Somerville
Scott captured the scene on McGrath Highway in Somerville the other night.
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Mayor Curtatone better watch out on Homecoming Day. The Tufts Daily reports Somerville health officials shut the Delta Upsilon frat house at Tufts for a variety of health and safety concerns after firefighters responded to an alarm that went off in the middle of a party:
"So, we were having a party Saturday night; at some point during the party the front door came off its hinges, which was obviously a bad sign," he said. "Later, someone from another fraternity pulled our alarm; when that fire alarm got pulled, some of the fire department people came to make sure everything was alright."
Rumors have surfaced that an Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) brother pulled the alarm at DU and that the fire alarm that went off at the AEPi house later that same night was pulled in retaliation. Ross declined to comment further on this.
Scott gets down with the pavement in Davis Square.
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National Grid outages at 11:30 p.m.: Does NStar have something similar?
Reports are coming in of power outages across the area, like mid-Cambridge, Tremont Street downtown and Newton Centre.
And Georgy Cohen reports Somerville Police had to help her and other riders off an 89 bus that hit a downed tree and power line.
Thanks to William Ricker for the link to the National Grid map.
Talk about customer service: Lauren Bettencourt at Channel 4 reports Mayors Tom Menino and Joe Curtatone have ordered their cities to waive any tickets given out today for violations of the "snow" emergency.
The City of Somerville "delcared" a snow emergency for today at 6am.
Check out the funny email here.
Sal DiDomenico explains why voters of the Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex state senate district should vote for him in the special elections to replace Galluccio.
Bad news for fans of the Ball Square White Hen Pantry.
Bizarre Foods guy Andrew Zimmern endorses Michael Albano in the special state-senate election:
My childhood pal Michael Albano is running for State Senator in Massachusetts, and in heady times like these I think it is crucial that we support progressive democrats like Michael. ...
Via Wicked Local Cambridge.
Say what you will about Boston City Hall, I don't think anybody's ever had to wait three hours to get a resident parking sticker. Contrast that with Somerville this year, where the line to get a resident permit was so long that people went back outside to find tickets on their cars because the meters had run out.
The good news is the city ticket hearing officer is dismissing those tickets. The bad news is, you have to go back to City Hall for a hearing; they'll reject your request by mail.
Wicked Local Somerville reports on the arrest of Turbine Entertainment Software founder Johnny Monsarrat during a party at his Summer Street home on Jan. 29. He was charged with keeping a noisy and disorderly house and serving alcohol to a person under 21.
Innocent, etc.
Cambridge News Weekly (yeah, that's a new one for me, too) reports that progressive Democrat and small shopowner Michael Albano is now running for the seat left vacant when Anthony Galluccio resigned on account of being in jail.
Other candidates include attorney Dan Hill of Charlestown, Galluccio's former chief of staff Sal DiDomenico, Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker and attorney and Charlie Flaherty son Tim Flaherty. They're competing in April 13 primary to get into a May 11 final election just in time to start all over again for the regular primary and election this fall.
This missed connection ad on Craigslist reads like a modern day love poem. Bearded men of Boston...pull your faces out of the PBR pitcher, it looks like someone has their eye on you...
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/mis/1567745744.html
The Chelsea Record introduces us to Tim Flaherty, reprising his 2007 run for the seat held by Anthony Galluccio, only this time without Galluccio.
Wicked Local Somerville reports the state has set April 13 for primaries and May 11 for the final election to replace year-in-jail former state Sen. Anthony Galluccio. Read more
Squonk, who is blind and has a guide dog, recounts a frightening incident yesterday afternoon:
Two barking, snarling bulldogs pinning me and my guide dog to the wall on Elm and Day Streets yesterday afternoon. The dogs were on-leash, but it took both the owner and another gentleman to physically pull the dogs away. My guide dog was okay. I was less okay, emotionally (but fine physically). It takes a lot to get me to scream. ...
