Boston Police report a woman who forgot to get her ATM card back after a visit to a Citizens Bank bank machine in West Roxbury found extra money removed from her account - allegedly by a guy whose surveillance photos look like something out of the Addams Family.
The Dorchester Reporter breaks the news that state Rep. Willie Mae Allen of Dorchester won't seek re-election this fall.
Boston Police report the arrest of a Mattapan man for the May 29, 1995 stabbing death of Zandera Sullivan in Roxbury. Read more
Wicked Local West Roxbury reports "an ongoing investigation into escort services and prostitution operating in the West Roxbury and Roslindale areas" has snared its first suspect: A woman working as a caregiver for a bedridden 92-year-old woman on Baker Street whom police say was using the woman's house to turn tricks ($150 for 15 minutes).
Coast Guard escorting an LNG tanker last summer.
Dan Hill, who lives near Boston Harbor and is running for state senate in a district that includes Chelsea and Everett, says the state should do everything it can to try to keep LNG tankers out of Boston Harbor - especially Yemeni ones - and phase out the Distrigas natural-gas terminal in Everett in favor of a new facility in Naragansett Bay:
Hill noted that for new LNG ports the Coast Guard requires "security zones" restricting movement within 1,000 yards on either side of an LNG tanker, a standard that could not possibly be met in Boston Harbor. "I find it disturbing that safety requirements for new facilities apparently do not need to be met for existing facilities."
The Herald reports tomorrow's high-school Nordic Ski Championship has been postponed until sometime after school vacation week.
Massachusetts State Police report capturing Darius Young, 16, wanted for stabbing three women and a girl on 21 Roseclair St. in Dorchester on Feb. 3 and stabbing a woman and attack a girl in Revere on Feb. 7. Read more
PriceRite, on River Street at the Hyde Park/Mattapan line, opens the 14th.
Grimlocke posts the latest e-mail from an MBTA bus supervisor about her latest near run-in with an MBTA bus in Allston.
The Supreme Judicial Court today ruled State Police had established a strong enough case to warrant seizing a Canton man's Audi and bank account before his trial on charges of illegal distribution of steroids and Cialis. Read more
Like, Oh. My. God! It's been a month since our last snow storm! Howsoever shall we get ready? Have no fear, consumers, Stop & Shop is here to help, with a handy checklist it just blasted out to its scan-card customers, which urges you to stock up NOW on essentials such as hard candy, lollipops and at least seven gallons of bottled water PER PERSON. Oh, and pepper, because remember all those poor people in Baltimore bereft of pepper last week?
Wait, something's missing from their list. Where's the bread, eggs and milk? How can you have a storm without them? Also missing: Toilet paper. Who wrote this thing?
The Globe reports "a very low speed rear-end collision" between two trolleys at Boylston this morning. Nobody hurt, but the driver of the bumper car was reported to be shook up.
Two people who are trying just that are blogging the process (and keeping the nature and name of their organization on the hush-hush for now). Be sure to read the chicken-and-egg post about registering with the state.
The owners of three Cayuga ducks and two Wyandotte chickens are blogging to keep Cambridge from banning their pets. Read more
Matt Conti reports the North End Waterfront Neighborhood Council will oppose an attempt by the owner of a Segway tour service to sell non-alcoholic beverages to parched customers after exhausting rides on the moving mini-platforms because of "abusive parking," dangerous Segway maneuvering and training right on the sidewalks of Commercial Street. The tour-service owner retorts some of the residents are themselves pieces of work.
Bad news for fans of the Ball Square White Hen Pantry.
Boston Police report arresting three East Boston youths after a melee outside the White Hen Pantry on Byron Street Saturday night. Read more
While Harvey Leonard was only calling for 6-10 inches on Wednesday in tonight's forecast, Pete Bouchard was telling us could get up to 15 inches: "Wow! We're going to get hit pretty hard on the South Shore!" he said - adding Boston is also in that big band.
Harv did get points, however, for mentioning the Blizzard of '78, although he was referring to the Washington storm the other day. Pete, meanwhile, was pooh-poohing the 6,000-person snowball fight in DC: "You won't see us calling it 'Snowmageddon,' he said.
Channel 5 posts video of an Airbus A380 landing at Logan today.
Every week there are headaches with the T. My guess is that the trains are old and constantly having problems and we don't have the money to replace them. But understanding does not make the commuting experience any less miserable. I am so sick of having to explain that I'm late for work because of a disabled train, etc. So I plan to post a commuter's journal here when there are problems. Read more
The Boston Business Journal reports the three downtown sandwich shops were shut this weekend, victim of an economy in which the office workers who are left are more likely to brown bag it at lunch time.
French Toast Alert Level: High. Explanation.
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