Rte. 9

Ender's game: Police say chase through four towns ends when driver plows into two cruisers

adamg — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:26:04 +0000

Wellesley Police report a Watertown man was finally stopped in Brookline after a chase that started on Rte. 9 in Natick early this morning.

Police say that when a Natick officer tried to pull Ender Durgut, 39, over for alleged motor-vehicle infractions around 2:30 a.m. today on Rte. 9 eastbound, Durgut floored it. The officer chased Durgut into Wellesley, where that town's police joined the chase, pursuing him down Rte. 9 into Newton, where the chase was taken over by State Police. State and Brookline Police finally stopped him, but only after he crashed into two cruisers, police say. He was charged with a variety of motor-vehicle and criminal offenses.

Innocent, etc.

Atrium Mall continues to lose stores

adamg — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:41:47 +0000

The Boston Business Journal reports on the latest refugees from the increasingly empty Rte. 9 mall.

Fancy-shmancy supermarket to move into Chestnut Hill

adamg — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:11:21 +0000

Wicked 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?

adamg — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:40:04 +0000

Sean 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!

adamg — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:22:30 +0000

At 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

adamg — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:20:33 +0000

Wicked 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

adamg — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:53:18 +0000

A 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?

adamg — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:49:09 +0000

Yes, if it falls on Newton Alderman Charlie Shapiro's car, Wicked Local reports.

A ten-mile backup on Rte. 9

adamg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:56:23 +0000

Nothing 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

adamg — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:02:22 +0000

Turns 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.

Sale at the mall

adamg — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:57:28 +0000

Here's your chance to buy Shoppers' World.

Firefighters from three towns converge on two-alarm fire on Rte. 9

adamg — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:36:01 +0000

Stephen Walsh posts some details and photos from a 5 a.m. blaze at 1160 Boylston St. in Brookline around 5 a.m.

The mood is dark at Shoppers World today

adamg — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:54:02 +0000

That's because the power went out at what the Globe initially described as "a large mall in Framingham."

Earlier:
The Globe defines the Longfellow Bridge for its Rocky Mountain readers.

Infamous Rte. 9 bottleneck re-opened

adamg — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:50:32 +0000

Wellesley Police report you can once again get off Rte. 9 at Rte 16. Woot!

Via the Swellesley Report, which is beside itself in amazement.

Slipslidin' away in Wellesley

adamg — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:40:22 +0000

Wellesley Police have a spiffy new Web site (but where's the police log?). They've posted this video of some of the excitement in town during yesterday's storm:

Via The Swellesley Report.