Universal Hub All Boston, all the time http://www.universalhub.com/node/feed/atom 2009-11-06T23:41:23-05:00 Did Steve Lynch just assure himself of opposition next year? http://www.universalhub.com/node/28810 2009-11-07T22:59:47-05:00 2009-11-07T23:09:01-05:00 adamg Lynch was one of 64 Democrats in the House tonight to vote for the so-called Stupak amendment to bar even private insurers from paying for abortions if they take any money at all from the government.

Representatives Tsongas, Markey, Delahunt, Capuano, Tierney, Olver, Frank and McGovern all voted no. Rep. Neal voted along with Lynch.

Complete roll call.

]]> Lynch was one of 64 Democrats in the House tonight to vote for the so-called Stupak amendment to bar even private insurers from paying for abortions if they take any money at all from the government.

Representatives Tsongas, Markey, Delahunt, Capuano, Tierney, Olver, Frank and McGovern all voted no. Rep. Neal voted along with Lynch.

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]]> TSA stops Cape Verdeans from taking Tylenol, Vitamin C back to homeland for viral epidemic http://www.universalhub.com/node/28809 2009-11-07T22:34:12-05:00 2009-11-07T22:45:19-05:00 adamg FORCV.com, which covers the Cape Verdean community in Boston, reports TSA agents today blocked Cape Verdeans from boarding a plane to their homeland with large quantities of a variety of medical items to help victims of a dengue-fever epidemic there:

... TSA officials, unaware of the breakout of dengue Epidemic in Cape Verde this week, delayed the flight and did an extensive search of the luggage. By the end of the process, passengers were allowed to take only small amount of medical supplies. ...

Dengue, also known as breakbone fever because of the intense pain it causes, is spread by mosquitoes. On Thursday, the Cape Verdean government declared a national emergency because of the outbreak.

In addition to the painkillers and vitamins, Cape Verdeans also tried boarding a TACV flight with rubbing alcohol, mosquito repellents and hand sanitizers, FORCV.com reports.

]]> FORCV.com, which covers the Cape Verdean community in Boston, reports TSA agents today blocked Cape Verdeans from boarding a plane to their homeland with large quantities of a variety of medical items to help victims of a dengue-fever epidemic there:

... TSA officials, unaware of the breakout of dengue Epidemic in Cape Verde this week, delayed the flight and did an extensive search of the luggage. By the end of the process, passengers were allowed to take only small amount of medical supplies. ...

Dengue, also known as breakbone fever because of the intense pain it causes, is spread by mosquitoes. On Thursday, the Cape Verdean government declared a national emergency because of the outbreak.

In addition to the painkillers and vitamins, Cape Verdeans also tried boarding a TACV flight with rubbing alcohol, mosquito repellents and hand sanitizers, FORCV.com reports.<!--break-->

]]> Smoking Orange Line train sparks brief disruption http://www.universalhub.com/node/28808 2009-11-07T22:21:34-05:00 2009-11-07T22:28:32-05:00 adamg The Boston Fire Department ordered power shut on the Orange Line between State Street and Downtown Crossing shortly after 10 p.m. when smoke appeared in the State Street station. Power was restored not long after when firefighters discovered the smoke was coming from one particular train, not another track fire, according to Boston Fireman and Local 718.

]]> The Boston Fire Department ordered power shut on the Orange Line between State Street and Downtown Crossing shortly after 10 p.m. when smoke appeared in the State Street station. Power was restored not long after when firefighters discovered the smoke was coming from one particular train, not another track fire, according to Boston Fireman and Local 718.<!--break-->

]]> The politest intersection in Boston http://www.universalhub.com/node/28807 2009-11-07T19:51:55-05:00 2009-11-07T20:01:29-05:00 adamg Boston's only polite intersection? Maybe that's what happens when you put an intersection in the middle of a forest. Mike Ball hails the intersection of Enneking, Turtle Pond and Dedham parkways deep in the woods of Stony Brook Reservation, where drivers not only obey the four-way stop but are actually courteous to one another:

... Could it be something in the oxygen from all the foliage? Might some nearby unknown native American burial ground be affecting Bostonians as they arrive at the intersection? Would the bucolic nature of the park all around calm the savages?

The cause is far less important than the mere existence of the magic intersection. ...

]]> Boston's only polite intersection? Maybe that's what happens when you put an intersection in the middle of a forest. Mike Ball hails the intersection of Enneking, Turtle Pond and Dedham parkways deep in the woods of Stony Brook Reservation, where drivers not only obey the four-way stop but are actually courteous to one another:

... Could it be something in the oxygen from all the foliage? Might some nearby unknown native American burial ground be affecting Bostonians as they arrive at the intersection? Would the bucolic nature of the park all around calm the savages?

The cause is far less important than the mere existence of the magic intersection. ...

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]]> Kid doesn't fall into train pit at Savin Hill http://www.universalhub.com/node/28806 2009-11-07T19:31:32-05:00 2009-11-07T19:33:12-05:00 adamg But rescue crews didn't discover until they got to the station that it was some kids fooling around.

]]> But rescue crews didn't discover until they got to the station that it was some kids fooling around.

]]> Boston, Dedham police/Belgrade Ave., 10:25 am Sat. Nov. 7th??? http://www.universalhub.com/node/28805 2009-11-07T19:23:35-05:00 2009-11-07T19:23:35-05:00 newchristine Anybody know what was going on on Belgrade Ave, upper 200 block near Ardent St., this morning? About 7 BPD cars and a Dedham car surrounded an apt. building. Scary scene.

