One day, that bus will zoom right down the middle of the avenue.
Construction crews have been busy in recent months building new bus stops between Egleston and Jackson squares for dedicated bus lanes and stops that planners say will mean a faster ride to and from Jackson Square and Ruggles on the 22, 29 and 44 bus routes. Read more.
Firefighters in the pit. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters were able to get a man out from under an Orange Line train at Jackson Square around 9:50 a.m.
He was taken to a local hospital for care. The incident remains under investigation, the department says.
Rendering by Dream Collaborative.
Three non-profit groups have filed plans with the BPDA to replace roughly half the Mildred Hailey public-housing complex in Jamaica Plain with a new mixed-income community over eight to ten years. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a man they say fired shots during an incident on Centre Street in front of the Mildred Hailey Apartments that left one man dead and another hospitalized on May 20. Read more.
The MBTA reports Orange Line delays of about 20 minutes due to a train with a no doubt embarrassing mechanical problem inbound at Jackson Square.
Two men were shot at Centre and Lamartine streets around 10 p.m., according to Stanley Staco and Mark Parkinson, who reports one died. Read more.
Update: Victim is 16.
Live Boston reports somebody was shot around 7:35 p.m. on Walden Street, across from the Stop & Shop parking lot.
On Thursday, a man was shot repeatedly on Walden Street in the Mildred Hailey Apartments.
Boston Police report arresting a 14-year-old on Friday for robbing a 13-year-old of his bicycle on Centre Street in front of the Jackson Square Stop & Shop on Tuesday after officers spotted him riding the distinctive red-and-black bike a few blocks away on Mozart Street at Chestnut Avenue. Read more.
Live Boston reports somebody was shot at Centre and Lamartine streets around 2 a.m.
Capt. John Greland at District E-13 in Jamaica Plain reports: Read more.
Archictect's rendering.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a proposal by Urban Edge Housing Corp. for a six-story apartment building in which all the units would be rented as affordable, at 1599 Columbus Ave., just south of Centre Street. Read more.
Transit Police report they are looking for a man they say indecently attacked a woman around 2:30 pm. on Aug. 9 at Jackson Square - and was spotted leaving the train at Forest Hills and boarding a 30 bus.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous tip to 873873.
So, we were just told get off the train because they couldn’t “control the first two cars”, whatever that means. I’m still trynna understand what exactly this fare hike was for. pic.twitter.com/BpwllK1zhv
— Wendell T. Joseph (@wendelltjoseph) July 10, 2019
Police Commissioner Gross and DA Rollins talk to reporters at scene. Photo by Stilluminati.
Two men were shot, one in the head, on Mozart Street at Bolster Street in Jamaica Plain, around 9:55 p.m. Read more.
Work has started to revive the World's Fair that was an annual street festival along Centre Street in Jamaica Plain until it just disappeared after 2008. Now dubbed the Latin Quarter World's Fair, in honor of the designation of the area from Hyde Square to Jackson Square, it's scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 15. And, yes, there's a GoFundMe page to help pay for putting it on.
Jamaica Plain News reports that Jamaica Mi Hungry, which has been running a food truck around Boston, is looking to open a permanent restaurant in the space next to the Jackson Square T stop when the Mooyah burger place went belly up.
Boston Police report arresting Abdirahman Abdi, 25, of Brockton, on charges he shot another man during a robbery at Columbus Avenue and Ritchie Street around 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.
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