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By adamg - 6/24/13 - 8:28 am

Yes, somebody has built a small replica of Stonehenge in Cambridge.

By adamg - 6/23/13 - 8:19 am

Big trikes

Gedalia Pasternak took a gander at the latest in wheeled transportation in Harvard Square last night:

By adamg - 6/17/13 - 7:50 pm
By adamg - 6/17/13 - 10:48 am

A Cambridge woman already battling the city in court over leaflets she puts on car windshields to advertise movies now faces another opponent: A man who goes around removing her leaflets and throwing them in his recycling.

In April, Paula Soto sued the city on charges it was infringing her First Amendment rights by threatening to fine her for the leaflets she puts on hundreds of car windshields each month to advertise the documentaries she screens in the community room of her apartment building.

By adamg - 6/9/13 - 11:55 am

So this woman comes up to Cambridge from Atlanta by way of New York for law school, spends much of her off time developing an active hatred for all of Boston because we're too cold and uncaring and claustrophobic and totally not fun for her - and, yeah, all while she's making absolutely no effort to explore the area beyond a roughly five-block stretch bounded by her apartment, Harvard Law and a couple of bars - and then, after she sees how we reacted in the aftermath of the explosions, realizes we're not so bad after all, but she'll still never fit in here.

By adamg - 6/5/13 - 1:17 pm

Cambridge firefighters are on Harvard Street between Ellery and Trowbridge, battling a blaze.

By adamg - 6/4/13 - 1:17 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a man who outgrew his violent neighborhood to become a respectable member of society still cannot legally own a concealed weapon in Boston for self protection, even though he sometimes carries large amounts of cash.

By adamg - 5/24/13 - 8:13 am

Wicked Local Cambridge reports on the race between Jay Livingstone and Josh Dawson to replace current state Rep. Marty Walz.

The primary is next Tuesday.

By adamg - 5/22/13 - 8:26 am

HubSpot, which offers online marketing software from its offices in Kendall Square, today launched a referral program: Refer a software developer to them, and if they hire him or her, you get $30,000.

By adamg - 5/20/13 - 11:32 am

Everybody off the street!Move it!

Happened around 11:10 a.m. at 5 Cambridge Center, AlertNewEngland reports.

Robert Love, who took the photo, reports:

Leak so big, it sounded like a fire hose.

UPDATES: NStar got the gas turned off around 11:40 a.m. Robert Love reported at 12:40 that the streets were re-opened and that people were being let back into their offices - except 3-5 Cambridge Center.

The excavator that caused the commotion. Photo by Robert Love.The excavator that caused the commotion. Photo by Robert Love.

By adamg - 5/20/13 - 7:51 am

Colorful umbrellas

By BostonUrbEx - 5/17/13 - 10:05 pm

Last month, the MBTA announced a contest in which anyone could design what could be the next MBTA map.

By BostonUrbEx - 5/16/13 - 9:08 am

At a public meeting, MassDOT released some opinions on the McGrath Highway.

MassDOT has recommended that the McCarthy Overpass portion of McGrath Highway be grounded and the roadway developed into a Boulevard that reconnects East Somerville, Union Square and Brickbottom.

By adamg - 5/13/13 - 9:02 am

Wheels

Truck Stop Tea Party came across this domestic scene in Cambridge yesterday.

By adamg - 5/10/13 - 8:44 am
Truck on Memorial Drive

Just another morning on Memorial Drive, Adam Shutes reports.

By BostonUrbEx - 5/7/13 - 3:21 pm

A hearing is scheduled for the "Anti-Shadow Bill," Bill H.826, as submitted by Marty Walz and Byron Rushing. Set for Thursday, May 9, the public hearing for comments and input will be at 10:00am in State House Room A-1.

By adamg - 5/5/13 - 8:43 pm

Charles River sunset

ItalianInBoston watched the sun go down tonight.

By adamg - 5/3/13 - 10:00 am

Get the handle fixed now, they implore.

It was only a couple of years ago that MIT fixed up the musical installation.

Via Boston Reddit.

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