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By adamg - 10/16/16 - 1:25 pm
Repent or burn in hell guy on bus in Revere

Joe Gravellese spotted the Repent or Burn Guy on a bus in Revere today.

To which Sutter summons up Joan Osborne: Read more.

By adamg - 10/3/16 - 9:31 am

Banker & Tradesman says John Keith is the best person to take over the normally obscure office of Suffolk County Register of Deeds.

A seasoned Boston real estate agent, Keith has a general familiarity with how the Registry operates and seems genuinely eager to learn what he doesn’t know.

Read more.

By adamg - 9/28/16 - 8:16 am

Revere and State Police are investigating how a New Jersey man wound up on the ground, unconscious and with a serious head injury, after an apparent fight outside the Squire on Squire Road last night, according to Revere Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office: Read more.

By adamg - 9/26/16 - 11:57 am
Sadm

Transit Police report arresting a man they had a threatening pit bull on a bus Wonderland and then began swinging the dog at cops as they tried to escort him out of the station.

Read more.

By adamg - 9/23/16 - 8:48 am

Politico reports that while Suffolk County Register of Deeds candidate John Keith had Keytar Bear at his formal campaign kickoff this week, Steve Murphy had no clue who Keytar Bear was. Read more.

By adamg - 9/21/16 - 6:16 pm

A Maine pimp who kept trying to run his paid-sex ring even after he got tossed in the Nashua Street jail pleaded guilty today in a deal that could put him behind bars for 12 years, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 9/15/16 - 1:02 pm

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today overturned Robert Iacoviello's second-degree murder conviction for the death of Revere police officer Daniel Talbot behind Revere High School in 2007 because the judge in the case refused to tell the jury to consider whether the death was a case of self defense or the lesser charge of manslaughter. Read more.

By adamg - 9/6/16 - 2:24 pm

The Globe profiles the five candidates who show up at candidate forums - Katie Forde, Stephanie Everett, Mike Mackan, Jeffrey Ross and Paul Nutting - and the two who couldn't be bothered, so why waste time mentioning their names?

Whoever wins will face three independents in November.

Ed note: The primary is this Thursday. Yes, it's an oddball date that probably only benefits one of the candidates who doesn't really want to deal with forums.

By adamg - 7/28/16 - 5:38 pm

The Blue Line is on the track to madness this evening due to switch problems at Wonderland.

At 5:30 p.m., Tim Lawrence reported:

Train has been 1 min away for 10 min now. State is a mess. Platform full. Avoid Blue Line.

By adamg - 7/20/16 - 6:07 pm

Jonathan Vicente, 25, is on unpaid leave following his arrest shortly after an early morning incident on July 10 behind a Revere restaurant, Cambridge Police said today.

Vicente was among a group of men urinating in the alley behind Volare, 388 Broadway, when a restaurant worker spotted them and told them to stop, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says: Read more.

By adamg - 7/17/16 - 12:55 pm

Lauren asks:

Is there anywhere in Boston (or even Winthrop or Revere) to get soft serve ice cream?

By adamg - 6/28/16 - 2:39 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court today backed letting voters decide whether a man who has an agreement to buy a mobile-home park near Suffolk Downs should be allowed to apply for a slots-parlor license for the parcel. Read more.

By adamg - 6/24/16 - 1:41 pm

A man who told his family he was "going off the grid" and that they "would not see [him] again" has been identified through DNA evidence as the man whose partial remains were found on Revere Beach in 2014, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 6/20/16 - 12:02 am

State Police report arresting a man they say attacked a group of beachgoers this afternoon with both a hammer and racial slurs. Read more.

By adamg - 6/1/16 - 12:16 pm

The Massachusetts Appeals Court yesterday upheld a Swampscott man's conviction for a 2012 attack in Revere that left his former business partner with part of his nose missing.

The court ruled that Kenneth Michaud, 44, got a fair trial and he just needs to deal with the 3-to-5-year prison sentence he got after a jury convicted him of assault and battery causing serious personal injury and mayhem. Read more.

By adamg - 5/10/16 - 3:50 pm

State Police explain why Rte. 1 north was shut in Revere at the start of the evening rush yesterday:

A 17-year-old operator of a 2011 Mercedes-Benz caused a 6 car crash on route 1 northbound in Revere. The crash injured numerous people. The male driver had been issued a citation for speeding just an hour earlier by the Winthrop Police. He told troopers at the scene that he was 'late for work at the Market Basket' which was his reason for speeding in the breakdown when he caused the multi-vehicle crash.

By adamg - 4/13/16 - 12:30 pm

Mike Freedberg takes a look at the numbers in yesterday's special election for the state Senate seat Joe Boncore of Winthrop won:

Winthrop, which totals about 12 percent of the District’s population, saw about 4100 ballots. Boston, whose precincts take up moire than 50 percent of the District, registered barely 5,420. A town of 18,000 people almost equaled the vote of Boston wards home to about 110,000 folks!

And the smallest turnout of all was on Beacon Hill, home to state Rep. Jay Livingstone.

By adamg - 4/12/16 - 9:32 pm

NorthEndWaterfront.com has the results for the First Suffolk and Middlesex race. There are no Republicans running in the May 10 final - for the right to serve until this November's election.

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