By adamg - 8/13/23 - 1:32 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say tackled and beat a woman and tried to strip off her clothes - before a bystander rushed in to pull him off. Read more.

Man wanted in attacks
By adamg - 12/18/22 - 7:19 pm

>Update: Suspect arrested.

Boston Police have released photos of a man they say physically attacked three women in separate incidents between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Read more.

New senior-care building proposed for Franklin Institute site.
By adamg - 9/16/20 - 10:20 am

Related Beal this week filed its plans for turning the current 1.2-acre Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology site between Berkeley, Tremont and Appleton streets into a mixed-use complex featuring a new 13-story, 241-bed building for seniors and reuse of the existing Franklin Union building for office space, once the institute moves to its new home on Harrison Avenue in Roxbury. Read more.

Stolen wreath poster vows to find the bastard who stole a South End resident's Halloween wreath
By adamg - 10/8/19 - 3:51 pm

Shamus Moynihan couldn't help but notice this flier in the South End, vowing vengeance on the spineless bastard who stole one Appleton Street resident's Halloween wreath. Halloween wreath? Halloween wreath.

Someone takes their Halloween decorations VERY seriously.

By adamg - 8/7/19 - 9:05 am

Boston Police report officers this morning recovered a car that had been carjacked at gunpoint the night before at Appleton and Tremont streets - and arrested the two people who were driving it around Uphams Corner. Read more.

Burst water main in the South End
By adamg - 9/23/17 - 10:04 am

Andrea shows us the aftermath of a water-main break at Berkeley and Appleton streets in the South End this morning.

By adamg - 6/24/17 - 12:10 am

In the arm and upper back, possibly in the area of Cortes Street around 11:45 p.m., Friday. Injuries not considered life threatening.

Police did not initially find the victim, but instead found a long blood trail that took them into the South End.

Turkey on Appleton Street in the South End
By adamg - 4/4/16 - 7:16 am

At least some people are taking to contacting 311 when they spot a turkey these days. A couple days ago, the city responded to a 311 report about a turkey just walking around Glide Street in Dorchester:

Turkeys are natural to the City of Boston. If there are no injuries to the turkey, just ensure to stay out of its way.

At press time, the city had yet to respond to a complaint about a wild turkey running down Appleton St in the South End.

Appleton Street sign
By adamg - 2/15/12 - 1:54 pm

City officials today marked the case of the font-challenged Appleton Street sign "closed" after DPW workers replaced the sign that was driving one South End resident insane

Bad font on South End street sign
By adamg - 2/6/12 - 8:16 am

The font kvetcher of the South End filed another report over the Appleton Street sign, after the city marked

Appleton Street sign
By adamg - 1/24/12 - 1:06 pm

An aggrieved citizen reports from Appleton Street: