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Alleged major chutzpah: Woman under indictment for embezzlement gets job at new company under maiden name and starts embezzling there as well, feds charge

By adamg - 12/3/20 - 10:31 am

A Canton woman who embezzled nearly $1.4 million from a Boston non-profit used her maiden name to get a job at a Brookline non-profit while facing federal charges and started embezzling money there as well, according to a federal charge unsealed today. Read more.

On the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, one does not simply replace a bench

By adamg - 12/3/20 - 9:32 am

The Boston Sun details a recent hearing of the Boston Landmarks Commission on a proposal to replace a bench dedicated to Civil War veterans between Arlington and Berkeley streets on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. Read more.

Fund set up to help two burned out of their home by that South End fire

By adamg - 12/3/20 - 8:51 am

Sari Sanchez has started a GoFundMe page to help her mother and sister, who lost everything in the fire on West Newton Street Wednesday morning. Read more.

FBI agent, Boston cop who fatally shot suspected ISIS follower in Roslindale will have to undergo questioning by his mother's lawyers

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 9:14 pm

A federal judge ruled today it's too early for her to consider whether to dismiss a lawsuit against and FBI agent and a Boston Police detective by the mother of the man they shot in front of the Roslindale CVS in 2015 when, they say, he came at them with a large knife. Read more.

Massachusetts sets new record for coronavirus cases in one day

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 8:42 pm

Massachusetts today reported 4,613 new Covid-19 cases, far higher than any day during the spring surge and close to 1,000 cases higher than the daily record set in mid-November. Read more.

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City Councilor Matt O'Malley takes hat out of ring

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 5:32 pm

Matt and Margot O'Malley

Matt O'Malley, who has a 6 tattooed on his arm for the city-council district he has served for ten years, announced today he won't be running for re-election next year. Read more.

Did an HP Hood milk crate float across the Atlantic?

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 3:27 pm

Lego Lost at Sea posts a couple of photos of an HP Hood milk crate that wound up on a beach in Cornwall in the UK today. Read more.

Police arrest man they say tried to rob two in Fields Corner but only netted a quarter

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 3:14 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say used a box cutter to hold up somebody on Adams Street in Dorchester last night - only to find the victim had just a quarter - and then punched another person who refused to give him any money at all. Read more.

Roslindale supermarket getting new name and renovations

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 11:39 am

Winsight Grocery Business reports the cooperative that owns the Price Rite supermarket on River Street in Hyde Park has bought the Save A Lot chain, which has a supermarket in the strip mall on American Legion Highway (the discount-store one near Walk Hill Street, not the Stop & Shop one near Hyde Park).

The chain is also planning a new market in Dorchester.

H/t Mark.

If you demand food from chains, you need to get down to the Dedham/Boston line

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 11:25 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports an outlet of the Jersey Mike's sub chain has opened in a (gasp!) closed Dunkin' Donuts in that sort of rotary where Washington Street and Providence Highway (no longer confused with Rte. 1!) meet in Dedham.

That only solidifies that stretch of Providence Highway-into-VFW Parkway as one of the fast-food chainiest stretches of road in the immediate Boston area. Read more.

Firefighters rescue woman, two kids from South End fire

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 9:19 am

Firefighters from Ladder 4 rescue child at West Newton Street fire.

Firefighters from Ladder 4 rescue child. Photo by Jason M. Pratt.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 68 West Newton St. in the South End at 9:05 a.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire. Read more.

The case for an elected Boston school committee

By adamg - 12/2/20 - 9:03 am

Edith Bazile explains why the recent resignation of Michael Loconto shows it's past time to give Boston voters a direct say in who oversees Boston schools.

If you have any doubt about whether Boston families and children need an elected school committee to achieve racial equity, just read the transcript of text messages between Loconto’s fellow school committee members.

Free Covid-19 testing in Jamaica Plain Wednesday and Thursday

By adamg - 12/1/20 - 10:18 pm

People who want a Covid-19 test will be able to walk up for a free test, no questions asked, at the Anna Mae Cole Community Center, 10 Lamartine St. Ext. between 3 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Read more.

Man shot in the leg on Ashmont Street in Dorchester

By adamg - 12/1/20 - 9:41 pm

A man was shot in the leg on Ashmont Street at Montague Street around 8:45 p.m. Officers who arrived on scene found evidence of gunfire, but not victim. Around 9 p.m., however, the victim showed up at a local emergency room.

Boston Latin Kings leader gets 30 months in prison

By adamg - 12/1/20 - 9:35 pm

A federal judge today sentenced Wilson "King Dubb" Peguero, 29, to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for his role as leader of the Devon Street Kings, a chapter of the national Latin Kings gang.

Nobody expected a double stabbing during brunch at one Fort Point restaurant

By adamg - 12/1/20 - 3:26 pm

Flyer for what turned into a stabby brunch.

On Sunday, Nov. 1, Bastille Kitchen, 49 Melcher St., was nearing the end of just its third Sunday brunch after being closed most of the summer when a fight broke out that ended with two men stabbed and a third sliced in the hand. Read more.

No dancing in Chinatown restaurants, especially not after 10 p.m., board says

By adamg - 12/1/20 - 2:11 pm

The owner of New Moon Villa on Edinboro Street in Chinatown had to answer a citation today for a Nov. 10 incident in which licensing detectives found three patrons dancing inside while sipping from the bottles of tequila and cognac they brought in with them - half an hour after the restaurant was supposed to be shut due to the state's current Covid-19 regulations. Read more.