By adamg - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 10:48pm

Boston Police are investigating gunfire at Garfield Avenue and Woodglen Road in the Fairmount development in Hyde Park around 10:30 p.m.

One building and a car were hit by a bullets; spent casings were found nearby. No people hit.

By adamg - Thu, 07/27/2017 - 10:07am

The Bulletin reports on the imminent construction of the Southwest Boston Community Development Corp.'s 27-unit affordable building next to the Fairmount train station. The then BRA approved the project in 2014.

By adamg - Tue, 12/27/2016 - 10:41am

An exhausted outbound Fairmount Line bought the farm just before Fairmount station and now the T says there are delays of 30 to 40 minutes, which is roughly twice as long as it would take the average adult to just get out and walk from Fairmount to the end of the line at Readville (yes, of course, unlike every other line, the Fairmount Line is not named for the last stop).

By adamg - Tue, 07/26/2016 - 8:19am

Mike Ball bravely photographed this snarly, ravenous opossum at the Fairmount commuter-rail station this morning.

By adamg - Tue, 01/12/2016 - 3:53pm

City Councilors Tim McCarthy (Hyde Park, Roslindale, Mattapan) and Michelle Wu (at large) want the T to publicly explain why people who use the Fairmount Line or who board the train at Forest Hills pay so much less than people who take commuter rail in from Roslindale and other parts of Hyde Park in particular. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 09/18/2014 - 9:52pm

The BRA today approved a proposed 27-unit apartment building on what is now an unused piece of industrial land next to the Fairmount commuter-rail station.

By massmarrier - Mon, 03/11/2013 - 3:02pm

UH has been OK about reporting on the Townsend's shenanigans and delays. Adam's less invested than those of us in lower Hyde Park though.