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By adamg - 8/29/23 - 11:05 am
Old Boston street scene

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.

By adamg - 8/28/23 - 8:56 pm

Mapfre Insurance is notifying customers that somebody was able to get into its "online quoting platform" for Massachusetts residents last month and retrieve information about Massachusetts residents and their cars. Read more.

By adamg - 8/26/23 - 10:34 am

Boston Public Schools Indoor Air Quality provides hourly stats from more than 4,400 sensors in individual BPS classrooms and offices on a variety of ventilation-related readings: Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulates, humidity and temperature. Read more.

By adamg - 8/23/23 - 11:05 am
A lonely road

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.

By adamg - 8/23/23 - 11:02 am
Chantal Lima Barbosa

Mayor Wu announced today she's appointed Chantal Lima Barbosa to the Boston School Committee to fill out the remaining four months of the term of Lorena Lopera, who resigned earlier this year.
Read more.

By adamg - 8/22/23 - 1:48 pm
New Frasier logo

It's true. Take a look at the (presumably pre-WGA/SAG strike) trailer: Read more.

By Dave - 8/21/23 - 2:09 pm

Did a Bostonian try to pull the old "Dog Ate My Passport" trick a week before his overseas
wedding?

By adamg - 8/19/23 - 9:21 pm
Photo in the Globe of a training fire-department diver blending with a photo of a man skipping rope

Gary C. reports he was reading the paper version of the Globe today with some bright light in the background - making a photo on one page of a fire-department diver training in a Stoneham pond merge serendipitously with a photo on the page he was looking at of a man skipping rope in Boston.

By adamg - 8/16/23 - 12:14 pm

Mayor Wu's office is looking for applicants for the new Boston-specific seat on the MBTA board of directors recently approved by the state legislature and Gov. Healey. Read more.

By adamg - 8/15/23 - 9:25 am

David Sparks asks:

What's the best place in the Boston area from which to watch the sunrise?

By adamg - 8/13/23 - 11:47 am

The Red Line had its share of problems yesterday, but the Most Broken Transportation Authority award for Saturday has to go to the Green Line, on which the afternoon turned into rides from hell over and over again, including the train that had to be taken out of service at Haymarket because of an Elizabeth Warren of an air-conditioning problem: Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 4:42 pm

Mbcrowley asks:

Any Brighams ice cream fans out there? I reached out to HPHood that makes it and they said they have temporarily suspended production. Looking for Vanilla and coffee if anyone sees it in store.

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 11:35 am

Mayor Wu today announced a pilot program to stock the restrooms at BPL branches with dispensers offering free pads and tampons. Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 8:56 am

WBUR takes a look at the issue, which may be partly due to infighting over the cost of needed repairs between BCYF, which runs the pools, and BPS, which owns the buildings many of them are in.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 11:18 am
Old Boston street scene

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.

By adamg - 8/4/23 - 12:53 pm

The three attorneys who convinced a federal judge to toss the Boston City Council's initial redistricting plan today filed a request that they be reimbursed for their time and work. Read more.

By adamg - 8/2/23 - 9:48 pm

The Satanic Temple of Salem said today it plans to appeal a federal judge's decision on Monday to toss its suit against the City Council for not letting one of its practitioners start a council meeting with an invocation. Read more.

By adamg - 8/1/23 - 4:44 pm

Hkergrrl asks:

Does anyone know of a comparison website for solar companies in MA?

By adamg - 7/31/23 - 10:13 pm

A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit by the Satanic Temple of Salem against the Boston City Council over the way counncilors invites clergy members to start meetings with an invocation, concluding that councilors were recognizing the good work done in the city by the clergy, not because they're pushing a particular religious viewpoint. Read more.

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