Universal Hub All Boston, all the time http://www.universalhub.com/node/feed/atom 2009-11-20T11:34:13-05:00 Suffolk County jail guard has license suspended for parking in handicap spot http://www.universalhub.com/node/29130 2009-11-20T18:56:57-05:00 2009-11-20T18:57:53-05:00 adamg With somebody else's placard, Channel 4 reports.

]]> With somebody else's placard, Channel 4 reports.

]]> How would Green Line tracks catch on fire? http://www.universalhub.com/node/29129 2009-11-20T18:47:34-05:00 2009-11-20T18:48:38-05:00 adamg Samantha Star snapped a photo of some burning Green Line tracks in Coolidge Corner around 6 p.m. today.

]]> Samantha Star snapped a photo of some burning Green Line tracks in Coolidge Corner around 6 p.m. today.

]]> Police say arrests could put a dent in recent wave of Hyde Park car break-ins http://www.universalhub.com/node/29127 2009-11-20T16:02:03-05:00 2009-11-20T16:35:56-05:00 adamg Boston Police report that officers responding to a 4:45 a.m. call from Wyvern Street found two guys a couple blocks away on Hyde Park Avenue acting suspiciously.

]]> Boston Police report that officers responding to a 4:45 a.m. call from Wyvern Street found two guys a couple blocks away on Hyde Park Avenue acting suspiciously.<!--break-->

Lee Harvey, 18, of Dorchester and Jesus Ortiz, 18, were both arrested and charged with larceny from a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property after, police say, officers spotted one of them throwing a bag over a fence. Police say they found a bag under a car one of the two was crouching behind containing a laptop stolen from a car on Wyvern - and another bag containing numerous stolen items and cash.

Police say "this immediate area has been recently experiencing larcenies related to motor vehicles." Word, however, is that almost every district in the city has experienced an increase in car break-ins of late.

Innocent, etc.

]]> State learns again that people don't like having things crammed down their throat http://www.universalhub.com/node/29126 2009-11-20T15:51:34-05:00 2009-11-20T18:43:21-05:00 adamg And now the state loses out on $145 million in federal stimulus funds; money was to have gone to a fancy-shmancy Silver Line extension through Roxbury and Mattapan that state officials tried to foist on the neighborhoods as a fait accompli.

Lawmakers ask state to withdraw 28X proposal (from the Dorchester Reporter a couple weeks ago).

Steve Poftak is sad.

Earlier:
Gloria Fox, Byron Rushing objected to bus cramming.

]]> And now the state loses out on $145 million in federal stimulus funds; money was to have gone to a fancy-shmancy Silver Line extension through Roxbury and Mattapan that state officials tried to foist on the neighborhoods as a fait accompli.

Lawmakers ask state to withdraw 28X proposal (from the Dorchester Reporter a couple weeks ago).

Steve Poftak is sad.

Earlier:
Gloria Fox, Byron Rushing objected to bus cramming.<!--break-->

]]> How lobstermen celebrate Christmas http://www.universalhub.com/node/29125 2009-11-20T14:21:41-05:00 2009-11-20T14:27:20-05:00 adamg They put up trees gaily decorated with lobster traps. Good Morning Gloucester is running a completely impartial poll that lets you pick the best one: "The Fantastic Majestic Gloucester Lobster Trap Tree" or "The Crappy Unimaginative Maine Lobster Trap Tree."

]]> They put up trees gaily decorated with lobster traps. Good Morning Gloucester is running a completely impartial poll that lets you pick the best one: "The Fantastic Majestic Gloucester Lobster Trap Tree" or "The Crappy Unimaginative Maine Lobster Trap Tree."<!--break-->

]]> Lawyer isn't kidding; files defamation suit against men who glare at goats http://www.universalhub.com/node/29124 2009-11-20T13:49:03-05:00 2009-11-20T16:31:50-05:00 adamg This'll get your goatMassachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports a lawyer has filed "the first libel and defamation lawsuit brought on behalf of a herd of goats."

