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By adamg - 7/2/23 - 2:17 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Hanover man after he stole some food at the Downtown Crossing Chipotle and turned out to be carrying "a Polymer 80 P80 Glock 17 style 'Ghost Gun' with a magazine Friday afternoon, police say. Read more.

By adamg - 6/27/23 - 9:41 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that car dealerships that loan out cars to customers awaiting repairs to their own vehicles are in the rental business, and that means they are covered by a federal law that prohibits their financial liability for any problems caused by the cars' drivers - even if they are unlicensed and in a car that wasn't supposed to be taken out of state. Read more.

By adamg - 6/6/23 - 4:44 pm

Tropical Foods on Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury says a ten-story residential building next door would cause parking and driving problems for its customers, created"offensive shadows" and reduce the value of its property, so it's asking a judge to "annul" the Zoning Board of Appeal's approval of the project. Read more.

By adamg - 6/2/23 - 4:48 pm

Erica Fletcher reports Boston police and firefighters had their work cut out for them this afternoon trying to untangle two cars that careened together at the oddball intersection of Washington Street with itself and South Street at the tip of Adams Park - and dealing with the resulting traffic nightmare at the start of the afternoon rush. Read more.

By adamg - 6/2/23 - 9:42 am

The owner of a South End condo and roof patio yesterday sued the Zoning Board of Appeal to block construction of a pair of decks - one with a grill and fire pit - atop the building next door. Read more.

By adamg - 5/27/23 - 12:26 pm

A Boston health inspector this week ordered the closing of Dumpling Cafe, 693 Washington St. for a variety of health-code violations, including storing cut-up produce in an old chicken box and a broken water heater, which meant the kitchen dishwasher couldn't properly sterilize dishes and workers had no hot water for washing their hands. Read more.

By adamg - 5/20/23 - 12:01 am

NBC Boston reports city and state health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to Los Amigos, 366 Washington St. in Brighton Center. Read more.

By Oliver Blake - 5/16/23 - 10:48 pm

The Boston Cannabis Board today approved closing-hour extensions at marijuana dispensaries in Back Bay, Roxbury, Dorchester and Roslindale. Read more.

By adamg - 5/16/23 - 5:38 pm

Three men were arraigned on Monday for a May 6 gun battle in which at least 21 bullets were discharged with nobody getting hit in the area of Washington and Mystic streets in the South End, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 5/11/23 - 9:28 am

The Dorchester Reporter reports on plans to turn the former Caribe restaurant into a taqueria.

By adamg - 4/28/23 - 9:36 am
Coyote at English High School

Christy spotted this coyote at English High School around 6:40 this morning; last saw him trotting down Williams Street.

Catalog of coyote weapons.

By adamg - 4/27/23 - 1:41 pm

A Brighton Center liquor store that had become known as the place for Boston College students to buy booze says it's bought a new license scanner with which to bar underage drinkers with fake licenses, even as Boston Police step up stakeouts there to nab Eaglets with a thirst for beverages that should still be two or three years beyond their grasp. Read more.

By adamg - 4/27/23 - 12:01 pm

Guira & Tambora, 4014 Washington St., is seeking permission to let customers have a dedicated bottle of alcohol at their table as they dine. Read more.

By adamg - 4/14/23 - 4:17 pm

A Roxbury man was arraigned today on charges he rammed into a car on Washington Street in Roslindale while making a turn, causing that vehicle to slam into two men enjoying a nice spring day, killing one of them and seriously injuring the other, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, charges, adding the man then ran from the scene. Read more.

By adamg - 4/11/23 - 4:29 pm
Sign outside Brighton Allston Congregational Church for a May 20 drag-show fundraiser

Greg reports this sign, outside the Brighton Allston Congregational Church on Washington Street in Brighton Center, made his day. It advertises a Drag Me to Church fundraiser for the Allston Brighton Food Pantry.

By adamg - 4/11/23 - 11:47 am
Proposed new complex

Drone-eye rendering by DHK towards Nubian Square.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a proposal for a ten-story building with 64 apartments and 32 condos - all but two to be rented or sold as affordable - on Washington Street at Melnea Cass Boulevard. Read more.

By adamg - 4/1/23 - 9:10 pm
Keytar Bear in Downtown Crossing

Roving UHub photographer Michael C. spotted Keytar Bear jamming in Downtown Crossing today.

By adamg - 3/30/23 - 3:20 pm

Boston Police report Charles Wilkerson Jr., 27, of Norwood, turned himself in last night after learning he was wanted for stabbing a shuttle-bus driver in the leg on Washington Street near Forest Hills earlier in the day. Read more.

By adamg - 3/30/23 - 2:57 pm

The Boston Licensing Board today approved a food-serving license for V!Healthy, which plans to serve smoothies at 4166 Washington St. in Roslindale. Read more.

By adamg - 3/29/23 - 5:31 pm

Update: Suspect arrested.

Boston Police are investigating how the driver of a shuttle bus got stabbed in an incident that appears to have started on Washington Street at Archdale Road in Roslindale and ended in a parking lot just south of Ukraine Way. Read more.

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