And yet the story has a sort of happy ending - at least until the part where some woman got all huffy when Squonk didn't want to cross the street when she told her to.
Channel 25 has the story and surveillance video, says the guy got into a getaway car, but doesn't say if the car was an old white Plymouth sedan.
Location.
- The Holiday Inn Somerville is located in Somerville, Mass.
- One mile from Harvard Square
- Two miles from Faneuil Hall
- Four miles from Fenway Park
Hotel Features. - Nantucket Grille serves breakfasts and dinners
- NightGames Lounge features live entertainment on weekends
- Complimentary wireless Internet access throughout the property
- Complimentary shuttle services within one mile
- Fitness center and heated indoor pool
Guestrooms. - Refrigerators and coffeemakers
- Television Internet access for a fee
- Video game consoles for a fee
Driving directions:
From Boston Logan International Airport:
Approximate distance to the hotel is five miles.
Exit airport onto Route 1A South/ William F. McClellan Highway.
Merge onto I 93 North.
Exit Sullivan Square/Route 99/Somerville.
Turn left onto Cambridge Street.
Cambridge Street becomes Washington Street.
The hotel is located on the left.
Nearby attractions:
Area Attractions: Quincy Market 2 Mile / 3 Kilometers<br> Bunker Hill Monument 1 Mile / 2 Kilometers<br> Fleet Center 1 Mile / 2 Kilometers<br> Boston Garden 1 Mile / 2 Kilometers<br> Fenway Park 4 Miles / 6 Kilometers <br> Prudential Center 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers<br> Boston University 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers<br> Harvard Square 1 Mile / 2 Kilometers<br> Hood Business Park 1 Mile / 2 Kilometers<br> Tufts University 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers<br> Davis Square 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers<br> Post Office Square 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers
The La Quinta Inn & Suites Boston Somerville stands in the heart of Somerville, Mass., near downtown Boston and Logan International Airport. Guests are close to the Fleet Center, Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, the Freedom Trail, Harvard Square, and Fenway Park, home of the Beantown's beloved Boston Red Sox and the famed Green Monster. Guests can take the hotel's complimentary shuttle to the airport about three miles away. The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots play at Foxboro, Mass., a Boston suburb.
Before venturing out into Beantown, guests can start their mornings with complimentary continental breakfasts and then work out in the hotel's state of the art fitness facility.
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Driving directions:
From Boston Logan International Airport:
Follow sign to 93 North exit #29.
Bear right onto Route 28 North.
Take the first right around the Courthouse onto Middlesex Ave.
Then take the first right onto Cummings Street to the hotel.
Nearby attractions:
Area Attractions: Fleet Center 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers <br> Faneuil Hall 3 Miles / 5 Kilometers <br> Quincy Market 3 Miles / 5 Kilometers <br> Freedom Trail 3 Miles / 5 Kilometers <br> Harvard Square 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers <br> Downtown Boston 3 Miles / 5 Kilometers <br> USS Constitution 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers <br> Paul Revere House 3 Miles / 5 Kilometers <br> Bunker Hill Monument 2 Miles / 3 Kilometers
Boston Police today identified the Tedeschi clerk shot to death on Saturday as Surendra Dangol, 39, of Somerville. The Himalayan Times reports Dangol was a native of Katmandu, Nepal and was saving up to bring his wife and nine-year-old daughter here.
Police also released photos of the car the gunman apparently got away in and of the bewigged murderer:
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Somerville Voices alerts us to a design meeting on Jan. 12 about the planned $50-million Assembly Square station on the Orange Line. Key issue: Whether the T will build one or two entrances to the station.
One good Santa deserves another in Somerville
Scott discovers where Santas are cloned.
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The Globe reports how some regulars at the Davis Square Red Line stop pitched in to say "Merry Christmas" to the guy who sells Spare Change News there (Davis Square LiveJournal discussion that started it all).
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