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12/29/2025

JPYuppie noticed this interesting sign in South Boston today, just in case you thought you could go to hell on Preble Street in South Boston.

12/28/2025

There was a lot going on in 2025 in the wildlife refuge we call Boston - a dolphin visited Port Norfolk, a beaver waddled through Dorchester Lower Mills, a snake polycule ignored a photographer in West Roxbury ...

There was a lot going on in 2025 in the wildlife refuge we call Boston: A dolphin visited Port Norfolk, a beaver waddled through Dorchester Lower Mills, a snake polycule ignored a photographer in West Roxbury and a weasel popped up in Millennium Park. Read more.

12/27/2025

As you might expect, Boston 311 today is just completely filled with complaints about snow: Streets the city didn't plow or salt, sidewalks residents and businesses haven't plowed, a car with Florida plates that's been illegally parked in West Roxbury for a week that is now covered in snow, etc., et...

12/26/2025

A man jumped in front of an Orange Line train pulling into the Oak Grove side of State Street around 7:34 a.m., Transit Police report. Read more.

12/26/2025

Mary Ellen was down at Millennium Park today, walking by the parking lot for the canoe launch and river-side path when she noticed some eagle drama involving two birds perched on adjoining poles along the train tracks. Read more.

12/25/2025

Two-alarm Christmas-morning fire displaces three on Washington Street in Dorchester
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/two-alarm-christmas-morning-fire-displaces-three-washington-street

12/25/2025

Cambridge Police report officers responding to calls about a fight on Howard Street near River Street found two people shot around 3:20 a.m. Read more.

12/24/2025

State public-health officials report that somebody with measles flew into Massachusetts earlier this month from the state that has become the epicenter of measles outbreaks in the US: Read more.

12/24/2025

Boston Police report officers arrested a 15-year-old from Needham after they spotted him running towards Nubian station with the sort of gait they associate with people holding onto guns around 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.

12/24/2025

Condo owners in the Stadia 50 building at 50 Hichborn St. in Brighton yesterday sued the building's developer, general contractor, architect and elevator company for a series of problems they say have plagued them since they moved in, including leaks, cracks from the foundation to interior walls, mi...

12/23/2025

Service has resumed, but with significant delays and no service at Back Bay

Firefighters were able to get a man in his 30s who somehow wound up on Track 1 at Back Bay station shortly before 4:20 p.m. up to the platform. Read more.

12/23/2025

The Boston Public Health Commission reports that flu and flu-like infections are surging a month earlier than last winter - especially in children and teens. Read more.