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State Police say driver slams into pedestrian in Somerville crosswalk, leaves her for dead, then just keeps going

By adamg - 7/20/19 - 11:13 pm

State Police report a woman in her early 50s suffered fatal injuries in a hit-and-run crash around 8 p.m. on Mystic Avenue, near McGrath Highway and the Stop & Shop. Read more.

Police seek two for North End alley arson

By adamg - 7/20/19 - 10:35 pm

Wanted for questioning about arson in the North End

Surveiilance photos via BPD.

Boston Police report they are looking for two people they suspect set a fire in an alley off Hanover Street between Cross and Richmond streets around 5 a.m. today. Read more.

A rider in love with his area code

By adamg - 7/20/19 - 1:29 pm

Roving UHub photographer Bobby B. spotted a motorcycle belonging to somebody who reps the 617 in Mattapan today.

Man dies in fire on Rockland Street in Roxbury

By adamg - 7/20/19 - 11:24 am

The Boston Fire Department reports a two-alarm fire that broke out at 52 Rockland St. around 4 a.m. killed a resident. Read more.

Two shot on Norfolk Street in Dorchester, then their ambulance crashes

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 11:59 pm

Ambulance after crash. Photo by KMV.

Both in the leg, at Norfolk Street at Thetford Avenue around 11:55 p.m. Injuries not considered life threatening. Read more.

Flying around the sunset in Chelsea

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 10:54 pm

See it larger.

Matt Frank went to the carnival in Chelsea this evening (more carnival details).

Chelsea wasn't the only place with a dramatic sunset: Read more.

Watch that Red Line train derail

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 10:49 pm

The MBTA has released video of the June 11 Red Line derailment at JFK/UMass. WBUR has a copy.

MBTA hopes to shave five minutes off Red Line rides by Aug. 15

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 4:32 pm

Working on the wires at JFK/UMass. Photo by MBTA.

With repairs to the destroyed JFK/UMass signal bungalows continuing apace, the MBTA announced today it hopes to restore fully automated signaling between JFK/UMass and Broadway by Aug. 15, which should cut five minutes off the longer Red Line commutes. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Why is the Registry roasting its customers in Roslindale?

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 4:16 pm

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about the inhumane conditions on the verge of a deadly heat wave at the Roslindale branch of the RMV: Read more.

South End rooming house evacuated after somebody mixes cleaning supplies, creating noxious fumes

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 12:28 pm

Hazmat scene. Photo by BFD.

Boston Fire Department hazmat crews responded to 1740 Washington St., between Massachusetts Avenue and East Springfield Street, around 12:15 p.m. after somebody mixed cleaning supplies that shouldn't have been mixed, creating a cloud of irritating fumes that forced the five-story rooming house's resident to evacuate. Read more.

T pre-announces delays, what with that sun set to blaze

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 12:03 pm

You won't be the only one suffering in the heat this weekend. The MBTA cautions:

High temps can take a toll on people & trains alike. With extreme heat forecasted, we’re on the lookout for impacts to our rails & overhead wires, faulty A/C, & station ventilation. This weather brings the potential for delays as trains may travel slowly as a precaution.

Limping West Roxbury coyote remains free, limping

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 11:49 am

A woman pushing two children in a stroller spotted the coyote this morning on Grayfield Avenue between Mt. Vernon and Houston streets, steered well clear and called police. Limpy has been prowling the neighborhood for months, has not seemed to bother any people, but has evaded capture and continued to limp in all that time.

Nepali man allowed to stay in country while appealing deportation because government report says country not as safe as government lawyers claim

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 11:22 am

Federal lawyers counting on the tender mercies of Maoists now in the Nepali government to protect a member of a rival party who fled here should perhaps do a better job of reading State Department reports, according to a ruling by an appeals court in Boston that will let the man stay here while he makes a formal plea for permanent asylum. Read more.

The heat is on

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 10:04 am

With a National Weather Service excessive heat warning going into effect at noon today, Boston has declared a heat emergency through Sunday evening.

If you need help finding a place to cool off, call 311. The City of Boston operates outdoor and indoor pools, splash pads and spray decks, and several beaches in Boston at which you can cool off.

Not everything you see at low tide in Fort Point Channel is gross

By adamg - 7/19/19 - 9:52 am

Amid all the muck and decaying bikes and pilings and stuff exposed at low tide in Fort Point Channel yesterday, a great blue heron stood looking for a meal - one that wouldn't absorb too much of the oily sheen on the water - Johnmcboston observed.

Somebody keeps cutting down new trees in historic North End cemetery

By adamg - 7/18/19 - 9:24 pm

NorthEndWaterfront.com reports that earlier this month, somebody got down low to the ground with a saw and cut down two saplings at the Copp’s Hill Burying Ground - the latest trees to be killed in a spree that dates to 1995.

Brighton Center has had a similar problem, but the man responsible for that has never been known to leave that neighborhood.

Man murdered in Roslindale is identified

By adamg - 7/18/19 - 8:52 pm

Boston Police report the man shot to death on Rowe Street in Roslindale yesterday afternoon was Daniel Vo, 24, of Boston. No arrests have yet been made.

Fields Corner to get fun-sized Target

By adamg - 7/18/19 - 4:54 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports the mini-Target will replace a closed clothing store. People who need to make larger Target runs will still be able to head up to the full-figured store up in South Bay.

Not birds of a feather

By adamg - 7/18/19 - 4:14 pm

One of the geese that frequents Jamaica Pond hit the salad bar this afternoon while one of the rolling Brookline eyesores that keeps winding up at the pond just sat nearby, taking up space.

Shell shocked no more: Kid-scorching metal turtle to be moved to shadier spot in Beacon Hill playground

By adamg - 7/18/19 - 1:51 pm

Not a crime scene: Turtle covered in tarp with sign warning literate toddlers to stay off. Source.

The Boston Guardian reports that parents worried about their little kids getting burned by climbing up on that solar-heated Myrtle the Turtle statue they never asked for in the center of the Myrtle Street playground for have reached a compromise with the city Parks Department:

The statue, which the statue, which the Beacon Hill Garden Club sternly refused to move off Myrtle Street, will be moved to a section of the playground that already is shaded by...