Rendering by Carlos Medina Lora.
A developer has proposed replacing a couple of parking lots and a "dilapidated" former storefront church that was once home to Packy Connors on Blue Hill Avenue at Southwood Street in Roxbury with three four-story apartment buildings. Read more.
Victim identified as Jackson Beausejour, 33, of Mattapan.
A man in his 30s was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Washington Street in Grove Hall around 7:45 p.m. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let D'Buly Chimis, 1151 Blue Hill Ave., near Morton Street, extend its closing hour from the current 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday through Sunday. Read more.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld the second-degree murder convictions of three men for beating and stabbing a teenager to death at Blue Hill Avenue and Wilcock Street in 2007, rejecting arguments that a juror who answered "no" to questions about relatives involved in criminal cases or the court system meant the three couldn't get a fair trial. Read more.
Transit Police report that when a Route 28 driver stopped to pick up three teens outside the BPL branch on Blue Hill Avenue around 1 a.m. on Monday, they whipped out pellet guns and began shooting the driver.
Despite their close range, the three did not injure the driver, police say, adding they then ran away.
Surveillance photos of suspect via BPD.
Boston Police report they are looking for a limping guy they say robbed a woman about to enter the Zion Apostolic Church, 241 Blue Hill Ave. in Roxbury, last Sunday. Read more.
Expect more car-slowing speed humps, like this one on Evans Street in Mattapan.
City officials this week unveiled a "safety surge" program aimed at making neighborhood streets, intersections and certain key thoroughfares safer for pedestrians, bicyclists - and motorists. Read more.
Live Boston reports BPD officers and state troopers responding to a gunfire call at Blue Hill Avenue and Angell Street Friday night found a man with a fresh gunshot wound to his hand. Their investigation showed the man was apparently trying to shoot somebody else, but wound up sending a bullet through his own hand instead.
Boston Police report two men were sliced in the neck at 189 Blue Hill Ave. around 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to what turned into a two-alarm fire at 1553 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans for a proposed restaurant at 879-881 Blue Hill Ave. in Dorchester that would feature Dominican and Spanish food in a large space with 240 total seats, including in a lounge and a function room. Read more.
Blue Hill Avenue between Moreland and Dudley streets is shut so National Grid can plug a gas leak.
State Police report arresting a man on a variety of charges following a search that lasted several hours after he ran away from a traffic stop on Blue Hill Avenue at McLellan Street around 3 a.m. Read more.
Victim identified as Jymaal Cox, 33 and a father of two, of Mattapan.
Boston Police report two men were shot, one fatally, at at 1601 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan, shortly before 6 a.m. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on charges he smacked a man with his gun during a failed robbery attempt at 1635 Blue Hill Avenue shortly before 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 8. Read more.
Shia during licensing hearing.
Update: License approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a food-service license to Madhouse Cafe, 24 Blue Hill Ave. in Roxbury, to serve coffee and pastries between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Read more.
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