Charles Pierce remembers the Phoenix:

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Sanjoy MAHAJAN & others [FN1] vs. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & another. [FN2]

SJC-11134.

Suffolk. Nov. 5, 2012. - March 15, 2013.

Department of Environmental Protection. Redevelopment of Land. Urban Renewal. Harbors. Parks and Parkways. Constitutional Law, Taking of property. Due Process of Law, Taking of property, Commonwealth's interest in tidelands.

CIVIL ACTION commenced in the Superior Court Department on February 26, 2010.

The case was heard by Elizabeth M. Fahey, J., on motions for judgment on the pleadings.

The Supreme Judicial Court granted an application for direct appellate review.

Denise A. Chicoine for Boston Redevelopment Authority.

Annapurna Balakrishna, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Environmental Protection.

A company that offers something like a hitchhiker app launches today in the Boston area. SideCar, already available in several cities, lets users find people going their way - people the company says have been vetted to weed out serial killers and the like.

There's a fee involved, of course, which will no doubt catch the attention of the local medallion-cab company, whose traditional monopoly on fee-based car rides is already under assault by online reservation services such as Uber and Hailo.

Pre-glossy. See the last cover.Both the Dig and the Globe report the Boston Phoenix is shutting down immediately.

The Phoenix itself tweets:

Thank you Boston. Good night and good luck.

The Phoenix has been around since 1966. It had been hard hit in recent years by the decline in print advertising and had sold off its radio station and merged the newspaper with Stuff magazine in an attempt to stay afloat.

Jim Romanesko posts a copy of publisher Stephen Mindich's memo to his staff:

Welker to sign with Broncos, Albert Breer tweets.

As for the day's other big selection news, no Duck Boat rolling papacy rally for us.

Building on the success of 2012 RootsCamp DC and 2010 RootsCamp MA, this progressive “unconference” will take place the weekend of April 6-7 at SEIU 1199 in Dorchester. The RootsCamp MA Organizing Committee, a grassroots group of community organizers and activists, invites you to attend and connect with a diverse and inclusive group of activists from across the state.

What is RootsCamp MA? A unique space and opportunity for progressive organizers to come together, employing a simple and participatory “unconference” model that allows organizers focused on different issues to meet and debrief in a way that promotes shared learning and engagement. Rather than traditional panels or PowerPoints, participants set the agenda and have real live conversations about valuable organizing lessons taken from the field, both online and offline. Attendees have the opportunity to establish lasting new partnerships with organizers from all over the state. This model, first launched in 2006 by the New Organizing Institute, has proven very successful across the country. Learn more at www.bit.ly/rootscampma.

BPS reports Matthew Johnson, husband of Superintendent Carol Johnson, passed away late yesterday in Memphis:

Matthew Johnson, her husband of nearly 40 years, was also an educator. Together they have three children. Their family shares a powerful sense of civic responsibility, educational equity and a commitment toward creating better opportunities for all.

The Superintendent has asked Chief Financial Officer John McDonough to serve as Acting Superintendent while she is away.