The Boston Licensing Board concluded yesterday that Big Night Live was not to blame for a massive series of brawls on Causeway Street last October that ended with two cops, an EMT and several costumed pugilists injured and three people facing criminal charges. Read more.
Two registered nurses fired by Shriners Children's Hospital Boston for refusing to get Covid-19 vaccinations yesterday sued the hospital, charging that the hospital, with "evil motive or intent," was doing the bidding of federal and state governments and so deprived them of their 14th-Amendment rights to refuse when they ordered employees to become "human subjects in federally funded research activities" and get vaccinated. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved developer Greg McCarthy's plans to convert a vacant six-story office building at 129 Portland St. into 25 apartments. Read more.
Massachusetts General Hospital today sued a New York pharmaceutical company it says agreed to pay for the hospital's ALS center to test out a new drug against the currently incurable disease, then tried to worm its way out of its financial commitment after the hospital had already done the work. Read more.
What began as a pre-Halloween costume party at a North Station club ended in early morning mayhem, with two cops injured, an EMT whacked with a boot, a club manager hit in the face with a purse, at least one woman's wig ripped off her head, three arrested and a group of about 20 women assembling to brawl in the street outside, police told the Boston Licensing Board today. Read more.
A Charlestown Municipal Court judge today ordered Yandri Hernandez, 24, held without bail as a potential danger to society as he awaits trial, following his arrest last week on charges he jumped out of a women's restroom stall at the Museum of Science and attacked a 15-year-old teen - who managed to escape and run out. Read more.
From flier distributed to local police by State Police, updated after his capture.
A Somerville man who was already facing breaking and entering and stolen-property charges is behind bars on charges he attacked a 15-year-old in a women's room at the Museum of Science on Oct. 6, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
In a monochromatic city, the one copper tower stands out, in rendering by Gensler.
A Newton real-estate investment firm today filed plans for a 40-story tower with 400 residential units, 320 hotel rooms and a two-level garage underground garage with 150 parking spaces between Causeway, North Washington and Medford streets - a block that forms the top angle of the Bulfinch Triangle. Read more.
State officials report the feds have awarded the MBTA $472 million to replace the current 100-year-old drawbridges that connect North Station to points north and west over the Charles River. Read more.
The Charles in bloom and map of the affected area, by CRWA.
The state Department of Public Health yesterday confirmed that the Charles River from the Longfellow to the dam is now full of blue-green algae, which means you need to be especially careful to keep your dogs and young children out of it, the Charles River Watershed Association reports. Read more.
A Newton real-estate investment firm says it will soon file plans to tear down three buildings at Causeway and North Washington streets to make way for a 40-story building with roughly 300 hotel rooms and 420 residential units. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a man on charges he stabbed somebody in the stomach outside the Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., around 4 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
A developer has filed plans with the Boston Planning Department to convert what is now a vacant six-story office building at 129 Portland St. into 25 apartments and ground-floor retail space, under the city's office-to-residential tax-abatement pilot. Read more.
The Celtics won their 18th NBA title tonight with a fifth-game victory over the Mavericks.
A medical assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital took advantage of a doctor leaving a dermatology exam room to get a woman to strip after which he groped her under the guise of examining her foot and leg, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office charges. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a Liberty Hotel guest who allegedly responded to an innocent question from a woman at the hotel bar that he had a bomb in his suitcase Wednesday night. Read more.
A man who lives on the fourth floor of a Martha Road apartment building was arrested today on charges he aimed a green laser pointer at a Coast Guard helicopter whose pilot was trying to land at the neighboring Massachusetts General Hospital last September. Read more.
Firefighters atop a train. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to North Station around 1:30 p.m. after a locomotive on Track 4 began belching fire. Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire, which caused no injuries but which did cause some delays on service into the station.
Mark Garfinkel reports another Storrowing today: By the driver of a Trillium Brewing truck, inbound next to the Liberty Hotel, which disproves the old adage: Trillium beer is local beer and local beer should know better.
The new owner of 110 Canal St. near the Garden says it will soon file plans to turn the empty seven-story building into an 82-room hotel. Read more.
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