In the suit, filed in federal district court in Springfield, the herd of Nigerian dwarf goats alleges continued baad behavior on the part of two rival breeders - who are also judges at goat shows - including repeatedly bleating out rumors that the goats are "impure." Not for mutton, one of the allegations was that the goats were being bred with larger goats to produce offspring with bigger udders, which apparently judges, if not male goats, find more attractive. The lawsuit also gruffly charges the two butted heads with the herd's breeder at a show in Grafton, accusing him of being a cross dresser.

Photo by Joe Stammers. Used under this Creative Commons license.

]]> This'll get your goatMassachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports a lawyer has filed "the first libel and defamation lawsuit brought on behalf of a herd of goats."

In the suit, filed in federal district court in Springfield, the herd of Nigerian dwarf goats alleges continued baad behavior on the part of two rival breeders - who are also judges at goat shows - including repeatedly bleating out rumors that the goats are "impure." Not for mutton, one of the allegations was that the goats were being bred with larger goats to produce offspring with bigger udders, which apparently judges, if not male goats, find more attractive. The lawsuit also gruffly charges the two butted heads with the herd's breeder at a show in Grafton, accusing him of being a cross dresser.

Photo by Joe Stammers. Used under this Creative Commons license.<!--break-->

]]> Video challenge to Gov. YouTube http://www.universalhub.com/node/29123 2009-11-20T12:33:40-05:00 2009-11-20T12:40:14-05:00 adamg Please, Mr. Patrick, get your schedulers to get on the ball so you can see the reporters and editors at GateHouse New England before March 9:

]]> Please, Mr. Patrick, get your schedulers to get on the ball so you can see the reporters and editors at GateHouse New England before March 9:

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]]> Mattapan man goes on trial today on charge he murdered, chopped up father http://www.universalhub.com/node/29121 2009-11-20T12:28:16-05:00 2009-11-20T12:30:42-05:00 adamg Brian Lee faces life without parole if convicted of the 2006 murder of his father, who had taken out several restraining orders against him in the years before his death. More from Channel 4.

]]> Brian Lee faces life without parole if convicted of the 2006 murder of his father, who had taken out several restraining orders against him in the years before his death. More from Channel 4.<!--break-->

]]> Man charged with stealing cash from senior citizen at an ATM http://www.universalhub.com/crime/20091118-man_charged_with_stealing_cash_fr.html 2009-11-20T12:22:44-05:00 2009-11-20T12:27:47-05:00 adamg Boston Police report a senior citizen who'd just taken money out of a Bank of America ATM at 221 Mass. Ave. had some guy walk up behind him and grab his cash.

Adam Sawallich, 24, of Boston, was arrested yesterday on Washington Street on a charge of unarmed robbery on a person over 65. He was picked up with a friend who matched the description of another man the victim saw running away, but who was not charged yesterday.

Innocent, etc.

]]> Boston Police report a senior citizen who'd just taken money out of a Bank of America ATM at 221 Mass. Ave. had some guy walk up behind him and grab his cash.

Adam Sawallich, 24, of Boston, was arrested yesterday on Washington Street on a charge of unarmed robbery on a person over 65. He was picked up with a friend who matched the description of another man the victim saw running away, but who was not charged yesterday.

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]]> Robert Kraft not the only one to get a footbridge http://www.universalhub.com/node/29119 2009-11-20T12:08:38-05:00 2009-11-20T12:56:05-05:00 adamg The Globe reports the state will use $30 million in federal stimulus funds - plus another $30 million that's been sitting in a Big Dig account for years - to erect a Colossus-size statue of Kraft bestriding Boston Harbor build long promised footbridges across and near the mouth of the Charles River, by the Zakim Bridge.

The Globe doesn't say if any of that money will go toward the skate park that state planners have been promising is about a year away for roughly 10 years now.

]]> The Globe reports the state will use $30 million in federal stimulus funds - plus another $30 million that's been sitting in a Big Dig account for years - to erect a Colossus-size statue of Kraft bestriding Boston Harbor build long promised footbridges across and near the mouth of the Charles River, by the Zakim Bridge.

The Globe doesn't say if any of that money will go toward the skate park that state planners have been promising is about a year away for roughly 10 years now.<!--break-->

]]> Joyce Kulhawik had one of Jerry Remy's balls right in her hand http://www.universalhub.com/node/29118 2009-11-20T11:59:36-05:00 2009-11-20T12:01:56-05:00 adamg Would I make that up?

