Roy Owens, who never met a long street fair he doesn't hate, sued Boston today in an effort to keep the city from shutting a two-mile stretch of Blue Hill Avenue as part of its Open Streets program to give pedestrians and bicyclists a wide expanse of road in which to enjoy themselves for one day. Read more.

A Taco Bell franchisee today withdrew its request for zoning permission to raze a former tire store and replace it with a Mexican-like outlet at 1578 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan.

Derric Small, attorney for Cantina Hospitality of Greenwich, CT, did not provide a reason for withdrawing the application for a take-out place with a free-standing sign at a Zoning Board of Appeal hearing this morning.

Boston Police report arresting Esther Exil, 29, on an attempted-murder charge for a stabbing at Blue Hill Avenue and Livingstone Street in Mattapan on May 11. Read more.

Developer Rise Together has told the BPDA it will soon file detailed plans for two six-story residential buildings, one to replace a repair garage at 1590 Blue Hill Ave., the other behind it on River Street. Read more.

Boston firefighters responded to 1333 Blue Hill Ave. at Hazleton St. in Mattapan for what became a three-alarm fire that burned through the third floor and roof this afternoon. Read more.

The family that owns a house turned health-services building at 1525 Blue Hill Ave. has filed plans to replace it with a five-story building with 16 condos and ground-floor commercial space that 5-story, approximately 21,920 sf building containing 16 residential units and ground floor space for the counseling and medical offices to return. Read more.

Shortly after 9:50 p.m. Police found multiple shell casings on the ground at Blue Hill Avenue and Paxton, one resident reported a bullet came through the window. No reported injuries.

Last April:
Barrage of gunfire at Paxton and Harvard streets in Dorchester sends one bullet into a living room.

Around 9:20 p.m. at Fabyan Street at Blue Hill Avenue. Nobody hit, spent shells found in a Fabyan Street backyard.

Boston Police report arresting a Roslindale man they say pulled out a loaded gun during an argument this afternoon outside the Stop & Shop at 468 Blue Hill Ave. in Dorchester. Read more.