David compiles a guide to the vegan side of eating out, even at such meat-crazed places as Craigie on Main.

The focus seems to be on Connecticut, but the Caldor Rainbow is for you. And yeah, it's a pity the Bradlees sign off Cummins Highway in Roslindale finally came down a few months ago when they remodeled the Stop & Shop.

Via Megan Johnson.

David Bernstein breaks the news that Mac D'Alessandro, policy director for the SEIU in the Northeast, will run against the Ninth District incumbent.

You may recall unions warned Lynch of the consequences if he voted against the health-care reform bill.

Campaign Facebook page.

Also running in the Ninth District this year: independent Phil Dunkelbarger and Republicans Keith Lepor and Vernon Harrison.

Back on October 28, LC tweeted:

homeless man jumped trnstyl #Copley inbound #greenline 520pm, called MBTA CSR racial epithets, wacko had dot accent, mentally ill

Sarah Hopp, meanwhile, tweets:

Pretty sure the racist MBTA attacker is a schizophrenic vet-I've run into him before & he seems mentally ill; needs hospital.

Video of the April 1 attack on a T worker at Copley: