the old Clay Chevrolet site on the Roslindale/West Roxbury line. Read more.

By adamg - 3/13/24 - 3:21 pm

A group of Roslindale residents who sued to block a proposed apartment building on Belgrade Avenue at West Roxbury Parkway - several of whom lived in a condo building next door - dropped their suit after a judge said they didn't have much of a case, but could continue if they posted a $200,000 bond to compensate the developer for delay-related costs should they lose. Read more.

By adamg - 2/28/24 - 4:59 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday unanimously approved plans by Exodus Bagels to add sit-down seating to its bagel bakery at 2 McCraw St. off Belgrade Avenue. Read more.

By adamg - 2/26/24 - 11:15 am

A Land Court judge has given some neighbors of a proposed apartment building on Belgrade Avenue at West Roxbury Parkway a deadline of March 5 to decide whether their lawsuit is worth posting a $200,000 bond to continue - money they would forfeit to the developer should they lose. Read more.

By adamg - 2/25/24 - 5:40 pm
55-57 Belgrade Ave. rendering

Rendering by Zephyr Architects.

A Dedham developer has filed plans with the BPDA to raze a medical office and a house to put up 15 condos at 55-57 Belgrade Ave., between St. Nectarios Church and a 31-unit apartment building now under construction where the Folsom Funeral Home used to be. Read more.

By adamg - 12/12/23 - 9:58 am

Via Keep Roslindale Quirky comes news that Exodus Bagels hopes to convert part of its bagelry at 2 McCraw St. in Roslindale into a sit-down restaurant. Read more.

By adamg - 9/27/23 - 2:08 pm

Seven Roslindale residents today sued the Zoning Board of Appeal and a Dedham developer to block an apartment building on Belgrade Avenue at West Roxbury Parkway that they say would just be far too large for their neighborhood. Read more.

By adamg - 8/25/23 - 10:07 am
Cab got the worst of it in crash with house on Walworth Street

A roving UHub photographer captured the aftermath of a cab crashing into the front porch of a house on Walworth Street at Belgrade Avenue this morning.

By adamg - 8/10/23 - 11:20 am

Even as the Stash's on Belgrade Avenue in Roslindale re-opened this week, its owner remains behind bars as he awaits trial on charges he beat, abused and underpaid the undocumented immigrants federal prosecutors say he preferred to hire at his pizza places. Read more.

By adamg - 7/28/23 - 10:49 am
Rendering of 361 Belgrade Ave.

Rendering by Arrowstreet.

The Zoning Board of Appeal this week unanimously approved plans for a 124-unit apartment at the old Clay Chevrolet site at 361 Belgrade Ave. at West Roxbury Parkway in Roslindale. Read more.

By adamg - 7/9/23 - 9:45 am
Firefighters at Belgrade Avenue fire

Firefighters going in. Photo by BFD.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded at 12:45 a.m. to the triple decker at 293 Belgrade Ave. for what started as a basement fire that spread to the first floor. Read more.

By adamg - 4/12/23 - 2:26 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday re-approved plans for construction of an 18-unit apartment building on a vacant triangle where a Texaco station used to sit at the intersection of Belgrade Avenue and Beech Street in West Roxbury. Read more.

By adamg - 3/31/23 - 5:51 pm

The "Stash's" on the awnings of Stash's Pizza on Belgrade Avenue today are covered with the logo of Rock City Pizza, an Allston pizzeria and sub shop that also has an outlet in Randolph. Read more.

By adamg - 1/11/23 - 10:27 pm
Proposed bike lanes on new bridge

Proposed layout of replacement bridge by MassDOT.

MassDOT officials tonight showed off preliminary plans for the replacement for the West Roxbury Parkway bridge over the train tracks between Holy Name Rotary and Belgrade Avenue - plans that include a new center turning lane and a bicycle lane in either direction, even though the bike lanes will initially be of little use since the parkway doesn't currently have any marked bike lanes. Read more.

By adamg - 12/27/22 - 3:37 pm
West Roxbury bridge in poor shape

Westie bridge is crumbling down, crumbling down, crumbling down, my fair lady.

MassDOT plans to replace the bridge that carries West Roxbury Parkway between the Holy Name rotary and Belgrade Avenue over the Needham Line train track sometime in 2024, following a July inspection that found it in "poor" condition. Read more.

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