Photo of seized gun and bullets by BPD.
Boston Police report a detail cop at Tremont and Northampton streets who went to investigate when he heard two teens arguing arrested one for the gun loaded with two bullets police say he had in his hoodie pocket. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 101 Northampton St. around 4:50 a.m. on Wednesday for a fire on the third floor. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a woman yesterday on charges she fatally stabbed Robert Lee Scott, 55, in an apartment at 155 Northampton St. in Roxbury last November. Read more.
Michael Perry, 37, was charged with first-degree murder this morning at his second arraignment for an incident on the 12th floor of 35 Northampton St. in which police first found a body, then, after they found him, he jumped out the window, only to be saved by officers who pulled him in through an 11th-floor window, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Victim identified as Jose Aponte.
Boston Police report officers called to do a well being check on a resident at 35 Northampton St. shortly after 8 p.m. last night eventually broke into the apartment when they got no response to their knocking and found a body. Read more.
WCVB reports on Boston's latest ruptured water main this time at Northampton Street and Massachusetts Avenue.
Video by Jared Katsiane.
Boston firefighters responded to 72 Northampton St. around 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday for what turned into a three-alarm fire. Read more.
A man in his car on Northampton Street outside Boston Medical Center was robbed Tuesday afternoon by two men who jumped into his car - with one of them removing his key while the other put him in a chokehold, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Update: Man gets 5 to 6 in state prison.
Police are investigating an incident around 2:15 p.m. in which they say a man shot at officers, who then returned fire, in the area of Chester Park on Massachusetts Avenue. Read more.
A two-car crash this morning at Washington and Northampton streets in Roxbury sent one of the cars into the front of Shamso, a new hair salon that is the first in New England for women who wear a hijab.
The other car in the crash ... Read more.
Architect's rendering of view from Southwest Corridor Park, with birds.
A pair of developers have filed plans for a 6-story, 47-unit residential building off Northampton Street and the Southwest Corridor Park in which all the units would be marketed as affordable. Read more.
Doc's Place back in the day.
The Library of Congress's John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive includes a couple of photos of Doc's Place at the corner of Northampton Street and Harrison Avenue. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal by developer Larry Cristafori to build a four-story, five-unit building on what is now a vacant lot at 223 Northampton St., near Tremont Street in the South End. Read more.
Boston Police report the man shot last week at 186 Northampton St. died.
They identified him as Juan Morales, 32, of Fitchburg. He is Boston's seventh murder victim in 2019.
Update: Victim died, identified as Juan Morales, 32, of Fitchburg.
Alertpageboston reports somebody was shot shortly before 1 p.m. outside 181 Northampton St., between Shawmut and Tremont, and that the homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.
Around 7:10 p.m. in a parking lot off Northampton Street near Harrison Avenue. The shooters seem to have missed each other.
A man was found shot twice at Mass. Ave. and Washington Street around 10:10 p.m. - about 20 minutes after gunfire rang out in the area of Northampton and Read; there might be a second shooting site at Northampton and Parmalee.
One resident reports she heard several rounds, possibly four.
A concerned citizen refuses to play dead:
229 Northampton is attracting possums. Possums! They put food out for them (or maybe cats, but the possums have chased the cats off) on the front steps. I spotted a possum munching on the cat food last night at 7 pm, like a haunted buffet. This is gross. The possum gave me one of those looks like "oh, hey, what, are you gonna report me?" Yes I am.
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