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By adamg - 1/18/24 - 1:16 pm

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission is out with some recommendations on how to keep your pipes from bursting with the temps making like a submarine and diving. Read more.

By adamg - 1/18/24 - 12:24 pm

Draganfly, a Saskatoon-based drone maker, announced this week that Mass General Brigham will use its cargo drones to get around the Boston area's notorious traffic by delivering to its home patients from the air.

The company makes drones with drop-down winches and "quick-release delivery boxes" that can whiz around with up to 67 pounds of stuff, driven by pilots sitting in a command center.

By adamg - 1/17/24 - 12:21 pm

A foundation started by the former mayor of New York today announced a $37.8 million grant to double the size of the Edward M. Kennedy Academy of Health Careers and create a new series of college-level classes and internships aimed at getting graduates careers in the Mass General Brigham system. Read more.

By adamg - 1/10/24 - 9:07 am

WBUR recaps Mayor Wu's annual state of the city address, notes that unlike last time, she made no mention of rent stabilization, which would require approval from a state government that isn't feeling it.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 11:32 pm
Surveillance photos of suspect

Surveillance photos of suspect via Cambridge PD.

Cambridge Police report they are looking for a man they say stabbed two people at the Porter Square Shopping Center around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and who they say is "a person of interest in multiple assaults in Boston and Cambridge." Read more.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 9:32 am
What are the two state capitals closest to each other?

Adam Castiglioni took a snap of a contestant thinking hard during Final Jeopardy.

By adamg - 1/5/24 - 3:59 pm

State Rep. Bill MacGregor, who represents West Roxbury and a smidge of Brookline, says he'll send a $5 JP Licks gift card to any young'un in Boston or Brookline who shovels out a hydrant when it's safe to do so after the weekend storm then has a parent take a photo on Instagram, tagged @votebillmacgregor and fills out a form.

By adamg - 1/5/24 - 12:17 pm

And you know what that means: No space saving, you guys.

By adamg - 1/4/24 - 9:29 am

WBUR reports on a Boston Public Schools document released yesterday that could many of the city's smaller public schools closed as BPS builds out a new system of larger, more modern schools all with the space and equipment needed for a "high-quality student experience." The proposal does not name specific schools; it's meant as a starting point for more detailed discussions this spring with parents and staff.

By adamg - 1/2/24 - 12:46 pm

The State House News Service reports on at-large Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune's plans for the office in which she replaces Councilor Ed Flynn.

By adamg - 1/2/24 - 12:26 pm

A Hingham company that says it did some work for the city of Boston back in the last millennium, then somehow forgot to deposit its payment until a few months ago, is suing the city to demand it re-issue a check that a bank will find acceptable. Read more.

By adamg - 12/31/23 - 2:22 pm
Rusty bridge

From a 311 complaint about the rusty underside of the Grand Junction train bridge over the Charles.

Boston 311 handles thousands of reports a year on important if prosaic issues: Potholes, malfunctioning street lights, trash, rodents and needles and the like. But every week, there are some complaint that are way out of the ordinary. Take, for example, the person Jeffries Point residents have taken to calling the Gatekeeper: Somebody who keeps locking the entrance to the Harborwalk in that East Boston neighborhood. He would lock the gate, somebody would file a 311 complaint, he'd return with a new lock, somebody would file a new complaint and this time the Powers that Be would file down the slots he'd use to lock the gate. But did that stop him? Read on ...

By adamg - 12/29/23 - 9:20 am

A correspondent writes to ask about lard:

I can’t seem to find lard anywhere in this town. Does anyone have a lead on where I can find some lard?

By adamg - 12/27/23 - 2:04 pm
Chart of Covid-19 particles in sewage from southern half of MWRA system

Covid-19 particles in sewage from southern half of MWRA system, showing a spike, if nowhere as large as at the end of 2021. Source.

The Boston Business Journal reports that with both Covid-19 and flu numbers spiking in the Boston area, Mass General Brigham will be requiring health-care workers to wear masks if they interact with patients starting Jan. 2. Read more.

By adamg - 12/27/23 - 12:24 pm
Skunk with its head stuck in a jar

We've all been there, l'il buddy: Jarred skunk in Hyde Park.

Wildlife continued to show us that Boston's their world and we're just living in it, from the skunk that wandered sightlessly around Hyde Park until a brave resident rescued it, to the turkey in Roslindale that took on the law - and won - to the coyote that chased a local TV host through Roxbury. Read more.

By adamg - 12/22/23 - 9:12 am

The State House News Service reports that State Sen. Nick Collins of South Boston has teamed up with a Worcester County Republican to file legislation that would bar cities and towns from deciding whether to accept federal public-safety grants, after the Boston City Council rejected a $13.3-million Homeland Security grant. Read more.

By adamg - 12/20/23 - 3:15 pm

A federal appeals court yesterday rejected, again, a bid to block Boston Public Schools from changing its previous grades-and-test-score criteria for admissions to Boston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy and the O'Bryant School. Read more.

By adamg - 12/20/23 - 11:28 am
Wu and Joey Bennett hug

Wu and Bennett's nephew, Joey, hug as other Bennett familiy members and Alan Swanson look on.

Mayor Wu and Police Commissioner Michael Cox today apologized to Willie Bennett and Alan Swanson, who were investigated and even arrested for supposedly killing Carol Stuart when, in fact, it was her husband Charles who shot her after they left a childbirth class at Brigham and Women's Hospital on Oct. 23, 1989. Read more.

By adamg - 12/20/23 - 9:27 am

Streetsblog Mass reports Bluebikes and Boston officials are set to announce the impending arrival of battery-powered bicycles to rental bike racks in the city.

By adamg - 12/18/23 - 2:37 pm
Flooded Fenway

Firefighters, police officers and public-works and Eversource crews earned their pay today as a never ending flood of reports came in about downed trees and utility poles, power outages and flooded roads. Here are some of the reports reported to Boston 311 today: Read more.

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