Mice droppings on booths, soiled equipment plague Boston’s only TGI Fridays
“Old mice droppings” found on booths at a TGI Fridays location in Boston was one of multiple problems health inspectors found earlier this month. Issues with mice were previously noted in multiple health inspections for the TGI Fridays, located at 1625 Tremont St. in Roxbury, according to the city. Other issues at...
‘They chained us like criminals’: Boston car wash workers detained by ICE speak out
Some of the immigrant workers detained last month in a federal raid at a Boston car wash spoke about their experience in a roundtable discussion on Monday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained nine employees of Allston Car Wash on Nov. 4. While two remain in federal custody, the other seven joined Democratic...
Massachusetts’ Next Affordability Crisis: Property Taxes Explode, Lawmakers Scramble
Property taxes are the next act in the Massachusetts affordability crisis drama, with scenes set to unfold Monday at Boston City Hall and in the Massachusetts Senate. Labor unions and community organizations plan a Boston City Hall press conference at 9:30 a.m. to urge state legislators to temporarily shift more of...
Police in South Shore town remind residents of coyote safety tips after close encounter
South Shore residents are being asked to be on guard after a coyote followed a dog walker Monday morning.
Pedestrian sent to hospital after Comm. Ave. collision
Boston EMS transported the pedestrian to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. A pedestrian was sent to the hospital Sunday evening after being struck by a vehicle on a busy Allston roadway, according to Boston police. Officers responded to the reported collision near 1322 Commonwealth Ave....
Second victim passes after apartment fire in Framingham
Two residents who were rescued after a fire in a Framingham apartment building last week have died.
Crews respond to small fire outside Boston Medical Center’s Brighton campus
BOSTON (WHDH) - Crews responded to an electrical fire near the Medical Office Building at Boston Medical Center-Brighton on Monday. Sources say a fire broke out in a construction zone which then entered the building. Officials say the building was safely evacuated and all patients and staff made it out...
61-year-old woman pushed onto train tracks at North Station recovering from injuries
As a woman appeared in court Monday to face charges in an attack on a 61-year-old woman at Boston's North Station, the victim just wants to know why it happened. Rubiela Oritz Montoya of Revere, Massachusetts, said she was heading to an appointment on Thursday afternoon when she was pushed onto the train tracks,...
Police respond to rollover crash in Dorchester
A rollover crash Sunday night in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood temporarily closed the roadway where the incident occurred. Boston police had limited information but said officers responded to the area of Beach Street and Freeport Street around 7:26 p.m. for a vehicle rollover with reported entrapment. The...
How a Dedham church’s Christmas display became an annual mirror on social issues
When parishioners at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham gathered for Advent this year, they were met by a nativity scene without figurines of baby Jesus, Mary or Joseph. Instead, a stark message on white paper was pinned at the manger’s center: “ICE was here.”. Below the warning was...
