The MBTA reports that signal issues at Government Center mean Green B and C trains are currently making Park Street the end of the line. facebook twitter email print ..read more

Boston Police report a detail cop at Tremont and Northampton streets who went to investigate when he heard two teens arguing arrested one for the gun loaded with two bullets police say he had in his hoodie pocket. Read more. Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:05 Neighborhoods:  Roxbury Topics:  Crime Free tagging:  Tremont Street Northampton Street Guns facebook twitter email print ..read more

Transit Police report that around 10 a.m. yesterday at the Ashmont T station, an officer "politely requested a 27y/o male cease smoking." Instead, police say, "He became hostile, combative and assaulted the officer" - all while packing a steak knife in his waistband. Read more. Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:00 Neighborhoods:  Dorchester Topics:  Crime The T Free tagging:  Ashmont Red Line Knives facebook twitter email print ..read more

The other morning, Mary Ellen spotted this buck at Millennium Park in West Roxbury. facebook twitter email print ..read more

Neal Gaffey spotted this car with a Hawaii plate on Dedham Street in the South End the other day. facebook twitter email print ..read more

A woman was stabbed at 67 Brandywyne Dr. around 3 p.m. She was able to get herself to a nearby Branydwyne Village office to seek help. About ten minutes later, a possible suspect was detained nearby. The homicide unit was called in just in case due to the severity of the victim's injuries. Fri, 05/03/2024 - 15:00 Neighborhoods:  East Boston Topics:  Crime Free tagging:  Brandywyne Drive Knives facebook twitter email print ..read more

Around 12:50 a.m. on Thursday, a resident of Bayswater Street in East Boston called 911 to ask if there was anybody who could say "happy birthday" to him. The BPD dispatcher went on the air and relayed his request to one particular A-7 cruiser, one of whose officers said he and his partner would answer the call, and wish him a happy birthday - in English and Spanish, even. Which they did, but only after stopping for a muffin and some candles to give the man. Yay, right? Only some particularly cranky Bostonian filed a 311 complaint: I just saw in the news: A 911 call was happily answered by p ..read more

MIT News reports on a five-year deal between the MIT Electron-conductive Cement-based Materials Hub and the Aizawa Concrete Corp. to research ways to use concrete in ways you really wouldn't think it could be: To replace lithium batteries to store energy created by wind and solar power and to create systems that could de-ice frozen roads and sidewalks. The project builds on work by MIT researchers who discovered that plain old concrete "doped" with carbon black - which formed the ink the Dead Sea Scrolls were written in - could be used to store and then deliver electricity. It turns out the c ..read more

Transit Police report "a large affray amongst juveniles" at the JFK/UMass T stop around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday ended with four teenagers under arrest, one after he allegedly tried to shank another combatant with a knife that could be disguised as a pen. Wed, 05/01/2024 - 14:40 Neighborhoods:  Dorchester Topics:  Crime Free tagging:  JFK/UMass Red Line Knives facebook twitter email print ..read more

Banner across Salem Street. Source. Some restaurant owners in the North End have thrown up banners in the neighborhood to get visitors to make reservations for outdoor dining via 311, which might confuse out of towners who don't know 311 doesn't handle restaurant reservations. As first noted by Politico, the banners are, indeed, generating calls and posts to 311, but not all of them back the restaurant owners, such as the one that included the photo above: Please remove banner. Please inform restaurant owners that diners don’t want to be involved in their petty infighting with the City of ..read more