A judge today dismissed a man's request to toss a gun found without a warrant in a Somerville apartment as evidence against him, saying he lost his privacy rights to the contents of the box the gun was in after the apartment's occupant kicked him out. Read more.
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A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit by Jonathan Monsarrat over postings in a Somerville community forum, saying the forum's moderator did nothing wrong or defamatory when he moved the entire discussion group from a server owned by Russians to one based in the US. Read more.
The FBI's Violent Crime Task Force has posted photos of the guy they say robbed the East Cambridge Savings Bank branch at 285 Highland Ave. in Somerville on Monday. Read more.
Jessica Burko captures the scene.
Tim Devin captured a more optimistic kid in an igloo in Lincoln Park in Somerville: Read more.
Sarah Gottlieb asks:
What Somerville/Boston area local creamery makes the best peppermint stick ice cream? It’s urgent
Tim Devin spotted this bird on Spring Hill in Somerville today, has a question:
OK, Internet, what the hell is this?
After a turkey family visited his family backyard, Greg Cook began to wonder what the deal is with all these turkeys in the Boston area. He wound up interviewing Jim Cardoza of MassWildlife, who led the effort to restore wild turkeys to Massachusetts in the 1970s, a century after they'd been hunted to extinction here.
MassDOT announced today it's re-opening the HOV lane on I-93 southbound to help deal with the congestion that's been returning to local highways since the spring - after the Conservation Law foundation threatened a lawsuit. Read more.
The challenges faced by the Boston housing market have been well documented in 2020. The pandemic has caused massive shifts in urban population distribution in metropolitan areas all across the country, and Boston is no exception. It effectively took one of the nation’s hottest real estate markets and caused it to come to a grinding halt as apartment vacancies soar all over the city.
Msmariamad found just the reset button we need, in Somerville. Of course, with the way things are going, you'd go right up, hit that sucker hard and fall into the sewer main it's covering up.
Copyright Msmariamad. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Bull McCabe's in Union Square has been knocked out of commission.
Brad Kelly stopped to admire this turkey in Somerville the other day.
Copyright Brad Kelly. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flicker.