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By adamg - 7/27/23 - 10:09 pm
Rainbow over Harvard Square

Maria Daniels, in Harvard Square, was one of many people who looked up after the rain stopped this evening.

In Jamaica Plain, Handmaid saw the rainbows, too, but also a still angry cloud: Read more.

By adamg - 7/26/23 - 3:37 pm

The MBTA announced today it's opening a temporary CharlieCard store in the State Transportation Building at 10 Park Plaza because of intractable air-conditioning problems that forced it to shut the normal CharlieCard store in Downtown Crossing earlier this month. Read more.

By adamg - 7/26/23 - 2:40 pm

Update: Klyushin's sentencing has been canceled "until further notice."

Vladislav Klyushin, a Moscow IT executive held at the Plymouth County jail since 2021, could learn at some point how much longer he sit behind bars in the US following his conviction in February on insider-trading charges related to the theft of American corporate financial statements before their official releases. Read more.

By adamg - 7/24/23 - 3:31 pm
Old State Street building

Ricky D. Wright looked up this morning and noticed the "State Street" was gone from the top of the bank's former headquarters as it moves to new digs in a less angular building on Congress Street.

By adamg - 7/24/23 - 3:11 pm

The state and Berklee College of Music say they free musical performances outside the Aquarium and Wonderland stops twice a week will help take commuters' minds off what are now regular delays due to wire inspections on top of the delays caused by all the slow zones and all the crowding caused by people who normally drive but who have to deal with the Sumner Tunnel shutdown. Read more.

By adamg - 7/23/23 - 8:43 pm

Around 7 p.m., the MBTA announced inbound delays of 20 minutes due to "a train with a power problem at Copley," or what Chen Cao described as "wires down" just inbound from Copley - about 40 minutes after similar delays due to a dead trolley at Arlington. Read more.

By adamg - 7/22/23 - 11:01 am

NBC Boston reports Boston firefighters were able to free the woman around 5 p.m. on Friday, after which Boston EMS transported her to a local hospital. The T notes it did not move the train until after the woman was freed.

By adamg - 7/21/23 - 9:10 am

Update: The victim, Jazreanna Sheppard, 21, of South Boston, died, police reported on July 29.

Police found a woman stabbed in the chest and face on Tremont Street across from Winter Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.

By adamg - 7/17/23 - 9:18 am
Zakim Bridge with clouds behind it

Handmaid shot the Zakim Saturday morning.

By adamg - 7/10/23 - 3:33 pm

Mayor Wu today announced a proposal to open up empty commercial space downtown to residential use by offering 75% off standard residential tax rates for up to 29 years for building owners - and by setting up a new office to speed conversions through the city's normal development approval process. Read more.

By adamg - 7/7/23 - 3:58 pm

Boston Police report teaming up with Transit and State Police to capture an alleged bank robber they say used the Orange Line as his escape route after a Downtown Crossing bank robbery, possibly because in an earlier Boston robbery, he tried using a stolen car, only to be foiled when he crashed the car, ran somebody over and was tackled by a bystander. Read more.

By adamg - 7/5/23 - 8:08 am
Open fare gates at a Blue Line stop

Your money's no good on the Blue Line, at least through Aug. 31.

With the Sumner Tunnel now shut for the next two months, the Blue Line is now free, as Donna shows us at Orient Heights. Kind of makes you wonder if freeing the T might be a way for the state to reduce congestion and carbon emissions on Boston-area roads, although that would probably require a fully functional T system.

Other Sumner Tunnel alternatives.

By adamg - 7/4/23 - 12:33 pm
Boston in the fog as seen from Nahant

Josh Borrow shows us the view of Boston from Nahant this morning.

By adamg - 7/4/23 - 9:24 am

The bad news is it's flooded, due to water gushing onto the tracks near Haymarket, the MBTA reports, adding riders downtown can, of course, use the Green Line. More distant riders can get on commuter rail at Forest Hills, Ruggles or Malden Center, although the T doesn't say whether you'll have to pay extra.

By adamg - 7/2/23 - 2:17 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Hanover man after he stole some food at the Downtown Crossing Chipotle and turned out to be carrying "a Polymer 80 P80 Glock 17 style 'Ghost Gun' with a magazine Friday afternoon, police say. Read more.

By adamg - 7/2/23 - 1:08 pm
Fireworks over Boston Harbor, with Custom House on the right

Matt Conti got a bird's-eye view of last night's Boston Harborfest fireworks over the harbor.

After watching the fireworks towed into place, Matt Frank watched the fireworks from the other side of the Tobin Bridge: Read more.

By adamg - 6/30/23 - 9:01 pm

NBC Boston posts video of "chunks of concrete falling from the ceiling near riders at the Downtown Crossing station on Monday." On a Red Line platform, because that's the line where things fall from above, as opposed to the Orange Line, where things catch on fire.

By adamg - 6/29/23 - 5:45 pm
Crush at a Blue Line stop at 5:10 p.m.

Tina StGelais Kelly posted some photos from the scene at the State Street Blue Line stop at 5:10 p.m., which make her doubt the Blue Line can possibly handle any of those motorists the state is urging to take the Blue Line when the Sumner shuts on July 5 for repairs: Read more.

By adamg - 6/27/23 - 9:41 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that car dealerships that loan out cars to customers awaiting repairs to their own vehicles are in the rental business, and that means they are covered by a federal law that prohibits their financial liability for any problems caused by the cars' drivers - even if they are unlicensed and in a car that wasn't supposed to be taken out of state. Read more.

By adamg - 6/25/23 - 12:10 pm
Almost dried up water feature at new City Hall Plaza playground

Update: Turns out the water turns on at 11 a.m. every day.

Swimman79 reports from an arid City Hall Plaza playground: Read more.

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