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Apartment building proposed off Centre Street in West Roxbury with no affordable housing, but way more parking than city now calls for
A Medfield developer yesterday filed plans to replace a vacant nursing home at 5 Redlands Rd. in West Roxbury with a three-story, 30-unit apartment building with 45 underground parking spaces - and real spaces, not some complex mechanical stacker system. The proposal by the Larkin Real Estate Group contains no...
Massive beer hall with outdoor beer garden opening in Medford
A new beer hall with a 17,000 square-foot tap room, outdoor garden and rotating roster of food trucks is opening this weekend just outside of Boston. The Great American Beer Hall will open at 142 Mystic Ave. in Medford at noon on Saturday, Aug. 31. Guests will be able to...
Boston College stunned by deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau
BOSTON -- Former Boston College hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were both killed in a crash Thursday night in New Jersey while riding bikes, police said Friday.Boston College "stunned""All of us in the Boston College community are stunned by this tragic news," BC spokesman Jack Dunn said in an email to WBZ-TV."Johnny Gaudreau was not only one of the greatest players in the history of Boston College hockey, but one of the nicest as well. Matthew was a gifted [player] who was equally beloved by his teammates. Our prayers are with Johnny, Matthew and the entire...
Deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Is a Familiar but Formidable Foe
A New Hampshire resident recently died from eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE virus), and the virus is spreading across five New England states. Neither the virus nor the disease, which remains rare, are new. Yet, the pathogen’s ability to cause devastating infections in some people and barely any symptoms in others continues to befuddle scientists.
1 shot, another stabbed in domestic incident in Manchester, NH, police say
Two people were injured after a domestic incident Thursday night in Manchester, New Hampshire, police said. Officers responded to Country Club Drive at about 8:30 p.m., where they found one person shot and other stabbed, according to Manchester police. Both people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. If...
Vineyard plan to tax $1M-plus real estate transactions gets a boost from Mass. House
The Massachusetts House advanced one of the most hot-button housing policies of the session on Thursday -- but only for six towns and at a session attended by fewer than 10 state representatives. The chamber gave initial approval to a bill sponsored by Rep. Dylan A. Fernandes’, D-Barnstable/Dukes/Nantucket, allowing Martha’s...
Moving towards a preferred design for the new Lexington High School
LexObserver Columnist Gerry Yurkevicz will be providing regular updates and analysis related to the Lexington High School building project. Fall promises to be an active season for the Lexington High School Building Project (LHS). There will be numerous opportunities for residents to weigh-in with their thoughts on the estimated $600+ million project. The School Building Committee (SBC) will hold scores of meetings with community and stakeholder groups to obtain feedback on the project, which is projected to raise property taxes by 10-14%. The SBC is expected to vote on November 12 to determine the preferred design concept to be included in the Preferred Schematic Report (PSR) to be submitted for approval to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
Feds crack down on Boston-based gangs amid re-emergence of ’80s ‘most feared’ gang
Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed a pair of sweeping indictments charging 19 people they say are part of two Boston-based gangs with a variety of drug and financial fraud crimes. In separate indictments, acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua S. Levy’s office filed charges against 10 people accused of being...
Video: Sunny & comfy ahead of the holiday weekend
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A bright and pleasantly mild Friday, but some changes move in for the upcoming holiday weekend. A chilly start on Friday with some patchy valley fog. Mostly sunny skies will warm us back into the lower half of the 70s for Friday afternoon. We turn briefly...
Gather gets new truck after accident, thanks to community donations
PORTSMOUTH — When Gather’s truck was totaled in a highway accident last spring, the community leapt to the aid of the anti-hunger nonprofit with donations. Now the truck has been replaced. No one was hurt in the accident but the loss of the refrigerated box truck put a spotlight on a critical aspect of Gather’s food access program. ...
Portsmouth to hold Residents Day picnic at Prescott Park
PORTSMOUTH — A Residents Day community picnic in the park, hosted by the city Recreation Department in partnership with Prescott Park Arts Festival, will be held Sunday, Sept. 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free and open to all Portsmouth residents, with live music, lawn games and food available for purchase from The Prop food stand. ...
You can now carry a switchblade legally as Massachusetts rules ban violates 2nd Amendment
It's now legal to carry switchblades in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a ban on carrying a switchblade knife violated the right to bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment, striking down a 1957 state law that forbade the carrying spring-release knives. ...
Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states
Grace McGovern, a 24-year-old bartender and server at a downtown Boston brewery, recalls one recent customer vividly. He was very rude. It was a slow night, and she only had one table, a large group led by a man who “kept touching my lower back and my leg and making jokes,” she told Stateline. It […]
Commissioner unsure ‘how much longer Fish and Game can go on’ without sustainable funding
New Hampshire Fish and Game gets only a tiny sliver of its revenue from the state general fund. But as its responsibilities and costs grow, legislators are being told that needs to change for the department to survive. “I don’t know how much longer Fish and Game can go on unless we get sustainable funding,” […]
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