Oil-covered goose near Longwood.
Brookline and Boston firefighters responded to the Muddy River and Leverett Pond this afternoon on reports of oil - and a heavy petroleum odor, spreading from Leverett Pond at the rear of the Brook House at 33 Pond Ave. in Brookline and at least as far north as the Longwood Green Line stop. Read more.
Rendering of proposed city-funded grandstand, as seen from Playstead Road.
The Globe reports the city is now expecting to have to pay $91 million for its part of the proposed White Stadium reconstruction, up from its initial estimate of $50 million.
E-mail to city employee claiming new hire was not a relative. From the indictment.
City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson (Roxbury) was arrested this morning on federal charges that she hired a relative and demanded kickbacks from her - $7,000 in cash handed over in a City Hall women's room.
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Several alleged members of a Boston-area drug ring face court appearances today after their arrests on a charge of conspiracy to sell fentanyl and cocaine - in an operation with growing pains that included the high costs of constantly driving or Ubering between Boston and Providence and employees coming down with work-related ailments, from asthma and neck problems to nausea and drug overdoses, according to documents unsealed in federal court today. Read more.
Said Ahmed filed paperwork with the state in October to run for the District 7 city council seat now held by Tania Fernandes Anderson, but only sent out a press release about it yesterday. Read more.
Two men were shot, one in the leg, at 122 Seaver St., at Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury, shortly before 11 a.m. Read more.
A self-storage company says it wants to convert a hulking six-story records-storage warehouse at 120-134 Hampden St. into a hulking six-story self-storage complex that would include a climate-controlled place for people to store wine until they're ready to sell or drink it. Read more.
An elderly couple at home on 35 Dennison St. in Roxbury were attacked by one of their four dogs, which mauled the woman so badly she was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries to her arm, around 4:30 p.m. Read more.
Victim identified as Celia Simmons, 65.
Boston Police report a woman was stabbed several times near the tennis court on the Washington Street side of Ramsay Park in Roxbury around 12:45 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter reports the death of Gloria Fox, who represented Roxbury and parts of Dorchester for three decades.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 17 Woodville St. in Roxbury around 1:30 a.m. for what turned into a three-alarm blaze that spread to the neighboring 15 Woodville St.
The department reports the fire, on the second and third floors of 17 Woodville, displaced ten people, but adds there were no injuries.
Domingos DaRosa makes a point.
In the year since city police and public-works crews cleared out a growing encampment of homeless people and drug users on Atkinson Street, Mass and Cass has seen a significant decrease in crime and quality-of-life problems, officials from Boston's police and public-health departments told city councilors at a hearing by the council's committee on public safety and criminal justice. Read more.
Greta Gaffin (yes, the kidlet) took in Boston Lights at the Franklin Park Zoo last night. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a Mattapan man on charges he stabbed a man in the back on Humboldt Avenue at Ruthven Street in Roxbury, around 12:30 p.m. Read more.
The local National Women's Soccer League team, the one that could play in a rebuilt White Stadium, will call itself Bos Nation FC, which is supposed to resonate with people who live in a city:
Where sarcasm is the native language. A three dollar and 48 cent cup of coffee is the food of choice. Where a legion of professional sports teams connects us as one. And no one, no one, rests until championship banners are raised.
H/t Shoshana, who had some other suggestions.
Victim identified as Maceo Martin, 41.
Boston Police report a man was shot in an apartment at 17 Hammond St. in Roxbury around 1:35 a.m. Read more.
The Orange Line will be shut between Forest Hills and Back Bay Oct. 8 - 20 for some more of the repair work the T couldn't get to - or discovered it needed to do - during that month-long shutdown back in 2022.
Shuttle buses, natch. The T also suggests commuter rail or, closer to town, the Green Line.
Two of the many sights you can get to on the El.
Before the MBTA, before even Charlie got stuck on the MTA, there was the Boston Elevated Railway Co., the El, a private company formed out of streetcar, bus and, yes, underground subways in the Boston area. Read more.
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