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By adamg - 10/2/24 - 3:33 pm
Rendering of possible Rte. 9 hotel/condo building

Very conceptual, preliminary rendering of a drone's eye view above Rte. 9 eastbound by Finegold Alexander Architects.

City Realty last week unwrapped some of its ideas for the 5-acre office complex on Rte. 9 in Brookline at the Newton line it now owns: Replacing it completely with a new complex featuring a 20-story hotel/condo tower at the city line along with two shorter buildings with apartments, retail space and medical offices, all clustered around a "town square" the length of two football fields with a stream-like "water feature" that would encourage visitors to sit and enjoy themselves. Read more.

By adamg - 8/28/24 - 10:42 am
Surveillance photos of suspects via Newton PD.

Surveillance photos of suspects via Newton PD.

Newton Police report they're looking for a couple who made off with several wallets and phones at the Chestnut Hill Wegmans last week: Read more.

By adamg - 2/5/24 - 2:08 pm

A vexed citizen files a 311 complaint about how his or her earlier 311 complaint about multiple unused traffic cones on Hackensack Road in the part of West Roxbury that uses the Chestnut Hill Zip code got marked "closed" because "Chestnut Hill is Newton:" Read more.

By Briancj - 4/9/22 - 8:23 pm

While we haven't seen the TLF for a while here, their work continues apace. Can turkeys claim squatters rights?

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2022/04/08/wild-turkey-chestnut-hill-living-room/

By adamg - 2/7/20 - 3:02 pm

Boston Police this afternoon released some preliminary information on the morning incident that ended with a Brigham and Women's Hospital valet wounded, the suspect dead, the hospital locked down and several cars damaged in a crash that shut the westbound side of Rte. 9 in Brookline. Read more.

By adamg - 2/24/19 - 7:55 pm

NBC Boston reports he's a neighbor of the first and was also snared in an investigation of human trafficking.

By adamg - 1/25/18 - 6:01 pm
You can't make everyone happy: You're not a bagel

A sign at the new Bagel Table in the lower Chestnut Hill Mall the Street, where Rosie's used to be.

By adamg - 11/3/17 - 5:11 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports Chilacates is planning an outlet in the Street (the former lower Chestnut Hill Mall).

By adamg - 10/19/17 - 4:33 pm

The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the Riverside Line due to a trolley that breathed its last at Chestnut Hill.

By adamg - 8/27/16 - 11:45 am
Hello Kitty car

Suzannishly spotted this tricked-out Smart Car outside the Chestnut Hill Wegmans this morning.

By adamg - 6/23/15 - 7:55 am

An inbound trolley on the Riverside Line crossed the River Styx this morning, leaving riders in the lurch. Nobody Would Care reported at 7:45:

Train died at chestnut hill. Second train just came and is pushing the dead train. It's been 30 min so far.

Update: Read more.

By adamg - 2/28/15 - 2:34 pm
Note explaning why Rosies in Chestnut Hill is closed: Supplier shut

UPDATE: Chestnut Hill Rosie's remains open - the note applied only to Inman Square.

Rosie's, with stores in Inman Square and Chestnut Hill, closed its doors today.

Shazza shows us the note in the window of Rosie's Bakery in the lower Chestnut Hill Mall; a call to the Inman Square store leads to a message saying the same basic thing: The "wonderful supply kitchen" that used to bake many of their goods went out of business and owners Judy Rosenberg and Eliot Winograd couldn't find another one to match the quality and price they'd gotten there.

By adamg - 10/17/14 - 4:16 pm

BC will be shooting off fireworks around 8 p.m. for the amusement of alumni.

By adamg - 5/24/14 - 3:11 pm
Clear aisle at the Chetnut Hill Star Market

2 p.m. on a Saturday.

We were out and about on errands today and figured we'd end the trip with a supermarket run for some barbecue fixings. We wound up at the Chestnut Hill Star, and, yeesh, was that place empty.

Now, one might think this was because it's Memorial Day Weekend and simply everybody in Newton and Brookline is already down on the Cape and the only people left to shop there are the odd stragglers on roundabout journeys from way down in Roslindale or something.

By adamg - 5/1/14 - 7:56 am
Hammond Street interior, Newton

An early morning fire at 583 Hammond St. went to three alarms before it was knocked down shortly before 6 a.m.

The Newton Fire Department reports investigators are on scene, trying to determine the cause of the fire, which also forced the closing of the road to traffic.

By adamg - 3/19/14 - 12:32 pm

Wicked Local Brookline reports selectmen put off a vote on letting a Peet's replace the Starbucks on Rte. 9 in Chestnut Hill after neighbors complained Starbucks customers were slobby bad drivers and selectmen decided they wanted the landlord to explain how he will keep the Peet's from replicating the mistakes of the Starbucks.

By adamg - 2/11/14 - 10:59 am
Wegmans

The new supermarket, built on the site of the departed Omni Foods on Rte. 9, holds its grand opening on April 27. However, the liquor-store part of the supermarket opens March 29.

By adamg - 12/30/13 - 8:40 am
Bad crash in Chestnut Hill

Remains of a pickup that slid under a truck in Chestnut Hill. Photo by State Police.

Rain turned to black ice overnight, causing cars to crash and overturn across the region and sending pedestrians and bicyclists plunging to the ground.

Rte. 9 eastbound by the Chestnut Hill Mall was shut after a pickup truck slid under the back of a tractor trailer around 7:20 a.m. State Police report the driver of the pickup suffered serious injuries but was conscious when extricated by firefighters.

By adamg - 9/23/13 - 10:58 am

The Newton Fire Department reports it evacuated part of the Street mall on Rte. 9 after workers hit a gas main in front of the Container Store around 10 a.m. About 35 minutes later, National Grid managed to shut the gas off, freeing mall workers to return to their jobs.

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