Citizen complaint of the day: Boobs on display in South Boston

By adamg - 9/11/22 - 5:58 pm

A citizen in need of a fainting couch filed a 311 complaint about one of those LED signboards at O and East 2nd streets that apparently has an unlocked control panel: Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: The smoke detector that has been chirping for two years straight

By adamg - 5/21/21 - 10:25 am

A citizen who has somehow not been driven completely insane file a 311 complaint about a smoke detector on East 2nd Street in South Boston:

[The building] which appears vacant, had had a smoke detector dead battery chirp going off 24x7 for the last 2 years. Can we do something get the chirp to stop? Thank you!

Covid-ready condos approved in South Boston

Rendering of 515 East 2nd St.
By adamg - 2/2/21 - 11:24 am

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a five-story, 30-unit condo building on East Second Street in South Boston that will feature patios and roof decks large enough to give residents a breather but too small to support the sort of boisterous large parties that have become technically illegal in the midst of the pandemic. Read more.

Storrow Drive isn't the only place in Boston big-rig drivers shouldn't go

Tractor trailer stuck at E. 2nd and M streets in South Boston
By adamg - 7/31/20 - 9:14 am

Eileen Murphy reports the driver of a tractor trailer somehow wound up on East 2nd Street last night, where he clipped a park car and then basically wrapped the trailer around a hydrant as he tried to make the 90-degree turn onto M Street. Read more.

Man cut, robbed on East 2nd Street in South Boston; suspect arrested

By adamg - 2/25/20 - 9:00 am

Boston Police report arresting a local man on charges he sliced another man in the leg and stole his phone around 2:45 a.m. outside 525 East 2nd St., near H Street in South Boston. Read more.

Developer wants to replace 'distressed' garage on East 2nd St. in South Boston with a five-story condo building

Architect's rendering of proposed 515-519 East 2nd St. building
By adamg - 2/24/20 - 11:35 am

Kems Corp. of Lynnfield has filed plans with the BPDA to replace a trolleybus and auto-repair garage at 515-519 East 2nd St. in South Boston with a $10-million, 30-unit condo building - with 35 parking spaces. Read more.