Via Geoff Edgers.

]]> Would I make that up?

Via Geoff Edgers.<!--break-->

]]> Won't some kindly patrician New Englander save Brigham's? http://www.universalhub.com/node/29117 2009-11-20T11:51:44-05:00 2009-11-20T11:55:28-05:00 adamg Pretty please? With jimmies on top?

Rob Sama expresses disgust for the apparent bloodsucking leech who sucked all the money out of the chain and then dumped its sodden remains on a bankruptcy judge, adds:

... I think that the best hope for the brand is that somebody buys it out of bankruptcy court. I think it's unlikely that a PE firm would emerge to do that, but either a wealthy New Englander might, or the remaining franchisees may want to band together to save the brand. Or maybe even Hood might be convinced to step in. Or a local chef like Barbara Lynch who just opened a high-end restaurant modeled on Brighams. ...

Ed. daydreaming note: What about the hospital? Surely there's some synergy there?

]]> Pretty please? With jimmies on top?

Rob Sama expresses disgust for the apparent bloodsucking leech who sucked all the money out of the chain and then dumped its sodden remains on a bankruptcy judge, adds:

... I think that the best hope for the brand is that somebody buys it out of bankruptcy court. I think it's unlikely that a PE firm would emerge to do that, but either a wealthy New Englander might, or the remaining franchisees may want to band together to save the brand. Or maybe even Hood might be convinced to step in. Or a local chef like Barbara Lynch who just opened a high-end restaurant modeled on Brighams. ...

Ed. daydreaming note: What about the hospital? Surely there's some synergy there?<!--break-->

]]> East Boston gunman follows man into his building, robs him http://www.universalhub.com/crime/20091118-east_boston_gunman_follows_man_in.html 2009-11-20T11:46:39-05:00 2009-11-20T11:50:38-05:00 adamg District A-7 reports a man entering his Princeton Street apartment Wednesday night was robbed at gunpoint. He told police:

[A]n unidentified male speaking Spanish stated you just dropped your keys. The victim stated that he replied "no I didn't" and entered his residences' hallway. ... The victim then stated that the suspect followed behind him and pushed him against a wall. He then pushed the suspect away and noticed that the suspect was holding a black gun. The suspect then went into the victim's pockets and took a cell phone charger and fled down Saratoga Street.

]]> District A-7 reports a man entering his Princeton Street apartment Wednesday night was robbed at gunpoint. He told police:

[A]n unidentified male speaking Spanish stated you just dropped your keys. The victim stated that he replied "no I didn't" and entered his residences' hallway. ... The victim then stated that the suspect followed behind him and pushed him against a wall. He then pushed the suspect away and noticed that the suspect was holding a black gun. The suspect then went into the victim's pockets and took a cell phone charger and fled down Saratoga Street.

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]]> Two charged with stabbing man in broad daylight in East Boston http://www.universalhub.com/crime/20091117-two_charged_with_stabbing_man_in_.html 2009-11-20T11:37:02-05:00 2009-11-20T11:44:32-05:00 adamg District A-7 reports two men were arrested after officers found a man lying on the ground with stab wounds on the Greenway near Gove and Bremen streets around 3 p.m. on Tuesday. The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-fatal injuries. Names of the two men, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, were not released.

]]> District A-7 reports two men were arrested after officers found a man lying on the ground with stab wounds on the Greenway near Gove and Bremen streets around 3 p.m. on Tuesday. The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-fatal injuries. Names of the two men, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, were not released.<!--break-->

]]> Robinson goes for the T, Amtrak vote http://www.universalhub.com/node/29114 2009-11-20T11:32:22-05:00 2009-11-20T11:34:13-05:00 adamg The Herald reports Republican Jack E. Robinson was outside Park Street last night, calling for the feds to pour enough money into the MBTA to eliminate fares and to spend $3 billion on a bullet train to Springfield.

]]> The Herald reports Republican Jack E. Robinson was outside Park Street last night, calling for the feds to pour enough money into the MBTA to eliminate fares and to spend $3 billion on a bullet train to Springfield.<!--break-->

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