The first mayoral race this year
By adamg - 5/19/13 - 11:41 amPeter Gelzinis explains why first we'll see a race to sew up geographical areas (West Roxbury/Hyde Park/JP vs. Dorchester) and the "progressive minority vote," then, after the preliminary shrinks a field of 10 or 12 down to 2, we can get down to actual issues. Also, Gareth Saunders needs to consider whether he wants to join Althea Garrison and Roy Owens in the League of Perpetual Candidates.
Mother, baby in stroller hit by car turning onto Jamaicaway at Perkins Street
By adamg - 5/19/13 - 11:24 amAround 5 p.m. yesterday. Driver was headed outbound on the Jamaicaway, mother and baby were in the crosswalk. Mother and baby taken to local hospital for observation.
The lost lion of the Back Bay
By adamg - 5/19/13 - 9:46 amOn ArchBoston, Billski wonders what happened to the rooftop lion atop the Kensington Building on Boylston Street, which sat where the Darth Vader building now broods over the avenue. The lion's two street-level companions were relocated to the Copley Plaza, but does anybody know what happened to Lion 3? One presumes he is not prowling the rooftops of Boston, since a giant swan remains perched atop the Park Plaza.
More photos of the lion and his mates at street level.
Photo from the BPL Leslie Jones Collection. Used under this Creative Commons license.
Guantanamo protest at Park Street
By adamg - 5/18/13 - 9:37 pmPhotographynatalia watched protesters demand the shutdown of the Guantanamo prison at Park Street.
Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Historic light
By adamg - 5/18/13 - 7:11 pmBrian MacLean was out on the harbor yesterday and snapped Boston Light.
Copyright Brian MacLean. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Lottery fever grips Dorchester
By adamg - 5/18/13 - 10:28 amAt 10:18 a.m., Dan Ryan reported:
The Dorchester Casino, Tedeschi's (Lil Peach) on Neponset Ave, already has a line of cars out the parking lot.
Sports-car company sues Waltham dealership for right to open new dealership two towns over
By adamg - 5/18/13 - 10:22 amAston Martin Lagonda and an Aston Martin dealership in Waltham are racing at each other full speed in a dispute over whether the car company - whose cheapest model goes for $122,400 - can open another dealership in Wayland.
Aston Martin of New England on Linden Street in Waltham, says the plan would cut its sales dramatically and wants $3 million in damages. The dealership is currently the only place in all of New England to buy a new Aston Martin.
Connecticut commuter-rail crash cuts Amtrak service to New York
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 11:33 pmUPDATE: Limited service to New Haven restored, but still no service past there.
Service is halted indefinitely, Amtrak reports.
The crash sent 60 people to the hospital.
MBTA map contest submissions
By BostonUrbEx - 5/17/13 - 10:05 pmLast month, the MBTA announced a contest in which anyone could design what could be the next MBTA map.
Transit Maps has not one, but two contest submissions posted for our viewing pleasure. While no submissions have been officially heralded by the MBTA at this time, it is clear that some very talented cartographers are partaking in the festivities.
The MBTA had previously announced a deadline of April 30, 2013, however no mention of the contest has been made since the original announcement of the contest.
Loud boom rattles Boylston Street, shuts Green Line, but no fire, no smoke, no injuries reported
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 9:20 pm
BFD response to mystery boom. Photo by Victoria Bedford.
Around 8:50 p.m., Boston firefighters and Transit Police rushed to the area of Arlington and Boylston streets after several people reported hearing a loud explosion. Cara Terez, sitting on the Rattlesnake roof deck, tweeted:
Loud LOUD explosion.
As a precaution, the T shut Green Line service as firefighters looked around on the street and in the station for the source of the boom, but they found nothing, an inbound Green Line driver reported the tunnel between Copley and Arlington was fine and service started up about 10 minutes later.
Brian D'Amico tweets police speculate a tour bus may have had an engine backfire or two.
Quincy man charged with Roxbury double murder in November
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 2:54 pmKeon Monteiro, 24, was charged today with fatally shooting Victor Otoadese, 21, and Sean Repetto, 25, on Batchelder Street in the middle of the day last Nov. 28, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Human seismograph picks up Canadian earthquake in the North End
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 11:20 amAt 9:50 a.m., CarCarli tweeted from her North End apartment:
Did anyone just feel an Earthquake? Home sick in bed & just felt that earthquakey JiffyPop shaking sensation.
The USGS reported a 4.4 earthquake north of Ottawa at 9:43 a.m. In addition to the North End, it shook upstate New York.
After getting confirmation of the quake, CarCarli added:
I'm a precision instrument.
Gap-toothed man with gun robs Brighton bank branch
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 9:55 amPolice are swarming the area around the Sovereign Bank branch at 38 Leo Birmingham Parkway, looking for the man who held the branch up around 9:20 a.m.
He's described as black, medium height, with a gap between his front teeth. He was wearing a blue Sox cap, a bright red hoodie and black pants. He displayed a black handgun.
Citizen complaint of the day: Too many damn potatoes
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 8:45 amA disgusted citizen reports his or her neighbors on Cambridge Terrace in Allston promised to clean up the rotting pile of potatoes they left on the ground outside when they moved out on Sunday, but they haven't been back and now the potatoes are sprouting, and you don't even want to know about the dried pet food.
Lawmakers and progressives with Menino ties talk up Richie
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 8:42 amThe Globe reports on support for mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie among people like state Reps. Michael Moran (Allston/Brighton) and Aaron Michlewitz (North End).
Consalvo getting it done
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 8:41 amMike Ball comes away impressed from Rob Consalvo's kickoff rally in JP, although he says he needs to flesh out his proposed agenda:
So far, no one in the race has advanced either a brilliant slogan or a revolutionary platform. Rob's catchphrase Making Boston Better is more than adequate. He simply has to convince enough voters that he can pull that off, that he can harden up his kind of spongy goals and achieve each one. Last evening was promising.
Twin towers, new entrance proposed for front of Boston Garden
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 8:32 amWBUR reports on plans to finally hide that ugly blank front wall of the Garden with two mixed-use buildings featuring retail space, offices and, of course, 500 luxury apartments and a 200-room hotel.
Saucy guitarist proposed for Allston
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 8:12 amUpdate: The pizza chain says you can't believe everything you read, even its own license application - says it just wants to add a guitarist, not dinner theater (scroll down the page at that link).
Regina Pizzeria goes before the Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing on Monday seeking permission to add "a comedian and dinner theater" to its restaurant at 353 Cambridge St. in Allston.
Yes, of course, comedy at a restaurant in Boston is illegal without permission from city regulators. The restaurant's current entertainment license only allows for a CD player, a radio, TVs and a jukebox.
The hearing starts at 10 a.m. in the Albert L. O'Neil Hearing Room on the eighth floor of City Hall. Immediately after, the Hilton at 80 Broad St. will also seek permission to add comedy and cabaret performances.
One tree hill
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 7:48 amBrad Kelly captured a tree on a hill at UMass Boston.
Copyright Brad Kelly. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
She rescues turtle before it can get hurtle
By adamg - 5/17/13 - 7:34 amProper Bostonian reports on the wild turtle (tortoise?) she spotted ambling down Beacon Street near Charlesgate, all by himself:
There were a lot of runners passing by; it was likely he'd get squashed on or run over if he wasn't relocated. Bringing him home to meet the cats flashed through my mind for maybe a second; they have never mentioned any interest in
amphibiansreptiles, although the kittens have more scientific curiosity than Possum or Wendy. But I didn't see that scenarios ending well.Finally, I picked him up and carried him to some green weeds under a rosebush, not far from the Muddy River.





