Brooks Payne enjoyed the lilacs today outside Union Church on Columbus Avenue in the South End.
This church was attended by our beloved human rights champion Mel King and where his "Coming Home" celebration was held last month.
Boston Police responded to 1 Mystic St., off Washington Street in the South End, on a report of several shots fired shortly before 9:30 p.m. They found one car with fresh gunshot damage, but no victims.
A company that specializes in pop-up events says it's planning a two-day Lego-themed restaurant. Read more.
Democratic voters in the 10th Suffolk state representative's district (West Roxbury and parts of Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and South Brookline) vote tomorrow in a special primary to determine who gets on the ballot later this month, but since there are no Republican or independents running, the winner will most likely replace Ed Coppinger, who resigned from the seat earlier this year. Read more.
A group of about six people who are still whining about masks returned to the area in front of Boston Medical Center today to yell at people wearing masks through bullhorns and to follow and video hospital workers, some of whom they accused of being "abusers."
Mayor Wu and School Superintendent Mary Skipper will formally rename the McKinley schools - four schools in one complex in the South End after longtime Boston civil-rights activist Mel King tomorrow. Read more.
The State House News Service reports that Amparo "Chary" Ortiz appears to have withdrawn from the May 2 special primary to replace Jon Santiago, leaving John Moran as the only Democrat left, with no Republicans or other candidates to appear on the May 30 ballot.
The mayor's office and the BAA report Vinny Castronuovo, who finished the race in 2:25:56, and Shannon Lamarre, who finished the race in 2:54:34, will get Boston's first honors for the fastest Bostonian runners in the Marathon. Read more.
The owner of a high-end Harrison Avenue bridal shop charges the Boston Water and Sewer Commission knew its old 30-inch main under Harrison Avenue could rupture at any moment and that it should have done something before it let go on April 14, 2020, flooding the street, stores, parking lots and basements with 6.5 million gallons of water, which surged out of the exploded pipe at a rate of 55,000 gallons a minute. Read more.
Rendering by Studio ENÉE.
The Zoning Board of Appeal this week approved plans by Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción for a $25-million Center for the Arts, Self-Determination, and Activism at 85 West Newton St. in the South End. Read more.
A flooded parking lot after the water-main break. Photo by BFD.
Liberty Mutual alleges, in a lawsuit filed yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court, that the BWSC caused a 2020 flood along Harrison Avenue in the South End on April 14, 2020 by overpressuring its mains, including the 30-inch wide pipe that burst, flooding basements and parking garages and lots. Read more.
The Boston Sun catches up with John Moran and Amparo “Chary” Ortiz, both running in the May 2 Democratic primary to replace Jon Santiago.
The Secretary of State's office has set May 2 for primary elections to select candidates for May 30 special elections to replace outgoing state Reps. Jon Santiago (South End) and Ed Coppinger (West Roxbury and a smidge of Brookline). Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 30 Worcester Sq. around 6:30 p.m. for a fire that went to two alarms. Read more.
A Roxbury man was arraigned last week on charges he hit a pedestrian at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard on Jan. 20, stopped, then drove away, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Rendering shows the building looking pretty much the same as now, but with a modified "penthouse" at the roofline.
A California real-estate firm that built an eight-floor life-sciences building atop a parking garage at Harrison Avenue and Herald Street in the South End says it now want to convert the existing "aging" office building next door into a similar life-sciences building. Read more.
Rendering by Elkus Manfredi.
The Druker Co. has filed plans with the BPDA to replace a vacant warehouse and a parking lot with a two-building, 588,000-square-foot life-sciences complex at 1033 Washington St. in the South End. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a marijuana dispensary at 329 Columbus Ave. in the South End, where Coda used to be.
Desiree Franjul's Herbal Power now goes to the state Cannabis Control Commission for the final approval it will need before it can open, with hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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