Fans of this web site may want to check out page 15 of the current Weekly Dig. That is all I'll say right now.

Nina is extreme annoyed at people around here who have forgotten what an adverb is, such as a local dairy that wants you to "Act Natural. Drink Local."

Shot in chest, in stable condition after the Princeton Street incident, Channel 4 reports.

Where a bus driver and a trolley conductor close the doors in your face and then a trolley jolts to a stop every two minutes and it takes you a total of two hours for a commute that normally takes 30 minutes? Punkyblond did.

Rhea Becker explains why she thinks dog might be on the secret menu at one Cambridge restaurant.

Getting a cruller instead of a jelly stick this morning was the last straw for Mels:

Every time I go to the Dunkin Donuts at work, something is wrong with my order. ...

Wait! They have crullers again?

Carolyn reports that when she got a rain barrel to collect water for a vegetable garden, she had to figure out how to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in it. And rather than use chemicals or BT, she invested in some goldfish, figuring they would eat any mosquito larvae:

... This has worked really well. The fish, which were previously designated as food for larger pet fish, have 55 gallons of space, both fresh bugs and dried fish food for dinner, and no predators. It's a bit boring in there, but I'm guessing it's suitable for a fish-style attention span. They've grown appreciably in the past couple of months. I think they're happy. At least they haven't complained. Or died. Yet. ...

Boston Police report arresting a local guy and a Tewksbury resident on robbery and assault and battery charges shortly after 11 p.m. yesterday in Chinatown.

Police responding to a report of a robbery at LaGrange and Tamworth say their attention was drawn to "the hurried manner" in which two guys were running on Washington Street toward Hayward Street. The victim then identified them and his cellphone was found on one of them, police say.

Meanwhile, police report arresting a pair of Brighton lads on charges of general dumbassery in connection to their alleged desire to smash overhead lights on the Cambridge Street footbridge over the turnpike in Allston around 2:25 this morning.

Boston Police report finding a man with multiple gunshot wounds at 24 Seaver St. in Roxbury shortly after midnight. The man, in his mid 30s, died at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Police say a teenager later checked himself into Boston Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the hand. Police say the two were likely shot in the same apartment and that the teen "has been uncooperative with investigators."

Last July, two men were found shot at the same location; both lived.

And based on his four years here, concludes he knows Boston well enough to condemn it for all time - and then bolsters his all-knowing conclusion with a book about stuff that happened when the Red Sox were owned by people who haven't had anything to do with the team for years, because they're dead.

Via Jeff Egnaczyk.

The Boston Globe writes about the new John McCain online video contest, The media is in LOVE with Barack, and DOES NOT LINK to the contest, and DOES NOT EMBED the videos. ABC News links to the contest and embeds one video, Talking Points Memo (TPM) links to the contest and embeds both videos.

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The Globe doesn't allow comments either. The others do. ABC news wins that contest with 263 people commenting on the article, as of this posting.

The Boston Globe continues to disappoint.

Here are the YouTube videos. Easy enough to embed.

This is nice: The Red Sox have gotten $13.6 million in state tax credits to refurbish Fenway Park and surrounding buildings and plan to ask for $26 million more.

Bruce Mohl reports the news in a CommonWealth article (free registration required) on the Prince of Darkness himself, Secretary of State Bill Galvin.

Seems Galvin - the man who is supposed to help citizens gain access to public records - does his best to keep secret the recipients of a $50-million annual historic-preservation tax-credit fund he oversees:

It took nearly two months to obtain a complete list of the tax credit awards, and then only after filing a public records request for the information. Although Galvin's office urges government officials to waive any fees associated with providing access to public records, Galvin's staff charged CommonWealth close to $300 just to look at four tax credit applications.

Via Rick Holmes.

Richard A. describes a new group: Boston Wine Writers, with monthly meetings at the Boston Wine School:

As long as you have a passion for good wine writing, it doesn't matter whether you're a published writer, editor, sales rep, importer, restaurateur, blogger, PR person, publisher, wine lover, whatever: you're invited!

When your train is cancelled and you get to ride a bus into town, you get your choice of reasons why.

Train Rider provides the officialest of all the answers.

Suddenly, this Hollywood East thing is starting to wear a bit thin. Sam Baltrusis reports some Italian crew making a TV movie took over South Street today and tried to push innocent Bostonians around:

... Similar to "The Surrogates" production assistants, this crew is equally abrasive and I had an unsavory run-in with one of their wannabe PAs. Words of advice to location scouts: If you want a closed set without pedestrians moving in and out of frame try shooting on the weekends when this street is literally a ghost town. ...

Remember one of our endless discussions a few days back when some bicyclists said they shouldn't have to stop for red lights?

Hedgehog reports:

... While escorting a couple of grad students to my car to go to a testing session, I waited patiently at the curb in front of MIT's main building until the chirping walk signal appeared, stepped into the incredibly well-marked and signaled crosswalk, and was promptly clobbered by some young woman on a bicycle. POW. Like something out of a cartoon.

Fortunately I seem to have escaped without major injury, although my shoulder joint is awfully sore from where I attempted to stop 160+ pounds of woman and bicycle moving at 25 MPH with my puny girl-bicep. OWIE. ...

Boston Police report a pair of shootings overnight:

A man, 19, was shot at 49 Rockvale Circle in Jamaica Plain; rushed to Brigham and Women's in critical condition.

Shortly after 5 a.m. today, a man got lucky at Torrey and Oakwood streets, when a bullet only grazed his head; he was treated and released at Boston Medical Center.

Frank Genevieve, 52, formerly a Franciscan friar in upstate New York, pleaded guilty today to five counts of statutory rape in connection with incidents in Boston between 1977 and 1989, the Suffolk County DA's office announced.

In exchange for his plea, Genevieve had an 8-to-10-year sentence suspended. If he stays out of trouble for the next five years, he won't go to jail. As part of the sentence, he has to register as a sex offender, wear an ankle GPS bracelet and stay away from kids.

Prosecutors charged Genevieve would bring boys on trips to Boston, where he would then have his way with them:

Spray cleaner hanging in a Red Line car.

Brookline resident fleeced by fake Greenpeacenik. Greenflak says this only seems to happen in the Boston area.

Earlier:
Rogue Greenpeace canvasser collared in Cambridge.