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Teamsters find tasty way to picket Dunkin' Donuts

A user on Davis Square LiveJournal reports that when he got to the Dunkin' Donuts on Main Street in Medford this morning, Teamsters were outside, handing out donuts to try to keep people from going into the store. The Teamsters have no issue with Dunkin' Donuts but are embroiled in a contract dispute with one of the chain's Boston-area suppliers.


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City commission to investigate the yin and yang of Central Square

Cambridge Day reports the official Cambridge Red Ribbon Commission on the Delights and Concerns of Central Square will launch in August, chaired by City Councilor Ken Reeves.

Ed. question: Blue-ribbon commissions, I get. But red-ribbon commissions? At first, OK, I admit it, I thought it had something to do with this being the People's Republic and all, but a little Googling reveals that even Newton once had a red-ribbon commission.


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Early morning fire damages building on Comm. Ave. in Allston

BPDCrimelog tweets a fire at 1039 Comm. Ave. (the building EMS is in) around 2:30 a.m. forced the shut down of Comm. Ave. at Brighton Ave. No word on damage or injuries.


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Globe running out of ideas on how to beat the heat?

As the Outraged Liberal notes, one of the Globe's suggestions for beating the heat today is to go to Wulf's Seafood in Brookline and stand there watching the owner chop up fish.


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Dorchester man discovers that, yes, police do come faster if you tell 911 an armed man is breaking down your door

John M. Sullivan, 42, of 11 Victory Rd., then also learned that if there is no armed man breaking down your door, you could get yourself arrested, police say.

Police say Sullivan called 911 around 12:05 a.m. today:

Officers, based on the nature, responded to the call with lights and sirens and immediately made their way to the caller's apartment. At the apartment door, officers, with their weapons drawn, were met by the caller and who exclaimed, "There is no gun, I just wanted you guys here quicker!"

A drunken Sullivan, police say, really wanted police to deal with a neighbor who allegedly "bangs on his door and thinks that he owns the building!" Sullivan, police say, began to scream racial epithets about the neighbor, drawing neighbors out of their apartments, which cops really hate. When Sullivan refused to go quietly back into his apartment, and instead continued to rant, he was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace.

Innocent, etc.


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The Tea Party has a candidate for attorney general

He's Guy Carbone, former commissioner of the MDC (remember that?), big fan of Arizona and a gun-owning opponent of national health care. He's also apparently been running since May - as a sticker candidate - to get on the Republican ballot, which is currently vacant, since nobody bothered to collect enough signatures or get the state convention to endorse them.

Carbone ran for attorney general in 1990, as well.

Barbara Anderson, no fan of the current AG, is no fan of this sticker campaign, either:

... Instead of working to elect Congressional, governor, Senate and House candidates who actually had the foresight to get on the ballot, let's run around in circles getting 200,000 people to put stickers on ballots. You can even raise money to mail stickers to all state Republicans instead of contributing that amount to a viable existing campaign! (Then most of them will forget to take the stickers with them on primary day, if they vote at all). ...

Let's not forget the other Republican sticker candidate for the job: Jim McKenna.


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RMV apparently slips one past us unsuspecting car owners

Got my car inspected earlier today. As it is model year 1999, I was only expecting the safety check. Therefore, in reading the inspection report, I was suprised to learn they had also done an emissions check as well (BTW, the car passed both safety and emissions fine)

Just checked out the MassRMV "Vehicle Check" inspections page and come to find out that, sure enough, the old "safety every year, emissions every other year" inspection system has been eliminated. So both safety and emissions checks are now required at every inspection cycle.

Now, did I somehow miss prior announcements about this change, or is this indeeed something the RMV had slipped under the radar when nobody was watching?


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Hey, kids: Get up close and personal with seafood this summer

Living seafood"I pinch."

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay recently sent out a fundraising e-mail message for its Power of Water summer youth programs. Apparently, the only photo they had left to illustrate how fun and stimulating the activities are was this one. Won't you think of the children?


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Local BlackBerry owners try to trade up

No, not to iPhones or Droids or something. But to motorcycles and sea kayaks.

It also works in reverse: One guy who owns a BMX bike wants to trade for a BlackBerry - seems an unfortunate accident has made him too scared to ever get back on it. Another guy would trade eight BMW tires for one.

Thanks to Matthew for the tip.


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