By adamg - Sun, 07/19/2020 - 5:28pm
Here at the Center for the Easily Annoyed, we have whiled away many a pleasant hour combing through 311 complaints. We're not alone in our hobby - but others take it a step further and file complaints about complaints with which they don't agree.
For example: Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 06/25/2020 - 1:45pm
Gary Waldeck was walking his dog on Carson Beach today when he realized they were sharing the beach with some of those lion's mane jellyfish that have been turning up all over lately. And no, he didn't manipulate the photo at all - he reports it really looked like that.
Here's a side view: Read more.
By adamg - Sat, 04/04/2020 - 11:54am
Nick Gemelli learned first hand today that the state wasn't kidding around about trying to reduce crowding in the time of coronavirus at Castle Island: Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 04/02/2020 - 9:55pm
Starting tomorrow, DCR is closing the parking areas and spaces along the water from Constitution Beach in East Boston to Castle Island and down to Wollaston Beach because too many people were showing up at the beaches and not spacing themselves out enough.
Affected areas: Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 04/01/2020 - 10:11am
The iconic Castle Island take-out stand says it doesn't want to risk the health of either its customers or workers during the expected Covid-19 surge next month and so is shutting down, through at least the first week in May. Read more.
By adamg - Sat, 06/22/2019 - 9:26pm
Michael Spicher captured the sky view from Castle Island this afternoon.
By adamg - Fri, 06/07/2019 - 9:29pm
David Callahan watched the sun go down from Castle Island over Pleasure Bay and the Back Bay and downtown this evening.
By adamg - Thu, 04/18/2019 - 11:00am
State Police have released this photo of a couple wanted on charges they stole somebody's iPhone at Castle Island yesterday.
If they look familiar, contact Trooper Stephen Taylor at 617-740-7710.
By adamg - Fri, 03/22/2019 - 2:41pm
WCVB reports on the class at the Perry School in South Boston.
By adamg - Wed, 03/20/2019 - 6:08pm
Eileen Murphy shows us the new sign in front of the World War II memorial at Castle Island.
By adamg - Tue, 03/19/2019 - 8:16am
NBC Boston reports on the vandalized memorial at Castle Island.
By adamg - Tue, 09/04/2018 - 9:07am
UPDATE: Bail set at $25,000 and Medina has to undergo a mental-health evaluation, per Suffolk County DA.
State Police report arresting a man they say grabbed a 12-year-old's arm near the restrooms at Castle Island yesterday afternoon. Read more.
By adamg - Sun, 08/19/2018 - 12:42pm
Eileen Murphy captured a cruise ship as it passed Sullivan's at Castle Island yesterday.
By adamg - Fri, 07/27/2018 - 12:23am
After the storm, Eileen Murphy walked out to the Sugar Bowl in South Boston (which currently features a bird statue).
By adamg - Mon, 06/25/2018 - 1:12pm
Eileen Murphy reports the grackles at Castle Island have learned where to go when they're hungry:
The grackles around Sullivan's at Castle Island can scare the daylights out of folks when they pop out of a barrel after fishing around for leftovers!
By adamg - Fri, 03/23/2018 - 9:56pm
City Councilor Ed Flynn reports a dog was shocked and burned at Castle Island today, an apparent victim of "stray electricity" from a shorted-out or improperly connected electrical cable. Read more.
By adamg - Sat, 03/03/2018 - 2:58pm
Tyrantill was out at Castle Island as the 12:05 p.m. high tide rolled in - making the cupola on the Sugar Bowl unreachable for anybody without a kayak. The tide also came rushing in further along the South Boston shore: Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 10/24/2017 - 5:17pm
Paul Nutting watched the BPD Marine Unit investigate a sailboat on the rocks off Castle Island in Dorchester Bay this afternoon.
By adamg - Wed, 07/19/2017 - 12:14am
A roving UHub photographer watched the sun go down from Castle Island on Tuesday.