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12/06/2025

Jpshipley was among the people caught in a traffic jam caused by the driver of an 18-wheeler who realized in time early this afternoon that his rig was not going to fit in the Callahan Tunnel. Read more.

12/06/2025

Between midnight and 1 a.m., people in Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury and South Brookline couldn't get to sleep - or were jolted out of their sleep - by a low-flying plane that just kept circling, circling, circling. Read more.

12/05/2025

A real-estate investor yesterday sued Andrew Collins, who owns a series of commercial parcels along Dorchester Avenue in the area of D Street, over the more than $6 million he says Collins and two of his LLCs now owe on a promissory note in default since the spring. Read more.

12/05/2025

The moon on a post at Millennium Park yesterday evening, by Mary Ellen.

Mary Ellen captured the moon yesterday perfectly balanced on one of the posts that have sprung up along the walking path at the bottom of the hill at Millennium Park in West Roxbury.

12/04/2025

The Boston Centers for Youth and Families recently announced plans to rotate a number of its center and pool managers across the city, starting the first week of January. Read more.

12/04/2025

A now former Boston Police detective was released on personal recognizance today on charges he crashed a city-owned pickup in East Boston while drunk and packing his service revolver, then ran away from the scene in October, 2024, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

12/04/2025

A man with an MIT chemistry degree and his husband won Licensing Board approval today for a distillery and tasting room on Heath Street on the JP line that will focus on home-grown, high-end versions of Korean soju, gin and other spirits - some flavored with the botanicals they plan to grow on site....

12/04/2025

Handmaid got off the bus at Ruggles this morning and looked up and out: Read more.

12/04/2025

The Boston Licensing Board today unanimously approved a food-serving license for El Parche, 636-638 Bennington St. in East Boston, after urging both owner Mery Pereanez-Quintana and residents to try to work to trust each other. Read more.

12/03/2025

A 30-year-old Chicago man was arrested today on a federal charge of sexual exploitation of a child for the way he allegedly pretended to be a Boston-area teen to get a young Brookline teen to perform naked for him on Snapchat and Signal. Read more.

12/03/2025

The owners of Bánh Mì Ơi on Centre Street in West Roxbury are taking over the former Christo's space next door to open an American-style 50's-like diner specializing in comfort foods like burgers and fries, with some international accents such as Filipino spaghetti and barbecue with a passion-fru...

12/02/2025

US Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-7th) today took her name out of the running for the Senate, leaving incumbent Ed Markey and Seth Moulton to battle it out for the right to squash whoever it is the Republicans run: Read more.