]]> Anybody know what was going on on Belgrade Ave, upper 200 block near Ardent St., this morning? About 7 BPD cars and a Dedham car surrounded an apt. building. Scary scene.

]]> Golden steam http://www.universalhub.com/node/28804 2009-11-07T16:37:15-05:00 2009-11-07T16:40:39-05:00 adamg Steam heat

16WadeSt captures the mystery that steam always seems to bring to city nights, in this case, on School Street.

Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

]]> Steam heat

16WadeSt captures the mystery that steam always seems to bring to city nights, in this case, on School Street.

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]]> Another person hit, killed by a commuter-rail train http://www.universalhub.com/node/28802 2009-11-07T13:21:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:32:19-05:00 adamg This time in Franklin this morning, MBTA Transit Police tweet. NECN reports the man, in his 40s, was struck at the Fisher Street crossing. Train 1028, outbound.

]]> This time in Franklin this morning, MBTA Transit Police tweet. NECN reports the man, in his 40s, was struck at the Fisher Street crossing. Train 1028, outbound.<!--break-->

]]> Near-death experience on the Orange Line http://www.universalhub.com/node/28801 2009-11-07T11:07:14-05:00 2009-11-07T11:10:45-05:00 adamg Rick Sawyer reports he was on the inbound Orange Line platform at North Station last night when a woman fell on the tracks - just as a train was approaching:

... It was like a movie. The train stopped inches away from the woman's unstirring body, the frontmost part actually hanging over her. For a nauseating moment, we thought she had been killed—by the train or by the third rail. The conductor burst out of the front train compartment, the color draining from her face, repeating "Oh my God." ...

]]> Rick Sawyer reports he was on the inbound Orange Line platform at North Station last night when a woman fell on the tracks - just as a train was approaching:

... It was like a movie. The train stopped inches away from the woman's unstirring body, the frontmost part actually hanging over her. For a nauseating moment, we thought she had been killed—by the train or by the third rail. The conductor burst out of the front train compartment, the color draining from her face, repeating "Oh my God." ...

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]]> Press leaks nothing new http://www.universalhub.com/node/28800 2009-11-07T10:25:28-05:00 2009-11-07T10:26:20-05:00 adamg J.L. Bell takes a look at press leaks in pre-Revolutionary Boston:

... The legal challenge to writs of assistance came in the midst of a feud between two Customs officials in Boston, Collector Benjamin Barons and Surveyor Charles Paxton. Both men slipped documents embarrassing to the other side into sympathetic newspapers. ...

]]> J.L. Bell takes a look at press leaks in pre-Revolutionary Boston:

... The legal challenge to writs of assistance came in the midst of a feud between two Customs officials in Boston, Collector Benjamin Barons and Surveyor Charles Paxton. Both men slipped documents embarrassing to the other side into sympathetic newspapers. ...

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]]> Test Day in Boston http://www.universalhub.com/node/28799 2009-11-07T09:32:54-05:00 2009-11-07T09:42:47-05:00 adamg A testing moment

Today's the day when sixth graders across Boston take the ISEE, which will help determine whether they get an invitation to one of the city's three exam schools (it counts for 50% of the decision, with the rest based on their last fifth-grade marks and their first sixth-grade marks). Here, kids - and their parents - wait in line at the West Roxbury Education Complex for check in. They had to show both an acceptance letter for the test and a passport or birth certificate - nobody was going to pull a Curley today.

]]> A testing moment

Today's the day when sixth graders across Boston take the ISEE, which will help determine whether they get an invitation to one of the city's three exam schools (it counts for 50% of the decision, with the rest based on their last fifth-grade marks and their first sixth-grade marks). Here, kids - and their parents - wait in line at the West Roxbury Education Complex for check in. They had to show both an acceptance letter for the test and a passport or birth certificate - nobody was going to pull a Curley today.<!--break-->

]]> Memo to Boston residents http://www.universalhub.com/node/28798 2009-11-07T09:27:21-05:00 2009-11-07T10:08:35-05:00 adamg Your guy won/lost this past Tuesday. You can take the sign down now.

]]> Your guy won/lost this past Tuesday. You can take the sign down now.

]]> Yuppies move next to Navy Yard, try to silence USS Constitution cannons http://www.universalhub.com/node/28796 2009-11-07T00:20:09-05:00 2009-11-07T07:41:14-05:00 adamg The Herald reports. Hmm, maybe they moved to Charlestown to get away from the noise at the South Street Diner.

]]> The Herald reports. Hmm, maybe they moved to Charlestown to get away from the noise at the South Street Diner.<!--break-->

]]> Cereal offender in Framingham http://www.universalhub.com/node/28795 2009-11-07T00:08:42-05:00 2009-11-07T00:14:09-05:00 adamg Wicked Local Framingham reports a truck driver who slammed into a car may have been eating cereal behind the wheel: The investigating officer found milk and cereal all over his dashboard - and a bowl in woods nearby.

In May, Needham police arrested a man for driving while under the influence of cereal.

]]> Wicked Local Framingham reports a truck driver who slammed into a car may have been eating cereal behind the wheel: The investigating officer found milk and cereal all over his dashboard - and a bowl in woods nearby.

In May, Needham police arrested a man for driving while under the influence of cereal.<!--break-->

]]> Charlestown house burns http://www.universalhub.com/node/28794 2009-11-06T23:37:55-05:00 2009-11-06T23:41:23-05:00 adamg Local 718 reports a fire broke out at 33 Brighton St. shortly after 10 p.m. Everybody got out OK.

]]> Local 718 reports a fire broke out at 33 Brighton St. shortly after 10 p.m. Everybody got out OK.<!--break-->

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