12-year-old boy dies after being hit by van in Allston
A 12-year-old boy died Thursday morning after he was struck by a van at a busy intersection in Allston, Boston police said.
Careless smoking to blame in fatal Allston fire
A smoker’s careless disposal of a cigarette or something similar caused an Allston fire Sunday that killed a BU student, the fire department said.
(Updated) City: Overcrowding, illegal apartment at Allston home that caught fire
The city’s Inspectional Service Department has handed down three violations against the owner of an Allston home that was the scene of a deadly fire Sunday.
Allston home where fire killed BU student missed inspections
City inspectors said a building in Allston where a Boston University student died in a fire Sunday hadn’t been inspected in more than 20 years.
(Updated) Boston University student killed in Allston fire
A Boston Unviersity student was killed and two others injured when the Allston home they were in erupted in flames Sunday morning.
SLIDESHOW: Fatal fire on Linden Street in Allston
One person was killed and 15 others were injured when a fire ripped through an Allston home early Sunday morning where at least six residents are Boston University students.
(UPDATED) House fire at BU students’ Allston home kills one, injures 15
One person was killed and 15 other people were injured during an early morning fire in Allston Sunday. At least one person jumped to escape the flames.
Boston teachers returns from 155-mile Sahara marathon in the wake of bombings
Having just wrapped up the marathon of a lifetime – a six-day ultra-marathon across the Moroccan Sahara Desert – Allston teacher Liz Byron’s homecoming Saturday night should have been an ecstatic experience. Instead, the 29-year-old runner returned to a battered city that is bent on bouncing back from a devastating terror attack.
Boston teacher running 155-mile marathon across The Sahara Desert to buy laptops for her students
This time next week, a fearless and fit Allston teacher will square off against 155-miles of sand dunes, desert-mountains, 120 degree heat, snakes and scorching sun, all for her students.
Patron’s is Allston’s newest all-star for tequila
We’ve been hearing about the development of Patron’s Mexican Kitchen and Watering Hole for a few months now, as owner Marc Kadish has gradually transformed the former Big City pool hall into a new Mexican and tequila bar concept.