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Busy night on the Boston Police party patrol

At least one person was arrested during a night of hardy partying and spontaneous brawling across Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan.

Boston Police report a Salem woman was arrested after a rather awkward exit from a party at 614 River St. in Mattapan shortly after 2 a.m. today. Specifically, she's charged with getting into her car and driving the wrong way at a high rate of speed on a one-way street and smacking into three parked cars, police say, adding that she was already wanted for other motor vehicle charges, including driving after suspension. Unfortunately for her, officers witnessed the whole thing because neighbors had called to complain.

Meanwhile, BPDcrimelog fills us in on some other goings on overnight, including: a large fight at 1282 Blue Hill Ave.; a fight involving about 30 guys, one with a gun at 59 Woodford St.; and loud house parties at 770 Shawmut Ave. in Roxbury, 30 Mamelon Ct. in Mattapan and 77 Milton Ave. in Dorchester (that one required backup officers).


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Drama on Jamaica Pond as kids, adults fall out of boat

Boston Fireman reports the Boston Fire Department rushed to Jamaica Pond around 12:30 p.m. today when a boat overturned. The kids were rescued first; adults still hanging onto boat.


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License plate of the week

ZOMG

Our very own eeka probably went LOL when she spotted this Subie in the Fenway.

For those needing an explanation.


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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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Canoeing down the Neponset


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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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