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Tourist stays in JP, loves it

We'd earlier discussed JP as a tourist destination. Nicole, from Columbus, Indiana, reports it's pretty cool as a pied-a-terre for exploring Boston.

The minute we arrived in Jamaica Plain I knew it was a perfect fit. It reminded us so much of our old neighborhood in downtown Indianapolis--lots of one and two family homes just a few inches apart from each other. It also had a diverse mix of people that we love.

Plus, we were just steps away from the Stony Brook T station, meaning we could be in downtown Boston in about 10-15 minutes. While my initial preference was to stay in the heart of the city, it was actually nice to escape it throughout the day, give [the toddler] a little more room to play, and just relax a bit more than we might have otherwise.


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Today would not be a good day to be driving a Penske truck around Boston

UPDATE: Truck found, it was up to good - legit picking up charity donations - the Globe reports.

Boston and State Police are on alert this morning, in search of an 18-foot Penske truck spotted with blue, plastic 55-gallon drums last night on Columbus Avenue near Mass. Ave.

The Globe reports police issued an alert after receiving a report of "three men loading large buckets of unknown material."

That report came in around 10 p.m. Around midnight, an officer stopped a Penske truck at Stuart and Tremont streets. After it checked out OK, Boston Police notified police between there and Winchester - where it was headed - that it was legit.


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Group says 11 liquor stores in the North End are enough

The North End Waterfront Residents Association voted to oppose any efforts to increase the number of stores selling liquor in the North End, NewEnglandWaterfront.com reports. The neighborhood currently has 11 retail liquor licenses - one currently unused.

The vote has no legal authority, but the Boston Licensing Board, which doles out booze permits, asks neighborhood groups for their input on license requests. Both the North End association and its Back Bay counterpart have already set similar informal limits on the number of alcohol-serving restaurants.


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The survivors

Brian McGrory interviews people who said goodbye to family members flying to Los Angeles from Logan on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

A park near Akamai Technologies in Cambridge will be dedicated today to honor co-founder Daniel Lewin, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11.


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Salute to America at MIT


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Sunset over Gloucester Street

Back Bay sunset

Neal Gaffey watched the sunset over the Back Bay this evening.

Copyright Neal Gaffey. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.


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Woman dies in fall down Fort Point shaft

Boston Police are investigating why a woman fell to her death down a shaft in a Summer Street building tonight.

The Boston Fire Department, which initially responded to a call for a person down a shaft at 281 Summer St., said their search was at first hampered because the roof was dark and the building has more than one shaft. After more than an hour searching - and breaking down walls to several shafts - rescuers found her body at the bottom of a shaft on the third floor, the department says. The building is eight stories tall on one side; seven on another.

She was declared dead at the scene. The medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy.


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Arson blamed for early morning fire in Dorchester that injured one firefighter

Fire damage on Devon St. Photo by BFD.Fire damage on Devon St. Photo by BFD.

Sat, 09/10/2011 - 04:51
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Subway service to come to a halt at 8:46 a.m. tomorrow

The MBTA announces that all subway trains will pull into stations and stand by at 8:46 for a 9/11 moment of silence.


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Nice day for a walk

Blue Line evacuation

Joel Barciauskas photographed Blue Line passengers being evacuated at Orient Heights late this afternoon. The T blames "wire problems."


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