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By adamg - 2/16/13 - 3:44 pm
Bit of an editing war going on on the people's encyclopedia about the local once-and-future pizza chain: The current owners of the name keep trying to delete references to past Labor Department investigations into the chain's treatment of immigrant workers and Wikipedians keep putting them back in.
Here's the entire Upper Crust entry you would have seen at 5:39 p.m. yesterday, after somebody claiming to be from the current ownership was done editing:
By adamg - 2/15/13 - 3:54 pm
A "street pianos" group is planning to install pianos in random spots around Boston this year:
Located in public parks, bus shelters and train stations, outside galleries and markets and even on bridges and ferries the pianos are available for any member of the public to play and enjoy.
Via BostInno.
Ed. note: Imagine if they showed up after the weekend storm as space savers.
By adamg - 2/15/13 - 10:51 am
In the latest of a series of similar gun rulings, the Massachusetts Appeals Court today rejected a Brockton man's argument that the Second Amendment lets him walk around with a gun without having to bother with the niceties of first applying for a license to carry.
Both the appeals court and the Supreme Judicial Court have repeatedly held over the past couple of years that our state's gun-permitting laws are constitutional and that only somebody who has applied for a firearms license can make a Second Amendment claim.
By adamg - 2/15/13 - 9:53 am
The mayor, who apologized to locals a couple days ago about the pace of snow removal, went on national TV this morning and gave the city an A+ for snow removal.
By adamg - 2/14/13 - 6:33 pm
It's official: We suck. Boston Police report seven cases of post-blizzard parking-space vandalism across the city this week.
In most of the cases, tires were slashed. In one case, a window was smashed. In another, a plastic sawhorse was heaved at a car door. Two examples:
By adamg - 2/14/13 - 9:42 am
We learn that from the city's response to a citizen complaint about a potted-plant space saver in Charlestown.
By adamg - 2/14/13 - 8:38 am
The local National Weather Service says we could get some snow this weekend - and then several days of frigid temperatures:
WHILE TODAY IS VALENTINES DAY...CERTAINLY THIS NEWS WON'T WARM THE HEART.
By adamg - 2/13/13 - 3:09 pm
Declares all parking meters free on Valentine's Day:
Whether you’re showering yourself, a friend or a special someone with love this Valentine’s Day, we want to make it as easy as possible for residents and visitors to spend some time and money at Boston businesses and restaurants tomorrow. Get out there and share the love!
Ed. note: Hmm, what about those of us who frequent business districts without meters? Will meter maids go around handing out quarters?
By adamg - 2/11/13 - 9:49 pm
EVEN THOUGH, TECHNICALLY, LOGAN ONLY HAD 35+ WINDS FOR TWO STRAIGHT HOURS:
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE REACHED AT MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DURING THE STORM ON FEBRUARY 8 AND 9. THUS IT IS SAFE TO CALL THIS THE BLIZZARD OF 2013 FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. CERTAINLY PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THIS EVENT WAS THAT IT WAS MOST DEFINITELY A BLIZZARD.
By adamg - 2/11/13 - 4:57 pm
But for now, Boston Public School students can rejoice: No school on Tuesday.
By adamg - 2/11/13 - 2:15 pm
Casey being interviewed on her unplowed JP street today by Joe Shortsleeve.
By adamg - 2/11/13 - 11:57 am
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you know where and when this was taken. See it larger.
By TinCanFury - 2/11/13 - 11:55 am
For the February 8th Blizzard of 2013, Boston, MA I ventured out of my apartment around 6pm to wander the streets of Boston and take some photos of the storm, here's what I found going on in the city that night.
By adamg - 2/11/13 - 9:25 am
A train died on each line, a suspicious package showed up on the platform at JFK/UMass, there was a medical emergency at Kendall, commuter rail had snow issues, but, yes, the trains ran (except the Mattapan Line, which was replaced by a bus).
By adamg - 2/10/13 - 1:01 pm
Mayor Menino says the city's heard growing cries from snowlocked residents of unplowed side streets: It's managed to find extra equipment to clear roads:
Our number one priority today is getting to the side streets. Residents have been very patient as we work to recover from the fifth largest snow storm to ever hit the City of Boston. We are doing everything we can to get additional pieces of equipment into residential areas, including coordinating with MEMA to get federal and state resources. As our crews work, I'm urging drivers to continue to stay off the roads.
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