Boston College student struck by train

A Boston College student wearing headphones walked in front of a moving green line trolley this morning, boston.com reports. The student reportedly suffered head and facial injuries but was conscious and talking when he was transported to the hospital.

Sex trade film to screen tonight in Boston

A documentary on the commercial and sexual exploitation of children will screen tonight in the Great Hall and Function Room at 120 Tremont St. in Boston. The screening of Very Young Girls is organized by Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and other advocacy groups and is in advance of its airing on Showtime [...]

Cars vandalized on Brainerd Road

Police arrested two New Hampshire men who were reportedly engaged in an early Sunday morning vandalism spree on Brainerd Road in Allston. The suspects were reportedly slashing tires and otherwise damaging parked vehicles as well as breaking into them. The two suspects are to be arraigned in Brighton District Court Monday, Nov. 17. Witnesses helped [...]

Big City and Mary Ann’s both to stay open

Both Big City and Mary Ann’s have installed sprinkler systems, and both, this afternoon passed inspections by the fire department. That’s according to a manager at Mary Ann’s and the Big City owner Marc Kadish. The two establishments were both in danger of closing because they had not met a deadline mandated by state law [...]

Big City could escape shutdown

The Boston Globe reported today that Big City (along with Mary Ann’s in Cleveland Circle) was on the list of bars to be shut down because they have not met a deadline mandated by state law to install sprinkler systems.
But Big City owner Marc Kadish told the Allston-Brighton TAB today that the sprinkler system he’s [...]

Big City and Mary Ann’s could be shut down tonight because of sprinkler law violations

The Boston Globe reports that two popular A-B bars, Big City and Mary Ann’s, could be shut down because they have failed to comply with a state law-mandated deadline to install sprinkler systems.
From the Globe:

Police officers will arrest anyone inside those bars tomorrow, which marks the final sprinkler installation deadline under a state law passed [...]

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How to get rid of rats

From this week’s police log:

Officers investigated a man allegedly shooting rats with a BB gun in his backyard Nov. 3. Around 8:30 p.m., a neighbor had called in a report on the suspect, who was raking his backyard at 3 Imrie Rd. in Brighton. While talking with the suspect, officers noticed several large rats scurrying [...]

Bank robber fesses up, gets five years

A Brighton man has admitted to robbing Citizens Bank on Washington Street and has been sentenced to five years in the slammer.

Harvard’s Allston plans slowing down?

Even Harvard may be affected by the worldwide economic crisis; and it’s financial woes may slow down its expansion plans in Allston, the Globe reports. But despite residents’ frustrations with Harvard’s plans for the neighborhood, a slowdown in construction may not be a great thing for the neighborhood, according to the Allston-Brighton Community Blog.
Faust’s letter [...]

Gov’s toll plan: We pay more, others ride free

That’s according to Gov. Deval Patrick’s new proposal for the Mass Pike.
According to the plan, tolls likely will be raised inside Route 128 to pay off debt associated with Big Dig. Toll booths outside Route 128 will be eliminated, except in West Stockbridge near the New York border and in Sturbridge, close to the Connecticut [...]

Dozing and driving illegal?

Doctors and lawmakers are trying to make it a crime for someone to drive a car after spending 22 out of the previous 24 hours awake. That is great news — on more than one occasion have local police found this to be an issue on A-B streets. Just this summer a Dorchester man landed [...]

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