Transit Police report they are looking for a man they say spat in the face of a bus driver "without provocation" at Eutaw and Meridian streets around 5:45 p.m. on April 2.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050.
WBZ reports a child injured in a six-alarm fire on Meridian Street in East Boston on April 2 has died. A second person was reported dead the day of the fire, the cause of which has yet to be announced.
East Boston Social Centers has set up a fundraising drive for the 30 people who lost their homes in the fire on Meridian and West Eagle streets in East Boston this morning - which also claimed one resident's life.
Boston Police report arresting two teens, one from far distant Hyde Park, on charges they broke into the Super Smoke Shop at 247 Meridian St. in East Boston, Saturday night. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Pomona Cafe and Wine Bar is looking to open its third Massachusetts outlet at 18 Meridian St. in Maverick Square. They'll start out with coffee, smoothies, salads, sandwiches and grain bowls, then add alcohol if they can get a liquor license.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 366 Meridian St. for a fire at 12:30 a.m. Read more.
Manuel and Erin Rosas at licensing hearing today.
Update: Request approved, pending availability of a license.
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether La Casa Del Pandebono, at 271 Meridian St. in East Boston, can start serving beer and wine with its pastries and Colombian and Central American foods. Read more.
The East Boston Times-Free Press reports the opening of Boston's second pot shop, Berkshire Roots, on Meridian Street.
A decision by the mayor's office to approve two marijuana shops less than a half mile apart - in potential violation of a city ordinance - sparked an unusually volatile Zoning Board of Appeal meeting today, during which the board chairman slammed his gavel to the table to restore order at one point, not long after he yelled at a city councilor that she was out of order. Read more.
A man who was upset to be asked to leave El Diamante Billiards at 71 Meridian St. after a bouncer watched him pass a small plastic bag filled with white powder to another patron responded by getting into two fights with the bouncer, during one of which he bit down hard on the bouncer's cheek, police and the bouncer said today. Read more.
Anthony's Market, 407 Meridian St., was held up around 10:15 p.m. by three Hispanic men in Halloween masks, who fled in a gray Dodge SUV. They may have held up a liquor store on Eastern Avenue in Chelsea, on the other side of the Chelsea Street Bridge, earlier in the night.
Firefighter David McSweeney with rescued cat. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports no injuries and one soggy cat rescued from a three-alarm fire at 360 Meridian St. in East Boston this afternoon. Read more.
The owners of El Diamante billiards place, 71-73 Meridian St., have ordered its security guards to leave their pepper spray at home after a July incident in which a guard sprayed two obstreperous patrons with the noxious stuff.
Exactly why he sprayed the two men with OC spray proved a bone of contention at a Boston Licensing Board hearing today, and could help determine what action, if any, the board takes at a meeting on Thursday. Read more.
Roslindale mural under way. Photo by Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement.
The Mayor's Mural Crew and the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement are teaming up to paint murals under the theme of "To Immigrants with Love."
Atlas Liquors on Hyde Park Avenue in Roslindale and Dr. Dental on Meridian Street in East Boston have donated their wall space for the murals, being painted this month. Read more.
A federal judge last week called Aura Beatriz Garcia's death in the Meridian Street Bridge in 2013 "shocking and tragic, and in all likelihood preventable," but said the city of Boston and two public-works officials aren't legally liable. Read more.
— Rick Macomber (@boston_camera) April 27, 2017
One was stabbed six times shortly before 2:45 a.m. at Meridian and Saratoga streets, Rick Macomber reports. WBZ reports the stabbings happened during a fight outside a restaurant.
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