A Jamaica Plain man went on a weeks-long car-smashing rampage through Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, using a tool designed to break car windows and packing some brass knuckles in case anybody tried to get in his way, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office charges. Justin Caterson, 32, was finally corralled by Boston Police on March 28 after two officers spotted him in the Southwest Corridor Park at Stony Brook station, the DA's office says. Now he faces 11 counts of breaking and entering vehicle/boat nighttime for felony, five counts of vandalizing property, three counts of l ..read more

Roving UHub photographer Henry Luthin snapped the aftermath of a most impressive storrowing this afternoon, inbound on Soldiers Field Road by the Harvard B-School. Ed note: Don't worry - he was not driving the car from which he took the photos. facebook twitter email print ..read more

Boston Pedestrian observed the scene on Franklin Street just before Washington Street in Downtown Crossing this afternoon: Second car in 20 seconds to ignore the “no through traffic” two “do not enter” and one “pedestrian zone pedestrians only” signs. There were also over twenty cars illegally parked in what is supposed to be a pedestrian zone. The "Pedestrians Only" sign has been there since at least 2017, but familiarity breeds Masshole contempt. facebook twitter email print ..read more

The BPDA this week sternly wagged its administrative finger at Millennium Partners for shutting a supposedly public part of its Winthrop Square tower to the public on weekends even though it had promised to keep "The Connector" open every day of the week as part of its conditions for winning BPDA approval to replace a condemned city parking garage with a sleek 21st-century complex of offices, luxury apartments and restaurants. The Fort Pointer got ahold of a copy of a letter from BPDA Director James Arthur Jemison to Millennium Partners principal Joseph Larkin about the situation after "membe ..read more

The Cambridge Fire Department reports a man was extricated from under the first car of an inbound Red Line train Wednesday night. Firefighters arrived shortly before 11 p.m. and guided the man - who remained conscious - out from under the train around 15 minutes later, after getting confirmation that the power to the third rail had been shut. He was treated at the scene for some injuries, then transported to a local hospital. facebook twitter email print ..read more

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the owners of Giacomo's and Riccardo's are looking to open a lobster place at 204 Hanover St. in the North End. They go before the Boston Licensing Board on Wednesday for permission to buy a liquor license from another restaurant. facebook twitter email print ..read more

Melvin Gross, who says he was one of the two people shot at a party at 1601 Blue Hill Ave. shortly before 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2023, today sued the building's owner for allegedly failing to keep him safe. The other person shot, Jymaal Cox, was declared dead at the scene. In his suit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, Gross charges that Stamatos Family Properties of Jamaica Plain "owed Plaintiff a duty to protect him from a foreseeable criminal attack" and that it failed to provide "security safeguards to prevent the Plaintiff from coming in contact with an active shooter during a criminal attack ..read more

Bibliotequetress asks: Anyone know where to buy fresh winged bean pods in Boston? Neighborhoods:  Boston Topics:  Dining facebook twitter email print ..read more

The Dorchester Reporter delivers the news that Fields Corner Main Streets is leading a battle to keep a Papa Johns franchise out of a vacant storefront in an area that already has several pizza places. The group says that anybody truly desperate for a Papa Johns pie can get one delivered via Uber Eats and that what the neighborhood really needs is a place that doesn't duplicate what's already available. facebook twitter email print ..read more

Boston Police report officers on patrol on Columbia Road early this morning arrested a Dorchester man on gun charges, after initially pulling him over for speeding. Read more. Thu, 04/18/2024 - 02:15 Neighborhoods:  Dorchester Topics:  Crime Free tagging:  Guns Columbia Road facebook twitter email print ..read more