Boston
MBTA will have to cut service, raise fares next year, too, without state help, regional planning group says
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 9:20 pmThe Metropolitan Area Planning Council says payments on more than $5 billion in debt ensure the T will continue to lurch from one financial crisis to another, hurting riders and the regional economy for years to come, unless the legislature steps in to help do something about that debt.
Media won't rest until all the Patriots run themselves through with swords
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 7:26 amOMG, Matt Light and Gronk went to a party after the Super Bowl! Clutch those pearls closer to your chest, Mabel! Or as David Robichaud asks, as he wipes away a tear:
What do you think about this? Should they have been celebrating after a crushing defeat?
Cool new tool for helping figure out where to look for a home in Boston
By adamg - 2/5/12 - 12:51 pmBostonography builds booze proxmity maps that show the density of liquor stores and booze-serving establishments across Boston and surrounding areas - well, Boston as far south as the Fenway, at any rate (since we know that there be dragons south of there).
Blood is thicker than Giants fandom
By adamg - 2/5/12 - 10:15 amHarvey Leonard (yes, that Harvey Leonard) tweets:
Our younger daughter is married & lives in NY. Her husband is a Giants fan, but she is on her way here to root for Pats.
Harv is also predicting a 30-24 Patriots win. Don't scoff - this is the man who correctly predicted the Blizzard of '78. Going even farther back, J.L. Bell shows us that Samuel Adams was a prescient man.
Court: Fidelity investment advisers not covered by federal whistleblower law
By adamg - 2/3/12 - 5:56 pmA federal appeals court today tossed a lawsuit by two people working for a Fidelity subscontractor who alleged they were fired for bringing up possible accounting irregularities, because a federal law intended to protect the public from securities fraud is limited to employees of companies that are publicly traded.
New Yorkers buy another Boston newspaper
By adamg - 2/3/12 - 1:56 pmThe New York Post reports the Irish Voice has bought the Boston-based Irish Immigrant.
The acquisition leaves the Boston Irish Reporter as the only locally owned Irish-focused newspaper in New England.
Disclosure: I do some Web work for the owners of the Reporter.
Hackers take down Boston Police blog
By adamg - 2/3/12 - 12:09 pmAnonymous, the group that had earlier posted login info for the Boston police-union Web site, busted BPDNews today, Gizmodo reports.
Unlike other official city Web sites, BPDNews has always been hosted on a private third-party server.
The attack is supposedly over the way BPD allegedly sent "undercover TSA agents to assualt [sic] and attempt to steal from some organizers."
This is possibly a reference to an incident the night BPD shut down the Dewey Square encampment, when an off-duty TSA agent in a suit allegedly slapped an Occupier and stole her cellphone after calling her and other women prostitutes. He was, however, promptly arrested by Boston Police officers.
Earlier:
Anonymous hacks police-union Web site.
DA seeks Twitter info on some Occupy Boston supporters.
Happy Gronkhog Day
By adamg - 2/2/12 - 7:28 amHenry Santoro notes:
If he practices today, we win Sunday's game by six points. If he doesn't practice...let's not think about it.
Kevin White's funeral
By adamg - 2/1/12 - 3:29 pmWGBH provides the audio from today's funeral - you can listen to the whole thing or to specific speakers.
