The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by a downtown restaurant and bar group to branch out and buy the closed Dorset Hall, 367-271 Neponset Ave. in Dorchester, and re-open it as an Irish pub called McGonagle’s. Read more.
A Dorchester man was ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bail after his arraignment on kidnapping and unarmed-robbery charges related to a hookup he allegedly arranged via Grindr, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
A state trooper acquitted last year on assault-and-battery charges for a 2018 fight outside Dorchester's Dorset Hall that left a woman with a broken leg is suing State Police for back pay and lost benefits for the 26 months he was on unpaid suspension after the fight. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans to turn half of the old dentist's office at 389 Neponset Ave., near Minot Street, into an ice-cream shop called Lazy Bear. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved a developer's plan to replace an old house at 2 Neponset Ave., at Parkman Street, with a nine-unit, four-story building with ground-floor commercial space and 18 parking spaces. Read more.
A manager at Dorset Hall, 367 Neponset Ave. in Dorchester, says the restaurant has taken several steps to keep sometimes boisterous patrons from disturbing residents of nearby homes at closing time. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire at 327 Neponset Ave., called in around 10:35 p.m. on Monday, sent two residents to the hospital with injuries not considered life threatening. Read more.
UPDATE: BFD says cause was short circuit; fire not related to other recent fires in the neighborhood.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded at 12:14 p.m. on Wednesday to 66 Neponset Ave. for what turned into a two-alarm fire. Read more.
A sleepless citizen complains:
Our neighborhood is being woken up from crashing sounds. Huge booms. We thought it was construction materials bring dropped off. One neighbor thinks it is the sound of dumpsters being emptied. It's messing with our sleep on a regular basis. Today was 5:40 am some days are as early as 4:15. Minot Street residents must be dealing with this, too. Please, this can't continue.
This just in from one of our Dorchester correspondents: If you live along Neponset Avenue near St. Ann's and own a young, slender black cat, but it seems to be missing, you might want to check with the Emmerson Animal Hospital - our correspondent reports the cat, which had a collar but no tag, was hit by a car and that her boyfriend, who spotted the injured kitty, picked it up and brought it to the vet.
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