Somerville cop writes ticket for car parked in Cambridge.

The Somerville News reports that somebody stole 475 pounds worth of manhole and water-gate covers from Josephine Avenue on Sunday. The covers had been stacked up in piles as the city repaved the street. Police say:

It's not inconceivable that someone living right on the street rolled them into their backyard.

Bobbob hasn't taken the T regularly for three years now, so wonders if the following sight is unusual:

... [T]here were two very buff, swat-team style cops with large guns -- I don't know my guns, but this sure wasn't a handgun, it extended about the length of his torso. Is this a new thing? Have there been military style police riding the rails for a while now? I opted to take the next train but the other passengers seemed less surprised.

Amazingly, JP Beat got a photo of two T SWATters at Back Bay station this morning, and they don't look like they're about to order him to the ground and rip the memory card out of his camera.

Maybe they were too busy looking for this evil dude.

The Cambridge Chronicle posts the new stops north of Lechmere proposed for the Green Line extension - including a relocated Lechmere.

Another step forward for the Somerville Green Line: State transportation folks announced this afternoon proposed stops in Somerville and Medford (sort of). The Cambridge Chronicle has the list.

Dedham's Museum of Bad Art is branching out across the river - opening MOBA 2 in Somerville.

Mike Mennonno reports he's now gone to Mr. Crepe in Davis Square enough to conclude that it is staffed entirely by grumpy people:

... [N]o human kindness escapes any of them. At least not towards me. And they have trained me not to attempt to show any myself by answering my innocent smiles with glares, or by returning my "good morning" with a brittle "can I take your order?" ...

Plus, they shed eyelashes on the crepes.

The inevitable happens to Amy: She's on a bus that hits a cab after the cabbie cuts the bus off:

... The cabbie gave our driver such a death stare that I was absolutely sure he would either bust out a gun and start firing or come on board and issue a beatdown. My fears weren't assuaged by the bus driver throwing open the doors and looking at the right corner of the bus, which was nestled against the cab.

"I've got you on camera!" The driver shouted, pointing to the security camera in the front window. The cabbie looked nervous. "Pull up there and park," the driver hissed. ...

The Somerville News reports a Cambridge man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to garbage cans as he walked his dog on Tufts and Dell streets Saturday.

Can Davis Square LiveJournal get woman into homeless shelter?