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The Robert Street Dog is back

By adamg - 5/11/24 - 11:31 am
Robert Street Dog

Alert dog yesterday afternoon.

For the longest time, the residents of a house on Robert Street in Roslindale had been dressing up the dog statue on the wall in front of their house to match the times: Sox gear in the summer, Bruins gear in the winter and the like (except around Christmas when he donned some Santa gear, and during the pandemic, when he celebrated nurses) . Then, a few weeks ago, some assholes smashed the dog to bits. He returned this week, alert as ever, awaiting his next outfit.

Aurorinspiring

By adamg - 5/11/24 - 1:12 am
Aurora over Needham radio and TV towers

Kevin Jordan shows us the lights over the Needham towers - just a month after he watched the total eclipse.

"I’m not even sure how to wrap my mind around this," he says. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: The Roslindale Standoff

By adamg - 5/10/24 - 12:00 pm
Car standoff on McGraw Street

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A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint asking the city to do something about Roslindale Standoffs on McCraw Street, a short little stub of a road that's maybe only six cars long that runs (well, more like walks) from Belgrade Avenue to the Bellevue train station: Read more.

Fire displaces eight in Roslindale

By adamg - 5/9/24 - 8:50 pm
Fire ladder extending to roof at Averton Street fire

Photo by BFD.

Boston firefighters responded to 69 Averton St. in Roslindale around 6:20 p.m. for a fire. Read more.

Roslindale bar gets warning after two patrons collapse from snorting fentanyl-laced cocaine in a restroom that was supposed to be closed

By adamg - 5/2/24 - 10:25 am

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday issued a warning to Napper Tandy's, 4187-4195 Washington St. in Roslindale, for a Dec. 5 incident in which two guys playing pool went into a men's room that was supposed to be closed to snort some coke, then came out and collapsed to the floor - one as EMTs and firefighters were already on hand to help the other - because their powder turned out to be laced with fentanyl. Read more.

Blooming Arboretum

By adamg - 4/30/24 - 11:18 pm
Bleeding hearts

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The Arnold Arboretum is blooming up a storm this week. Even a number of the lilac bushes have exploded in flowers. Read more.

Fire hits market in Roslindale

By adamg - 4/25/24 - 8:32 am
Firefighters outside Henry's Market in Roslindale

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The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to Henry's Market, 892 South St. in Roslindale for a fire shortly before midnight. Read more.

The Arbs in bloom

By adamg - 4/19/24 - 11:13 am
Blossoming trees at the Arnold Arboretum

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Mark Smith reports it's peak cherry-blossom time at the Arnold Arboretum.

"Won't last long - don't miss it!" he advises.

Second resident group drops suit against proposed apartment building on Belgrade Avenue at West Roxbury Parkway

By adamg - 4/17/24 - 10:48 am

The Bellevue Hill Improvement Association in West Roxbury has dropped its lawsuit against a proposed five-story, 124-unit apartment building on the old Clay Chevrolet site on the Roslindale/West Roxbury line. Read more.

The Roslindale family that loves the Marathon

By adamg - 4/13/24 - 12:52 pm

Boston Marathon Display 2024

Chris Hugenberger shows us his Marathonned house on Albano Street in Roslindale.

Also see: Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings are ready.

Alleged sadistic, slave-driving pizzeria owner indicted on Covid-fraud charges

By adamg - 4/9/24 - 10:23 pm

Stavros Papantoniadis, still behind bars as he awaits charges that he terrorized and beat employees at his Stash's pizza places in Dorchester and Roslindale, faces new charges that he defrauded a program meant to help small businesses stay afloat during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more.

Forsooth!

By adamg - 4/1/24 - 5:19 pm
Blooming forsythia at the Arnold Arboretum

Some forsythia in full bloom at that Arnold Arboretum, just up the hill from the Walter Street entrance.

The Roslindale thrift shop that supports the Home for Little Wanderers

By adamg - 3/18/24 - 1:46 pm

GBH takes us on a tour of the Thrift Shop of Boston, now on Corinth Street in Roslindale Square, which has been around since 1926.

Move on to change name of road in the Arboretum that now honors a man with ties to slavery

By adamg - 3/18/24 - 11:34 am

Jamaica Plain News reports on efforts to rename Bussey Street, which splits the two main halves of the Arnold Arboretum and which is named for the man whose estate eventually became the arboretum, which he assembled in part on profits from businesses that profited from slavery. Read more.

One group of residents drops suit against Roslindale apartment building, but another group continues legal battle

By adamg - 3/13/24 - 3:21 pm

A group of Roslindale residents who sued to block a proposed apartment building on Belgrade Avenue at West Roxbury Parkway - several of whom lived in a condo building next door - dropped their suit after a judge said they didn't have much of a case, but could continue if they posted a $200,000 bond to compensate the developer for delay-related costs should they lose. Read more.

State nearly set to advertise project to add traffic lights to dangerous Roslindale parkway intersection, but questions remain

By adamg - 3/12/24 - 3:07 pm

DCR planners told the Longfellow Area Neighborhood Association last night they hope to go out to bid this spring for a contractor to add traffic signals and do related intersection changes where Walter Street meets Centre Street in Roslindale. Read more.

Rustic dining in Roslindale

By adamg - 3/2/24 - 9:49 pm
Hawk eating something in Roslindale backyard

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Scott Kelley reports looking out at his Roslindale backyard today and watched a hawk finish up a meal atop a stump there. By the time he noticed what was going on, the hawk was mostly finished, so he wasn't able to discern what was on the menu. He adds:

The raptor looks to be a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk. Maybe too large for a Sharp-skinned?

Board approves a place to sit and nosh bagels and shmears in Roslindale

By adamg - 2/28/24 - 4:59 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday unanimously approved plans by Exodus Bagels to add sit-down seating to its bagel bakery at 2 McCraw St. off Belgrade Avenue. Read more.

Alleged West Roxbury bank robber was on probation after serving a 20-year sentence for armed home invasion

By adamg - 2/27/24 - 10:18 pm
Fevrier

A federal magistrate judge today ruled Wolf Fevrier of Roslindale both a potential threat to society and a flight risk and so ordered him held without bail during proceedings on charges he robbed the Rockland Trust branch on Centre Street in West Roxbury on Feb. 16. Read more.

Moped driver suffers serious injuries in Roslindale Square crash

By adamg - 2/27/24 - 9:43 pm

Update: WHDH reports the person died.

A person on a moped suffered serious head trauma in a crash with a motor vehicle outside the Target store on Washington Street in Roslindale shortly before 7 p.m.

Washington Street was shut so first responders could tend to and then transport the victim while detectives investigated the crash.

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