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Boston Globe
21-03-2025
- Boston Globe
A bald eagle is rescued, BORGs are seized, and a Tesla gets keyed
BORGFEST Advertisement Last Sunday Boston police were busy collecting BORGs — also known as ' Additional Seized Alcohol Due to Underage and Public Drinking — Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) FAUX PAWS At 12:19 p.m. Feb. 28, Medfield police got a call from someone who saw an older man with a black dog walking around Vine Lake Cemetery, and witnessed 'the dog urinate on a new gravesite.' The animal control officer was notified of the alleged desecration. LOST AND FOUND At 12:22 p.m. Jan. 29, Concord police Advertisement LOST AND FOUND II At 10:31 a.m. March 4, Beverly police received a report of a disturbance at an apartment on Broughton Drive. According to the log, a man who was visiting a resident in one apartment entered the wrong unit by mistake. The leasing staff confirmed that the man was not an intruder; he was indeed a guest who simply lost his way, and the resident who was hosting him came to the leasing office to get him. YOU CAN'T PARK THERE, SIR On the morning of Feb. 24, Somerville police called a 54-year-old resident about a 2024 Tesla Model 3 that had recently been vandalized in front of his home. Police asked the man to come down to the station to talk about it and he agreed. After he arrived at the station police showed the man a video clip that allegedly showed him damaging the Tesla by keying it along the driver's side. When asked what prompted him to drag a key across the car's exterior, 'his answer was that he was fed up with people parking on his street that did not live there,' police wrote. When police mentioned that a second vehicle had been damaged in the same spot, and a note was left on that vehicle, he denied damaging that vehicle but 'did however admit to leaving a note on the car,' police wrote. The man was ultimately charged with one count of Advertisement Emily Sweeney can be reached at
CBS News
17-03-2025
- CBS News
Did the changes to the South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade make it more family-friendly?
City leaders moved the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boston up by two hours on Sunday in an attempt to make the parade – which is notorious for public drinking – more family-friendly. Did the effort work? "I think yesterday went really well," said lifelong Southie resident Kristen Macchi as she walked her infant around the neighborhood. "I thought the early start time was nice. We were home around five and it seemed quiet on the streets." Andrew Diisso, the general manager of The Broadway, a popular bar, agreed. "It was a success, and it was great to see the community come together and celebrate St. Patrick's Day," he said. "It was very busy in here all throughout the day. We had a line starting an hour before we opened up. There were 100 people in line before we open the door," but by the time the bar closed, the streets were already open and clearing, unlike past years. "A big shout out to our City of Boston Public Works Dept for their outstanding efforts cleaning our streets after the parade," the West Broadway Neighborhood Association, or the WBNA, said in a statement. "Cleaning up after these massive crowds is no small feat. We are truly grateful for such a wonderful day." The neighborhood association in South Boston was pleased with the day, but South Boston local and Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn was disappointed in the role alcohol still played in the parade celebrations. Thirty-one people were transported to the hospital by Boston EMS. More than a dozen were arrested by Boston Police and Transit Police for underage and public drinking, disorderly conduct, and assault and battery. A few police officers suffered minor injuries. Videos on social media captured fights, young people standing on cars, and others resisting arrest and running from the police. Dozens upon dozens of gallon jugs were collected by Boston Police – known as "BORGs," or black-out rage gallons. They contain liquor and juice or electrolytes. On Monday, empty alcohol bottles, cans, and cigarettes were still noticeable in most corners along Broadway. "I thought Boston Police and the city and state partners did a very good job," said Councilor Flynn. "The WBNA neighborhood appreciates all the dedication and hard work by city elected officials and numerous agencies, including BPD and State Police, Fire Dept, EMS, Parade organizers, and many more that made this a much more family-friendly event than previous years," the WBNA said in a statement. "However, the amount of alcohol…[in] one-gallon jugs…was excessive. I've never seen anything like that," Councilor Flynn said. Flynn said he'd rather have no parade than the kind on Sunday. "We can't continue having a parade where there's violence and alcohol are major parts of it. This parade is about respecting our South Boston veterans and military families, and if we can't do that in a family-friendly way. I'd rather have no parade," he told WBZ.
