Handmaid took in the sunrise over the Ruggles busway this morning.
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By adamg - 10/3/24 - 12:42 pm
Where's the bus stop? It's under the plants. Photo by City of Boston
Boston has covered 30 bus stops along the 28 route between Mattapan Square and Ruggles with planters as part of a three-year pilot that, if successful, could be expanded to bus shelters across the city: Read more.
By adamg - 9/23/24 - 3:07 pm
Transit Police report arresting a man they say "fully exposed himself" to a young girl and her mother around 6 p.m. on Saturday. Officers on scene then noticed his exposure before he could zip back up after spotting them, police say. He was charged with open and gross lewdness.
By adamg - 9/19/24 - 11:22 pm
A Dorchester man is scheduled for arraignment Friday on charges he murdered Karen Taylor by repeatedly stabbing her at 37 Williams St. in Roxbury on May 27, 1988, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 9/19/24 - 12:16 pm
An ISD housing inspector looking at a second-floor apartment at 194 Harold St. in Roxbury on Oct. 21, 2021 today sued the building's owners and property manager for the permanent injuries she says she suffered in a fall down the stairs after the manager's dog lunged at her. Read more.
By adamg - 9/19/24 - 11:20 am
Rendering by Studio Luz Architects.
The Madison Park Development Corp. has filed plans for a six-story residential building on a lot Warren and Crawford street in Roxbury that has sat vacant since the 1960s as a holdover from the Washington Park urban-renewal project. Read more.
By adamg - 9/19/24 - 9:57 am
A Somerville man who likes to hang out in Egleston Square was ordered held without bail as a danger to the community this week following his arrest on charges he stabbed a senior citizen on a bus in Egleston Square on Sept. 11 - while he was on personal-recognizance release awaiting trial on charges he stabbed somebody three blocks from there last year - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 9/17/24 - 11:17 am
The Supreme Judicial Court today reinstated the first-degree murder conviction for the man who sliced open Cristian Giambrone's neck outside the Longwood Medical Area CVS in 2004, which means he will spend the rest of his life in prison without a chance at parole. Read more.
By adamg - 9/15/24 - 9:14 am
Smith reports on a minivan turned sound truck roaming around the South End last night, "imploring me to vote for Roy Owens in November." Read more.
By adamg - 9/11/24 - 10:57 pm
Even as they are announcing the arrest of a man they say was trailing senior citizens wearing gold chains to rip them off their necks, Boston Police are warning of an outbreak of gold-chain snatchings in Roxbury. Read more.
By adamg - 9/11/24 - 12:57 pm
Rendering by DREAM Collaborative.
Related Beal and DREAM Development have filed plans for a six-story, 45-unit condo building on what is now a Boston Water and Sewer Commission parking lot on Reed Street between East Lenox and Newcomb streets on the Roxbury/South End line. Read more.
By adamg - 9/11/24 - 9:08 am
Boston Police report the arrest of Edwin Santos, 22, on charges he was the guy ripping off gold chains off the necks of older people he would follow home from train or bus stops in several neighborhoods. Read more.
By adamg - 9/8/24 - 4:12 pm
Boston Police report arresting two men a 911 caller reported were walking down Savin Street in Roxbury Friday night, at least until officers arrived and then try tried to run away, but failed - one also then failed to hide in some grass that wasn't tall enough to cover him, police say. Read more.
By adamg - 8/31/24 - 12:51 pm
Boston Police report arresting a Mattapan man for fatally stabbing Daniel Coke, 45, on Amory Terrace on Aug. 4. Read more.
By adamg - 8/29/24 - 11:34 am
The Supreme Judicial Court today agreed one of three men convicted for the murder of a Dudley Square cobbler trying to protect his son from them on Dec. 10, 1974, deserves a new trial because of questions about eyewitness testimony and the failure of Suffolk County prosecutors to turn over evidence that might have bolstered his claim of innocence. Read more.
By adamg - 8/22/24 - 9:18 am
Surveillance photo of peeper via BPD.
Boston Police are seeking help to identify the guy they say crept up to a house on Devon Street in Grove Hall and then spent some time "looking into an occupied bathroom window" around 2:20 a.m. on Wednesday.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-343-4275 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to CRIME (27463).
By adamg - 8/18/24 - 10:46 pm
Five people were shot in the the area of Circuit Drive between Pierpont Road and the golf clubhouse tonight. Read more.
By adamg - 8/15/24 - 10:46 pm
Surveillance photos of suspect via BPD.
Boston Police report they are looking for a chain robber who displayed a gun to force one of women to give up a chain she was wearing on Dudley Street at Clarence Street in Roxbury around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.
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