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The end of the old Charlestown Bridge, once a key El link

By adamg - 8/2/20 - 9:25 pm

Last major part of the old North Washington Street Bridge

Adam Castiglioni has been watching crews disassemble the old Charlestown Bridge, also known as the North Washington Street Bridge, between the North End and Charlestown. Today, he reports: Read more.

Driver on Blue Hill Avenue is shot, crashes into wall

By adamg - 8/2/20 - 9:19 pm

A man driving on Blue Hill Avenue near Ellington Street was shot and then crashed into a wall at 632 Blue Hill Avenue. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

Shell casings were recovered on Ellington Street.

Northeastern wants to rent even more hotel rooms in Copley Square after deciding to halt its study-abroad program in London

By adamg - 8/2/20 - 12:07 pm

Northeastern University has told the BPDA it has increased the number of rooms it wants to rent to house students and the staffers who would oversee them at the Westin Copley Place from roughly 575 to as many as 875 - which would mean up to 19 floors in the hotel being set aside for Northeastern. Read more.

Charles River canoe and kayak rental place shut after worker tests positive for coronavirus

By adamg - 8/2/20 - 11:36 am

Update: Paddle Boston reports that the employee who tested positive got a second test done, and this time the result came back as negative.

Paddle Boston announced its location on the Charles River in Allston is shut today "due to a positive covid 19 test for one of our staff at the site." Refunds or reservations for another day are available.

Downtown roof fire does some damage

By adamg - 8/1/20 - 11:01 pm

Photo by BFD.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 39 Kingston St., near Bedford Street, for some "heavy fire" on the roof around 7 p.m. Read more.

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Coronavirus ends Sox pitcher's season

By adamg - 8/1/20 - 10:41 pm

Eduardo Rodriguez won't pitch again in 2020 because of the heart inflammation caused by his Covid-19 infection, ESPN reports.

Bukowski Tavern in Inman Square looking like a gonner

By adamg - 8/1/20 - 10:10 pm

Cambridge Day reports.

Man with long record arrested while browsing in Roxbury bookstore with a loaded gun, police say

By adamg - 8/1/20 - 11:25 am

Boston Police report arresting Tyrone Goforth on gun and drug charges inside Frugal Bookstore, 57 Warren St. in Nubian Square, Friday afternoon. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: This is South Boston, not Allston

By adamg - 8/1/20 - 10:45 am

An agitated South Boston resident files a complaint about the situation on L Street near East 8th Street:

Trash put out from someone moving in or out. This isn't Allston

We should change our Welcome signs

By adamg - 8/1/20 - 10:28 am

Roy G. Biv has a suggestion for the governor's new Mask it or casket campaign.

New Yorker charged as window-smashing would-be bicycle thief in the North End

By adamg - 8/1/20 - 10:02 am

Boston Police report arresting a New York man on charges he tried to steal a bicycle from a Commercial Street shop yesterday, threw paving stones through its window when he was foiled and then tried to kick and spit at police officers who caught up with him. Read more.

Man stabbed to death on Southampton Street; suspect arrested

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 9:51 pm

Boston Police report Damien R. Hughes, 27, was fatally stabbed outside 112 Southampton St. around 7:25 a.m. Read more.

Dorchester man shot dead at South Bay Holiday Inn

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 9:39 pm

Boston Police report Andronique Dos Santos, 23, of Dorchester, was shot to death at the Holiday Inn Express, 69 Boston St. in Dorchester, around 12:20 p.m. on July 22.

Boston murders in 2020.

Man shot in the head on Washington Street in Roslindale

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 8:26 pm

Crime scene on Washington Street in Roslindale

Washington Street crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Around 7:40 p.m. outside the two Nick's shops - the pizza place and the liquor store.

Washington Street inbound is now shut at the parkway. Washington Street outbound remains open.

No more paper penis hats at Faneuil Hall Marketplace

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 5:55 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports Dick's Last Resort at Faneuil Hall Marketplace has shut for good.

Fire erupts in building on Shawmut Avenue in the South End

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 5:50 pm

Firefighters going up and in. Photo by Rob Colonna.

Boston firefighters are at 300 Shawmut Ave., at Waltham Street, for a fire on the fifth floor.

Guy throws paving stones through North End bike store's window

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 5:24 pm

Update: Suspect arrested.

Urban Cycles reports a guy disgruntled that workers at the Atlantic Avenue shop wouldn't let him just take a bike came back and threw three pavers through its large front windows: Read more.

Appeals court orders new trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but only to determine whether he is put to death or spends the rest of his life in prison

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 4:35 pm

A federal appeals court said today that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not get a fair trial on the question of whether he deserves to die for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings and the death of an MIT police officer and so ordered a new trial to settle the matter. Read more.

BPS has yet to make final decision on re-opening schools, but says parents can stick with remote learning

By adamg - 7/31/20 - 3:17 pm

COVID-19 Media Availability 7/31/20

Mayor Walsh and School Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said today they are continuing to look at a "hybrid" school re-opening, in which students would split days between in-school and at-home learning, but that parents will have the chance to opt out completely and stick with remote learning over Covid-19 concerns. Read more.