Porter Square

It just wouldn't be a morning rush hour without dead trains on the T

By adamg - 11/8/13 - 6:50 am

Updated

At least two trains died on the Red Line this morning, one around 6:30 a.m. at Porter and another a little more than an hour later just outside Alewife.

It was the latter death that bollixed up the morning commute. At 8:19 a.m., Jessica tweeted:

Commuters have been waiting at N Quincy since 7:35am. When will there be room on the #mbta to get on? #freezing & it's not even snowing yet.

Around 6:40 a.m., Orange Line riders heading into town from the north got to join in on the fun when one of their trains died.

People who live in first-floor apartments on Mass. Ave. between Cambridge Common and Porter Square might want to get window locks

By adamg - 11/3/13 - 5:13 pm

Cambridge Police report they are investigating 20 housebreaks in apartment buildings along Mass. Ave.:

In a high percentage of these incidents the point of entry has been through an unlocked window between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.

Another Red Line train pines for the fjords

By adamg - 10/28/13 - 8:51 pm

At Porter Square, around 8:35 p.m.

It's Monday, so that means another disabled train on the Red Line

By adamg - 10/21/13 - 7:34 am

This time at Porter Square.

Probably not a pipe, either

By adamg - 9/15/13 - 1:05 pm

Max Grinnell spotted this statement on Somerville Avenue in Porter Square.

The MBTA helps its riders get in shape

By adamg - 8/22/13 - 8:09 pm

Another suspicious fire in Somerville

By adamg - 8/18/13 - 9:48 am

A porch fire around 9 a.m. at 18 Belmont St., according to Christopher Welch. Firefighters were able to quickly bring it under control.

Yet another multiple-alarm fire in Somerville

By adamg - 8/13/13 - 9:52 am

This time a three alarmer that seemed to be under control then flared up again at 19 Banks St. in Porter Square, WFXT reports.

SUV turns carbecue in Porter Square

By adamg - 7/26/13 - 6:40 pm

Matt Flight captured an SUV getting extra crispy on Mass. Ave. in Porter Square around 6 p.m.

A sad yarn: Knitters could lose another shop

By adamg - 3/28/13 - 1:15 pm

Mind's Eye Yarns in Porter Square is up for sale; if nobody wants to buy it and keep it open, it'll shut down later this spring.

Earlier:
Another bit of old Boston gets ripped out: Windsor Button to shut down.

H/t Cara.

Dead Red Line train of the day

By adamg - 3/14/13 - 9:39 am

Is at Porter Square.

Amy Hansen tweets:

These extreme delays are making the Red Line resemble the Hunger Games--may the odds be ever in your favor to get off of this train.

The Orange Bird adds:

Porter Sq. platform more crowded than Market Basket during Thanksgiving week.

At Porter Square ramen bar, you can get your noodles any flavor you like, as long as it's pork

By adamg - 12/21/12 - 7:31 am

Brad Kelly reports on the Yume Wo Katare ramen bar, which replaced Zing Pizza:

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Porter Square to get sushi-serving Super Walgreens

By adamg - 10/7/12 - 4:47 pm

Cambridge Day reports, is not amused.

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Dead-germ spraying at three Red Line stops to begin early Wednesday

By adamg - 8/27/12 - 12:13 pm

The MBTA reports a potential bioterror germ attack alert system starts getting tested after the last train of the night on Wednesday at Davis, Porter and Harvard stations on the Red Line.

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Pizza to give way to ramen noodles in Porter Square

By adamg - 8/17/12 - 11:09 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports what's replacing the old Zing Pizza.

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Government would only spray killed bacteria - and only in off hours - in Red Line bioterror attack tests

By adamg - 5/1/12 - 9:35 am

The Department of Homeland Security says the moves will ensure the tests, planned for this summer at Harvard, Porter and Davis on the Red Line, pose no risk to riders with immune problems, according to a DHS report - unlike fellow riders or snakes.