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By adamg - 10/17/12 - 12:56 pm
The Globe reports passengers on a plane from Boston that had just landed in Salt Lake City had to restrain a guy who kept trying to open the plane's rear door because he was convinced a wing was on fire. The Globe notes the man was coming off "a 50-day drunk."
By adamg - 10/17/12 - 10:53 am
MBTA Transit Police report arresting a man they say went even more berserk than he already was when ordered off a bus in Dudley Square for swearing at the driver.
Police say that around 7:45, a route-45 driver picked up Carlos Ramirez-Rodrigue, 38, at Blue Hill Avenue and Dudley Street:
Ramirez-Rodrigue entered the bus and immediately began yelling and swearing at the driver who asked Ramirez-Rodrigue to get off the bus which he did. While exiting the bus Ramirez-Rodrigue spit in the direction of the driver multiple times. When Ramirez-Rodrigue exited the bus, the driver closed the front passenger side door. Ramirez-Rodrigue then began punching the front passenger door with a closed fist and shattered the window.
By adamg - 10/17/12 - 10:20 am
When and where? See the original image for some possible clues. Photo from the Boston City Archives, natch.
By adamg - 10/16/12 - 10:48 pm
Massachusetts sure came up a lot in the debate tonight. Some history to go with the references:
When Romney got his binder full of women (and why he had nothing to do with it).
By adamg - 10/16/12 - 7:27 pm
Earthquake around 7:12 in southern Maine was felt all over the Boston area.
You feel it? Area tweeters, of course, were all over it:
By adamg - 10/16/12 - 8:27 am
The Revere Hotel on Stuart Street faces a Boston Licensing Board hearing next week on a police citation for giving guests a free glass of sparkling wine.
The alleged violation occurred on Sept. 6. Two weeks later, the board found "no violation" in a similar case involving the Liberty Hotel, whose lawyer argued a ban on free booze only applies to happy hours, not to situations involving a free flute of sparkling wine offered to guests on checking in.
The hearing starts at 10 a.m. on Oct. 23.
By adamg - 10/15/12 - 9:25 pm
Have you seen the new Boston Public Health Commission ads with the guy with the blood-drenched face? Boston Biker has, and is not amused:
Helmets are good, and people should wear them. But showing a kid who looks like someone took a bat to his face is not going to get more people to ride their bike, and I think we would all be better off if more people rode their bikes, with or without helmets.
By adamg - 10/15/12 - 7:32 pm
The Globe reports Mayor Menino wants the state to fork over $15 million for the costs of supervising all those drug suspects being freed thanks to former state employee Annie Dookhan.
By adamg - 10/15/12 - 10:06 am
Today's mystery street scene is, of course, from the Boston City Archives.
By adamg - 10/14/12 - 9:47 am
You'd almost think Cody Ross and Will Middlebrooks pissed on home plate at Fenway or something last night. Both were watching the Yankees/Tigers game and both tweeted their amazement/admiration for Raul Ibanez's ninth-inning home run.
And parts of Red Sox Nation lost their collective mind.
Last night, Ross tweeted, simply:
Ibañez!
Middlebrooks was even more effusive:
This is simply insane... #raul
Raul Ibanez is the St Louis Cardinals funneled into one man.
By adamg - 10/13/12 - 2:17 pm
Why the Internet was invented.
Angry Dan wonders if maybe the Museum of Bad Art should put in a bid, to replace its stolen Velvet Crying Elvis.
By adamg - 10/12/12 - 10:42 pm
Noah Sachs forwards a link to these photos, taken by his friend Lars, who was out on the harbor today and took a series of shots as they got closer to that poor dead whale that's still just lying on the shore of a harbor island.
By adamg - 10/12/12 - 9:01 pm
The Swellesley Report alerts us to ghosting, in which people sneak up on a front door, leave some treats, then ring the bell and run away.
By adamg - 10/12/12 - 7:35 pm
For years, our own Boloco has sold a Nutella milkshake. Soon, no more. Seems Big Hazelnut objects to the use of the name, to the point of threatening legal action, so Boloco's now looking for alternative, preferably locally sourced, hazelnut spreads.
Andrew Sellars, a lawyer, explains why Boloco could actually have a case, although he allows as how it's probably not worth all the trouble - and legal fees. Still, he adds:
By adamg - 10/12/12 - 9:10 am
Granted, it's atop Mt. Washington, but never fear, the National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for eastern Massachusetts for tonight:
THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.
By adamg - 10/11/12 - 6:05 pm
The Boston Business Journal reports scalpers are trying to cash in on tickets for upcoming appearances by the Dalai Lama. No, the Boston Business Journal is not trying to compete with the Onion.
By adamg - 10/11/12 - 6:03 pm
The Atlantic Cities: Bostonians Committed to School Diversity Haven't Given Up on Busing.
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