The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal for a burger trailer inside a tire shop at 538 Blue Hill Ave. at Seaver Street over concerns from neighbors about late-night gatherings and crime and concerns from board members about security before its proposed 1 a.m. closing. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting three of the four suspects in the armed holdup of everybody inside Edward's Barbershop, 479 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall yesterday afternoon. Read more.
Update: Three suspects arrested.
Four men in black ski masks and each armed with a gun burst into Edward's Barbershop, 479 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall around 3:50 p.m. and robbed the six people inside. Read more.
A person was shot several times on Clifford Street at Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury around 1 a.m.
A person was shot at the Mobil station at 783 Blue Hill Ave. at American Legion Highway around 5:15 this morning. Read more.
A federal jury today convicted Stavros Papantoniadis for a reign of terror against his workers, which included sending one man into surgery twice and and tormenting other workers by threatening them with death and with turning them into ICE. Read more.
Victim identified as George Deeble, 42, of Dorchester.
Boston Police report a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street around 4:45 a.m. Read more.
Melvin Gross, who says he was one of the two people shot at a party at 1601 Blue Hill Ave. shortly before 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2023, today sued the building's owner for allegedly failing to keep him safe. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a total of 15 affordable housing condos on what are now vacant lots on Blue Hill Avenue at Intervale and Brunswick streets. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old on charges he robbed three convenience stores on Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard Street in Dorchester - just after he entered a fourth store on Friday. Read more.
The state Department of Revenue yesterday formally moved to seize Simco's, 1509 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan, for non-payment of $736,000 in taxes and interest. Read more.
A federal judge last week sentenced Fernando Bost, 32, to 8 1/2 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to robbing the RJ Smoke and Convenience Store at 844 Blue Hill Ave. in Dorchester on March 29, 2023 - just 35 minutes after he'd held up a store in Brockton. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter talks to people with reservations about the $44-million project, which would include new center bus lanes.
The Dorchester Reporter has the details of the plan, which calls for reconstruction to start in 2026.
Boston Police report officers investigating a report of gunfire at Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue around 2:45 a.m. quickly spotted and stopped a man leaving the scene and "visibly out of breath." Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today rejected a request from Cristian Market, 411 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall, to add beer to its inventory, because of overwhelming opposition from nearby residents about the already easy access to beer at six other stores within a half mile. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a South Boston man on charges he held up La Familia market, 64A Blue Hill Ave. at Moreland Street in Roxbury around 10:35 a.m. on Monday. Read more.
On April 24, 1949, an employee of the Boston Transportation Department took this shot of Blue Hill Avenue outbound at Columbia Road.
Note the trolleys on both roads (the reason both have paved medians -that's where the trolleys used to go) and compare to today's view: Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court today ordered a new trial for a man convicted of gunning down Marcus Hall behind a Blue Hill Avenue barbershop, where Hall had brought his four-year-old son for a haircut on June 14, 2016. Read more.
WCVB reports one person was pronounced dead at the scene after a crash at Blue Hill Avenue and American Legion Highway around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday. A second person was taken to a local hospital, where he died.
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