Rte. 9
Atrium Mall continues to lose stores
By adamg - 1/5/12 - 3:41 pmThe Boston Business Journal reports on the latest refugees from the increasingly empty Rte. 9 mall.
Fancy-shmancy supermarket to move into Chestnut Hill
By adamg - 12/5/11 - 4:11 pmWicked Local Newton reports Wegman's plans to open a store in the new mall being built on Rte. 9 where Omni Foods used to be.
Why does Newton hate pedestrians?
By adamg - 12/3/10 - 6:40 amSean Roche reports that the proposed mall for the old Omni Foods site on Rte. 9 will actually make pedestrian access along Rte. 9 worse and that that's just fine with the city lawyer, who got into a "heated exchange" with an alderman on the topic, basically arguing that nobody walks along Rte. 9 and never will - which Roche refutes with photos of some actual pedestrians walking along that stretch of Rte. 9.
Run, Tom, Run!
By adamg - 11/25/10 - 10:22 amAt 9:30, Bari Walsh tweeted:
Traffic just stopped on 9 west in Newton as 10 or so wild turkeys crossed the road. I swear.
No word if the cops who pulled him over asked where the fire was
By adamg - 11/23/10 - 2:20 pmWicked Local Brookline reports a Brookline firefighter was arrested on charges he drove up to 90 mph while drunk on Rte. 9.
Strip club proposed for Framingham
By adamg - 7/17/10 - 7:53 amA plumber from Groton wants to expand his offerings by turning the old Tin Alley Grill (and even older. Ground Round) on Rte. 9 at California Avenue into a "gentlemen's club," the MetroWest Daily News reports.
If a tree falls on Rte. 9, will anybody hear it?
By adamg - 7/9/10 - 7:49 pmYes, if it falls on Newton Alderman Charlie Shapiro's car, Wicked Local reports.
A ten-mile backup on Rte. 9
By adamg - 9/10/09 - 8:56 amNothing like a water-main break in Framingham to ruin a perfectly good commute. WBZ's Traffic on the 3s says cars were stacked up past Southborough eastbound this morning thanks to the water-main problems at Prospect Street in Framingham.
Watch a police cruiser crash into a Chinese restaurant
By adamg - 6/1/09 - 2:02 pmTurns out Brookline Police have a surveillance camera trained on part of Rte. 9 and it captured a cruiser chasing somebody down the wrong side of the road crashing into a Chinese restaurant near Cypress Street last month. Wicked Local Brookline's posted the video.
