A disgusted resident filed a 311 complaint today about the X somebody spray painted across the explanation on the mural that honors Dorchester's own Ray Bolger, who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz:" Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a proposed Papa John's at 1501 Dorchester Ave. in Fields Corner after the franchisee agreed to add salads, and possibly other healthy offerings to its menu - and to require all delivery drivers to make pickups through a rear door rather than clogging up the already crowded street out front. Read more.
Update: Food-serving license approved.
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to a Papa John's franchisee for an outlet at 1501 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester's Field's Corner. Read more.
Rendering by Utile.
A downtown developer is asking the Boston Planning Department for permission to modify and revive its dormant plans for a hotel at 246-248 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston - in a change request that says the revised plans would make it easier to re-develop a neighboring lot. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by the Broadway Restaurant Group to create a permanent home for the series of outdoor events they've run over the past couple of years at Core Investment's The Lot space at 383 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston. Read more.
Update, Tuesday a.m.: The MBTA rolled out shuttle buses to replace Ashmont Red Line service after the water disrupted power to the trains.
A National Grid crew working in the street at Dorchester Avenue at Ashmont Street in Dorchester around 6 p.m., struck a Boston Water and Sewer Commission main, turning Peabody Square into an impassible lake and forcing firefighters to evacuate at least one building after they started smelling a strong odor of gas. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter visits the Dorchester Avenue institution in its final hours of being bled dry by investors.
Boston Police report arresting David Adams, 38, of Dorchester, on charges he fatally stabbed a man outside the Engine 18 firehouse on Dorchester Avenue last night.
Victim identified as David Abrain, 52, of Roxbury.
Boston Police report a man was stabbed outside the Engine 18 fire station at 1879 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester around 10 p.m. on Friday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Dorchester Reporter updates us on opposition to a proposed Papa John's francise on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner, not because of the quality of the pizza as because it's an out-of-state business rather than something more homegrown - such as Antonio's Hi-Fi Pizza across the street. The proposed franchisee, though, is a Dorchester resident.
Rendering by RODE Architects.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a land owner's plans to replace a Richdale and a parking lot on its land at 1420 Dorchester Ave., near Adams Street in Dorchester, with a five-story, 46-unit apartment building. Read more.
Roman Lilligren couldn't help but notice the old Red Line car being towed down Dorchester Avenue in South Boston and then unhitched at the On the Dot project along Dorchester Avenue from Andrew Square north. Read more.
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owner of the venerable Blarney Stone, 1505 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester, sell his liquor license to Yancarlo Fernandez of Dorchester, who is planning a new menu focusing on "modern international cuisine" and tapas, his attorney said today. Read more.
Andrew Square residents, the local police district and elected officials all oppose efforts by the owner of Red Line Pizza, on Dorchester Avenue across from the Andrew Square T stop, to legally stay open for pick-up pizza until 2 a.m., saying it's become a "magnet" that attracts the homeless, drug users and people looking for a fight in a neighborhood that already has quite enough of that - as well as a generator of rat-summoning trash. Read more.
Red Line Pizza, 582 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston, goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week for permission to extend its legal closing time from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter delivers the news that Fields Corner Main Streets is leading a battle to keep a Papa Johns franchise out of a vacant storefront in an area that already has several pizza places. The group says that anybody truly desperate for a Papa Johns pie can get one delivered via Uber Eats and that what the neighborhood really needs is a place that doesn't duplicate what's already available.
Rendering by Stantec.
The BPDA board yesterday approved Core Investments's plans for three life-sciences lab and office buildings - two 13 stories, one 12 - as part of its massive On the Dot project to remake a stretch of Dorchester Avenue from Andrew Square north along the Southampton train yard. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a teenager Thursday for the armed holdup of a delivery person at 40 West 7th St. in the West Broadway development around 8:50 p.m. on Feb. 25. Read more.
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