A Somerville man who likes to hang out in Egleston Square was ordered held without bail as a danger to the community this week following his arrest on charges he stabbed a senior citizen on a bus in Egleston Square on Sept. 11 - while he was on personal-recognizance release awaiting trial on charges he stabbed somebody three blocks from there last year - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Photo of car's post-crash front end by Transit PD.
Transit Police report a man who plowed his 2004 Honda into the back of an MBTA bus at Columbus Avenue and Dimock Street - where there are two center bus lanes marked off with barriers and red pavement paint - around 6:30 p.m. yesterday told arriving officers he was just following his car's GPS. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today granted a food-serving license to Cacao, 570 Columbus Ave. in the South End. Read more.
Surveillance photos of suspects via BPD.
Boston Police report they are looking for five people they say were involved in the armed holdup of a person in a Roxbury Community College parking lot at Columbus Avenue and Cedar Street taking both his phone and a silver Mercedes E-class SUV. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a man on charges he stabbed somebody in the hand at 209 Columbus Ave., in the South End around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the venerable Southern restaurant and live-music spot plans to close on Dec. 31, then re-open as something else, although exactly what owner Nia Grace has in mind for the Columbus Avenue spot remains under wraps.
Seized gun with laser sight and bullets. Photo by BPD.
Boston Police report arresting a man from the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby on various gun charges after performing two illegal driving maneuvers where Tremont Street turns into Columbus Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.
The manager of New York Pizza, 35 Massachusetts Ave. at Columbus Avenue, acknowledged today that not long after he called 911 to report that a panhandler who had been denied his customary free slice was refusing to leave on March 11, he called 911 back to report the man had a knife and was attempting to rob customers. Read more.
Brooks Payne enjoyed the lilacs today outside Union Church on Columbus Avenue in the South End.
This church was attended by our beloved human rights champion Mel King and where his "Coming Home" celebration was held last month.
Update: Victim identified as Christopher Shivers.
Boston Police report a man was shot at 2055 Columbus Ave. around 10:15 p.m. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a marijuana dispensary at 329 Columbus Ave. in the South End, where Coda used to be.
Desiree Franjul's Herbal Power now goes to the state Cannabis Control Commission for the final approval it will need before it can open, with hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
BosGuy reports that Cafe Madeleine on Columbus Avenue is hanging up its aprons forever on Nov. 15.
Updated with BPD info.
A melee that started on a Carter Playground tennis court near where two high-school football teams were finishing their game ended with cops from across the city flooding the area, Columbus Avenue shut down and one adult and six teenagers under arrest. Read more.
Huntington Avenue between Brigham Circle and Gainsborough Street and Boylston Street in Copley Square will keep their dedicated bus lanes, city officials announced today. Read more.
A Hyde Park man faces murder charges for allegedly running over a pedestrian who had collapsed on the street in front of him and for whom a bus driver had stopped early Thursday morning, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Read more.
Around 5 a.m. on Columbus Avenue where Centre Street turns into Ritchie Street, WFXT reports.
Boston Police report arresting Rosba Taylor, 30, of Lynn, on charges he shot one of two men outside 1907 Columbus Ave., around 12:30 p.m. on April 15. Read more.
Update: Licensing Board found Anchovies did nothing wrong.
A woman who'd spent the day drinking with some man she'd met after losing her job realized shortly before 1 a.m. she'd had enough and left Anchovies on Columbus Avenue in the South End to walk home - alone. But he followed her. And two women to whom she'd confided some of her life story at the bar, followed, along with a male friend of theirs, to try to keep the guy from bothering her. Read more.
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