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By adamg - 8/23/12 - 8:24 am

The Globe interviews both candidates for Suffolk County register of probate, but fails to explain why this office, which oversees the filing of papers in divorce, will and adoption cases, still forces voters to decide who should hold an office that has no policy implications whatsoever.

By adamg - 8/22/12 - 9:44 pm

The Dorchester Reporter updates us on the latest action over the city council's new map for the nine district seats, approved today in a 7-6 vote. At issue: Whether the plan packs too many minority voters in too few districts.

By adamg - 8/22/12 - 6:52 pm

Julie Burdan puts the question many have been thinking this summer:

Can someone please explain the phenomenon of people not wearing shoes on the T?

By adamg - 8/22/12 - 12:03 pm

MuckRock examines how much it costs to sponsor free tolls at the Allston/Cambridge exit on the Turnpike.

By adamg - 8/22/12 - 10:44 am
Charlie on a Swan Boat
Charlie's suit

Charlie came to life today, ambling about town to promote Charlie Cards and the new air-conditioned Charlie service center at Downtown Crossing.

By adamg - 8/22/12 - 12:35 am

Brian D'Amico and Mark Parkinston report a man was shot in the chest and shoulder shortly before midnight at 50 Tufts St. in Charlestown. He was conscious when transported to Mass. General.

By adamg - 8/21/12 - 8:11 pm

Around 11 p.m. on Saturday, police responded to Frazer and Lewiston streets to find three cars with bullet holes. Police found spent shell casings, but no injured people.

By adamg - 8/20/12 - 6:39 pm

Seems Bobby Valentine told ESPN:

I would do anything to change the numbers. I’d sell my soul.

Where have we heard that before?

By adamg - 8/18/12 - 11:14 pm

Shortly before 11 p.m. on Logan Way. Suspect is described as a black man, stocky, 5'6" and wearing a red cap and a red-striped shirt. He was seen fleeing toward Andrew Square and might be bleeding himself. Boston Police report the victim is expected to survive.

By adamg - 8/18/12 - 1:03 pm

The Count who was no countFrom the BPL Leslie Jones collection.

Meet Count Gustaf von Frederick zu Brandenburg, of the German ruling class, who'd chosen to settle in Boston after all that unpleasantness with the World War and those Nazis.

Only it turns out the count was no nobleman, let alone one who'd had the bad luck to have his ancestral homeland handed over to Denmark after the war and his family finances tied up by the Hitler regime.

By adamg - 8/17/12 - 5:44 pm

Ferdinand livecam.

The Dudley Square building is being turned into the new headquarters of the Boston school department.

Via Both Ends of Dudley.

By adamg - 8/17/12 - 3:17 pm

Five men, including a particularly and allegedly hapless South Boston man, were arraigned today on charges they tried to use the Internet to sex up Boston cops posing as either underage or legal-age prostitutes, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

By Anonymous - 8/16/12 - 2:14 am

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Who is Crazy Khazei?


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August 25, 2011

By Anonymous - 8/16/12 - 1:47 am
By adamg - 8/15/12 - 7:52 pm

JP toiletA disquieted citizen submitted this photo of a toilet on Forbes Street and a question:

"New type of trash can in JP?"

By adamg - 8/15/12 - 8:20 am

The Boston Business Journal reports City Hall is talking about meeting with Uber at some point, now that state officials have said it's breaking state law by using GPSes instead of taxi meters.

By adamg - 8/15/12 - 7:47 am

New sign at South Station. Photo by MBTA.New sign at South Station. Photo by MBTA.

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