Boston city councilors today condemned what they call an abuse by the state-owned Reggie Lewis Center at Roxbury Crossing: Boston student athletes have to clear out by 3:30 p.m. so busloads of students from well-off suburbs can use its state-of-the-art facilities for training and not get home too late. Read more.
Seized gun with laser sight and bullets. Photo by BPD.
Boston Police report arresting a man from the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby on various gun charges after performing two illegal driving maneuvers where Tremont Street turns into Columbus Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.
Hector and Nivia Pina want to help local Latino community eat healthier.
The Boston Licensing Board voted today to approve a food-serving license for Cilantro Latin Kitchen at 1415 Tremont St. on Mission Hill. Read more.
Unless you're going to the Reggie Lewis Center around 5:30 to see Kamala Harris and Democratic candidates in Massachusetts in a get-out-the-vote rally.
ICNA Relief will distribute toilet paper and household cleaners to low-income families at a new "specialty pantry" at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury Crossing between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
A federal judge yesterday sentenced Patrick Keogan, 46, to five years in federal prison for offenses that included threatening to burn down the Islamic Society of Boston mosque at Roxbury Crossing, after federal prosecutors asked for a stiff sentence in part to show other racists what they can expect. Read more.
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the Orange Line due to the deceased train at Roxbury Crossing.
UPDATE: Another train died around 10:30 p.m. at Haymarket.
A roving UHub photographer spotted this bun hanging out in front of the Islamic Society of Boston mosque at Roxbury Crossing this afternoon.
Tremont Street was wide open at 8 a.m. as people heeded warnings and stayed home. Photo by Pilotblock.
MiMu captured a similar scene on the platform at Roxbury Crossing on the Orange Line shortly after 9 a.m.: Read more.
Power shut, riders put on shuttle buses, expect delays.
UPDATE, 2:40 p.m. The T reported service has resumed, with "moderate" delays.
Transit Police report arresting a Roxbury man on a charge of armed robbery for an incident around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday at the Roxbury Crossing Orange Line station.
According to police, Edgardo Rodriguez, 32, went up to two people buying CharlieTickets at a fare machine and asked them for some money.
The victims declined Rodruguez' request and he responded by lifting up his shirt to display the handle of a firearm protruding from his waistband.
Transit Police report a man on the inbound tracks at Roxbury Crossing was hit and killed by a train around 6:25 p.m. Police described him as white and apparently in his 30s.
The Boston Fire Department reports the man was on the tracks just before the station and that after the train stopped, firefighters escorted passengers off the train to the platform.
Buses replaced Orange Line service between Forest Hills and Back Bay.
UPDATE: Arraignment postponed to Aug. 1 to allow for a competency evaluation at Shattuck Hospital.
Alzy Bello is scheduled for arraignment today on charges he assaulted a woman on an inbound Orange Line train between Jackson Square and Roxbury crossing Saturday afternoon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Innocent, etc.
Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services says an unused former MBTA parcel across Tremont Street from the Roxbury Crossing T stop would make a great place for 88 apartments, a 160-foot-high office building and retail space.
In a filing with the BRA this week, the group formally proposed a 306,000-square foot development for the land, known as Parcel 25, bounded by Tremont, Gurney and Station streets and the Orange Line. The proposal also calls for 201 parking spaces, most in an underground garage.
Transit Police report arresting Mohammad Noor, 27, on charges he beat up a worker at the Roxbury Crossing Orange Line stop on Sept. 20 when told he had to take an argument with another man outside the station.
According to police, Noor reacted to the request by punching the 69-year-old worker in the face until he dropped to the ground - and then kicked him in the face and head. Transit Police arrived to find the worker bleeding from his face and ear, while Noor flitted away after the 11:30 p.m. incident.
Alli Knothe photographed the side of an auto-parts store on Tremont Street near the Roxbury Crossing T stop this afternoon.
A group of Mission Hill residents traveled to City Hall this morning to support a Dunkin' Donuts proposed for a long-vacant storefront across from the Roxbury Crossing T stop. But a neighborhood association and city officials oppose the shop because, they say, there are already enough places along Tremont Street to grab a cup of coffee.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let Joel and Janel Silveira open a new Dunkin' Donuts at 1447 Tremont St., in a space that has been vacant for ten years. The couple already own a Dunkin' Donuts franchise at the other end of the hill, at 1631 Tremont St. in Brigham Circle.
A Roslindale man arrested on charges he fatally struck a scooter driver at Roxbury Crossing and then drove away last November was indicted last week on new charges that could put him in prison for a much longer sentence, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Colin Ratiu is expected to be arraigned tomorrow in Suffolk Superior Court on charges of motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of alcohol, which has a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, and leaving the scene of an accident causing death, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
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