Somebody dropped some paperwork on the Globe about two investigations into alleged sexual attacks by City Councilor and DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo when he was a student at the O'Bryant School. Read more.
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By adamg - 8/18/22 - 9:55 am
Update, 12/1/22: Maggioli voluntarily dismissed her suit.
A Revere woman who says she was just out for a nice day on the water with her husband is suing Boston Harbor Cruises for the injuries she says she suffered when the wake from its speeding Codzilla boat slammed into her much smaller Boston Whaler in 2019. Read more.
By adamg - 8/13/22 - 10:28 pm
Last month, it was a falling strip of metal from an Orange Line car that sparked explosions and a fire. Yesterday, it was a piece of metal that fall on a Blue Line train entering Suffolk Downs that caused sparks and halted service, WFXT reports.
By adamg - 8/12/22 - 4:42 pm
Nothing like bustitution on a Friday afternoon along the Blue Line to get the weekend off to a rousing start.
By adamg - 8/3/22 - 11:21 am
The MBTA is reporting delays of up to 20 minutes on the Blue Line "due to a maintenance train inspecting the overhead wires."
By adamg - 7/14/22 - 2:32 pm
Over at Boston Reddit, somebody reported finding something interesting on a Google Street View of Pratt Street in Revere, compiled in April: A fight, in which two people beat up a third, as a fourth person, with a leaf blower, just stands there, taking it all in. Read more.
By adamg - 7/7/22 - 9:06 am
WCVB reports residents of the 16-story building weren't given any warning by the landlord that they have to find a new place to live immediately.
By adamg - 7/1/22 - 10:10 am
The Boston Sun reports on the online forum between the two candidates for Suffolk County District Attorney - acting DA Kevin Hayden and Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo.
By adamg - 5/21/22 - 9:23 pm
Flying wedges of Boston Police officers and state troopers descended on Carson Beach in South Boston around 8 p.m. to break up a large brawl there. Read more.
By adamg - 5/14/22 - 11:45 pm
WBZ reports. State Police report arresting five teens and that another teen was taken to the hospital with serious injuries from one of the fights.
By adamg - 4/30/22 - 3:36 pm
A former Lowell man now living in Florida was charged with federal human-trafficking and gun charges yesterday stemming from his arrest last year at a Revere hotel, near the one where he allegedly used threats of force and a gun to keep two Oregon women turning tricks for him via ads on various "adult" Web sites. Read more.
By adamg - 4/5/22 - 9:04 am
State Police report a man who didn't want to submit to a traffic stop in Revere this morning took off, prompting a chase in which he allegedly smashed into several cruisers, stopped near the Encore casino, then tried to fight his way out of arrest, but failed. More to come.
By adamg - 3/24/22 - 8:31 pm
WBUR reports that Suffolk County - Boston and three far smaller communities - lost 24,000 people from 2020 to 2021.
By adamg - 2/23/22 - 9:15 am
The Revere Journal reports the city licensing board renewed the license for the Quality Inn after the owner gave assurances he's really trying to re-open the Covid-19-shuttered place as an actual hotel, and not let it be used as overflow for Mass and Cass, as had been proposed by then acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey back in the day, like last year.
By adamg - 2/22/22 - 11:53 am
CommonWealth Magazine surveys the race for Suffolk County District Attorney so far, between Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, a Rollins supporter, and Baker appointee Kevin Hayden, who is more of a moderate.
By adamg - 2/17/22 - 9:18 am
WBZ reports that Kevin Hayden, appointed by Gov. Baker to fill out Rachael Rollins's term as Suffolk County DA, will run for the post this fall.
District 5 (Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale) City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, a former public defender, has already announced he's running for the position, which oversees prosecutors for Boston, Winthrop, Chelsea and Revere.
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