A third-rail problem on the Kendall side of the Longfellow means delays in both directions on the Red Line, as in, power had to be shut off between Park and Kendall so workers can fix it. At 9:41 a.m., Alice B tweeted:
Just deboarded at Central. Red line inbound not moving due to 3rd rail fail at Kendall. No inbound trains for at least 20 min
UPDATE: T announced at 9:52 a.m. the problem was fixed and that service was resuming, with, of course, the ever popular "residual delays."
Oh, Harvard: The Crimson reports a construction company doing work on campus has taken down a sign asking workers to "show respect for Harvard" and refrain from swearing, drinking and drug use while on the job, after future 1%ers protested that the sign was just so patronizing and patriarchal.
Avinaash Subramaniam '14 said that he was "shocked" by the sign and that it held workers to a different standard than Harvard students.
Around 8:15 p.m. yesterday, Rachel Zarrell spotted Sob Story Guy getting on the Orange Line at Chinatown:
Needed money to get to Worcester to "treat his staph infection." Was pretty gross.
But by 11, he'd either gotten it looked at or had just become resigned to it. Colin Steele reported from the Red Line near Harvard:
No story this time, just "anybody? Anybody?"
Updated after today's council meeting.
Cambridge officials will take a look at emulating former Medford resident and current New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's edict against soda drinks larger than 16 oz., Saul Tannenbaum reports.
State Police are investigating a crash on the Mass. Ave. Bridge around 2:30 p.m. that left a motorcyclist dead.
State Police released few details except that the motorcycle rider was a 20-year-old man who was pronounced dead at the scene and that driver of the SUV is being treated for "emotional distress."
Doug, who took this photo, said the SUV "had major front damage and airbag deployment."
Another view from the WBZ helicopter.
The driver of a Boston-bound 1 bus eventually executed a U-turn to get back to Cambridge:
AlertNewEngland reports a large pile of paper on Red Line tracks near Harvard Square burst into flames around 1:40 p.m., forcing a shutdown of train service so Cambridge firefighters could douse the fire. The T shut all service north of Harvard and terminated service on the other side at Park Street.
Ari Rizzitano explains:
When headed north on the Green Line, waiting for a Lechmere train is like waiting for the skinny Tetris block.
A car chase that started on the Tobin Bridge this afternoon ended in Kendall Square after a state trooper fired at the alleged suspect, who drove away only to crash his car on the other side of the Longfellow, got out of the car, boarded the Red Line at Charles/MGH and then was pulled off the train at Kendall by waiting state troopers.
Although witnesses saw two men being led out of Kendall in handcuffs, only one is being charged - Leroy Martin, 34, of Brighton - State Police say.
Robert Winters reports the Cambridge City Council today takes up three matters related to the recent drive-by murder of a 16-year-old. The council will consider installing security cameras around Donnelly Field, "a youth-focused community forum to discuss issues related to the shooting at Willow Street" and ways "to reach out to the various stake holders in the community, including building managers, property owners, and local business owners, in an attempt to proactively address the summer violence before it has a chance to begin."
R.S.Y. Buchanan photographed this ominous cloud outside his Cambridge office around 2:10 p.m.
Leslie Jones photographed a couple of MDC cops looking at the aftermath of truck vs. underpass on Memorial Drive at the Harvard Bridge on Jan. 18, 1944:
20 ton truck doesn't clear 9 ft. underpass.
The photo, by the way, is part of the BPL's huge collection of Jones photos of traffic accidents. It's a must see for fans of crushed cars, cabs, trucks and buses from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s that are flipped over, wrapped around trees, in the water and scattered in little pieces, sometimes with occupants still in them.
Posted under this Creative Commons license.
Channel 5 reports on an apparent drive-by shooting around 8 p.m. on Willow Street.
Cambridge Day has more.
Follow along as Evan MacIsaac and Peter McCarthy walk from Braintree to Alewife. Why? Because they can.
Roving UHub reporter Charles Bahne stumbled across some distressing news by the Harvard Science Center today:
Roving UHub photographer Bob Meier happened upon an expanding sinkhole in Inman Square in Cambridge last night, reports:
Channel 4 reports Mt. Auburn Cemetery had to bring in somebody to shoot one of the turkeys that have made a home there after it attacked a worker, sending him to the hospital.
Cemetery officials say well meaning but clueless visitors are partly to blame; it seems the more people feed turkeys, the more aggressive they get toward people.
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