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By adamg - 4/17/23 - 4:42 pm

One of the MBTA's newest trolleys suffered some sort of catastrophic failure with that swiveling mechanism in the center of the car near Boylston shortly before 3 p.m., jamming up the line on one of its busiest days of the year - and leaving some passengers on other trolleys trapped for an hour or more as T workers tried to get them and the newly dysfunctional trolley safely out of the tunnels. Read more.

By adamg - 4/15/23 - 12:36 pm
Turkey in City Hall garage

A roving UHub photographer with access to the City Hall garage spotted this turkey this morning pondering which car to take home.

By adamg - 4/14/23 - 11:04 am

Transit Police report arresting a man at Aquarium on the Blue Line last night for allegedly attacking another man who refused to give up his seat. Read more.

By adamg - 4/9/23 - 6:31 pm
Downtown Boston reflected in the Charles River

Downtown Boston and Beacon Hill reflected on the placid, largely boat-free, Charles River Basin around 11 a.m. today.

By adamg - 4/7/23 - 2:10 pm

A Back Bay consulting company that had sued Twitter for not paying a bill for services rendered last week dismissed the suit after previously telling the judge it and Twitter were working to resolve the case. Read more.

By adamg - 4/7/23 - 11:38 am
Rendering of proposed Boston Street residences

Rendering by Khalsa Design.

A developer has proposed replacing a vintage-furniture store at 115 Boston St. in Dorchester with a two-building, six-story complex with 90 "compact" apartments. Read more.

By adamg - 4/7/23 - 11:21 am

Transit Police say they remain as opposed to a proposed full-service liquor store at South Station as they were to a smaller liquor kiosk proposed last year. Read more.

By adamg - 4/7/23 - 11:11 am

Transit Police report arresting a guy they charge ended an argument with a 63-year-old man on an Orange Line train stopped at Haymarket by punching and kicking him. Read more.

By adamg - 4/6/23 - 11:58 am

A company that once proposed a grab-and-go alcohol kiosk in the middle of South Station is back with plan to convert the failed Tavitas Mexican restaurant space into a glass-enclosed liquor store. Read more.

By adamg - 4/5/23 - 2:25 pm

Update: Name change approved.

The Boston Licensing Board tomorrow decides whether to let the owners of the Sons of Boston, 17 Union St., change its name to the Loyal Nine. Read more.

By adamg - 4/3/23 - 9:56 am

Ed. note: Google Maps says it would take 99 minutes to walk from Ashmont to the Pru.

That girl that likes planez chronicled her commute this morning, starting at 7:51 a.m., when, she reported, she was sitting on a Red Line train at Ashmont six minutes after she boarded it: Read more.

By adamg - 4/1/23 - 9:10 pm
Keytar Bear in Downtown Crossing

Roving UHub photographer Michael C. spotted Keytar Bear jamming in Downtown Crossing today.

By adamg - 3/31/23 - 2:55 pm
Street-level rendering of new hotel

Street-level rendering by Grassi Design Group.

The owner of the parking lot at 17 West St. in Downtown Crossing has filed plans to build a 15-story, 94-room hotel on the less than 1/10th acre parcel. Read more.

By adamg - 3/30/23 - 3:49 pm

The MBTA reports Green Line delays of up to 20minutes due to a trolley with a broken door at Government Center. This is atop issues caused by a track problem at Haymarket, on top of the problems caused by all the slow zones and the lack of dispatchers.

By adamg - 3/30/23 - 10:39 am
Guy arrested for kicking man onto subway tracks at State Street

Man in act of kicking somebody onto train tracks. Surveillance photos via TPD.

Transit Police report arresting a Whitman man on charges he kicked somebody onto the Blue Line tracks at State Street around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, a few hours before he allegedly then stabbed another person in the face at a Whitman apartment complex. Read more.

By adamg - 3/29/23 - 2:45 pm

Two former employees of the Barbara Lynch Collective today sued Lynch for back wages for the tips they claim she kept after they were called back to work when the state let restaurants partially re-open three months after the start of the pandemic. Read more.

By adamg - 3/28/23 - 3:21 pm
Barry Whelan

Boston Police report a man found lying on the ground outside 17 Winter St. in Downtown Crossing around 9 p.m. on March 17 has died, meaning that detectives are now looking for his murderers. Read more.

By adamg - 3/26/23 - 10:32 am
MBTA tweet that bus service was delayed due to Casey Affleck

Crews were busy filming a scene for the Matt Damon/Casey Affleck crime-caper film at City Hall last night. Lots of faux emergency vehicles with blue lights flashing everywhere, film workers and actors doing film work and acting and the whole nine yards. Enter Stage Right: The shuttle buses called in to replace the Red Line due to signal work: Read more.

By adamg - 3/25/23 - 9:46 am
Firefighter enters smoking Spirit of Boston

Firefighter enters smoking Spirit of Boston. Photo by BFD.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to the Spirit of Boston, docked off Seaport Boulevard around 11 p.m. on Friday for a two-alarm fire below decks. Read more.

By adamg - 3/24/23 - 11:36 am
Smashed in Boston pickup truck

Adam Castiglioni couldn't help but manage the destroyed city pickup outside City Hall today, near the banners urging you to re-elect Mayor Mark Choi: Read more.

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