Boston Police report two men were shot early this morning at 249 Humboldt Ave.
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By adamg - 6/1/13 - 11:36 am
Galaxy Internet Services, which started when local digerati knew that local ISPs were fresh (TIAC, anyone?), e-mailed customers yesterday that it's shutting down on June 30.
In addition to providing Internet access, the company also provides the free WiFi service at Faneuil Hall Marketplace and parts of Brookline.
By adamg - 5/31/13 - 11:10 am
One of them is at least somewhat beloved in this area and is going away, while the other is Dane Cook.
By adamg - 5/31/13 - 10:39 am
Mike the Mad Biologist wonders what Boston would be like if the city started going down the same privatization route as other cities, such as Chicago:
By adamg - 5/30/13 - 8:15 pm
Bay Windows reports Boston Police are investigating several recent robberies in which men met up with somebody either at a bar or via a hookup app, brought them home, then woke up to find they'd been drugged and robbed.
By adamg - 5/30/13 - 7:50 pm
Broadcast the concert on pay per view instead of trying to stream it on Web sites that all crashed as soon as the concert started.
Back in the day, Channel 2 broadcast important concerts live.
By adamg - 5/30/13 - 12:52 pm
CBS Sports reports.
If only there were a Pittsburgh beer anybody in Boston drinks that we could counter-boycott. Prairie Rose Clayton suggests boycotting Iron City, but Matt O'Connor is not sure Iron City really qualifies as beer.
By adamg - 5/30/13 - 12:31 pm
The folks at the Boston City Archives ask: Where was this hole and when was it dug? See it larger.
By adamg - 5/30/13 - 6:41 am
Doug Bennett, who has made two unsuccessful tries for a seat on the City Council, today announced he's setting his sights a bit wider - on Suffolk County Sheriff, a job that involves running the two jails that serve Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop.
Bennett, a Dorchester resident, is running as a Democrat this year for the six-year term to replace Andrea Cabral, now state secretary of public safety. Steven Tompkins, a former Cabral aide, is current acting sheriff.
By Douglas Bennett - 5/29/13 - 11:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YmxJftD_VQ&feature...
BOSTON- Dorchester’s Douglas Bennett for Sheriff of Suffolk County.
Bennett's statement is as follows and he will be explaining to the voters why they should vote for him tomorrow morning Friday May 31th at 7AM on TOUCH 106.1FM:
"With the appointment of Andrea Cabral to the Public Safety Cabinet Position in the Governor’s administration, there will be a special election in September 2014 to elect a full-time Sheriff to serve out the remainder of a six year term which expires in 2016. Therefore, I ask for your support for Sheriff of Suffolk County. I am starting early in effort to run an aggressive and triumphant campaign.
As Sheriff, I will oversee a $122 million budget, the Nashua Street Jail and South Bay House of Correction, and the Civil Service Process here in the county.
By adamg - 5/29/13 - 12:01 pm
Phil wonders:
Know any Boston area bars that serve _good_ single malt scotch whisky? Something over 20 years old.
By BostonUrbEx - 5/29/13 - 10:59 am
The 21st annual Bike to the Sea Day is coming up on Sunday, June 2nd. The ride, which runs from Everett to Nahant, raises funds for the construction and maintenance of the Northern Strand Community Trail.
The trail itself will run through the cities of Everett, Malden, Revere, Saugus, and Lynn along the MBTA owned Boston & Maine Saugus Branch Railroad. Sections in Everett, Malden, and Saugus have been completed in the past year, with the city of Malden pledging to pave their section of the trail.
By Socializing4Justice - 5/29/13 - 10:54 am
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Credit cards accepted online. Cash only at the door (if space available).
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6:30-8:30 Training and Q & A
Video for Social Change: Using Video for Activism, Education, and Nonprofit Work
By adamg - 5/29/13 - 7:15 am
Too strong a backer of charter schools for the taste of the Boston Teachers Union, the Herald reports.
By adamg - 5/28/13 - 6:53 pm
The Boston Business Journal reports that Peter Meade will leave as head of the BRA the same time as Tom Menino leaves as mayor.
By adamg - 5/28/13 - 11:22 am
Because either they're not going to let the Globe and Herald dominate that part of the commentosphere any longer or they want to do a story on the ghastly people who post those horrid things.
By adamg - 5/28/13 - 11:01 am
WHDH reports on the possibly injured humpback whale that started to swim into the harbor until it was gently ushered back out to sea.
Last fall:
Whale carcass floated from Boston to Rockport.
By adamg - 5/28/13 - 10:26 am
Some questions about charter schools in general and Meg Campbell's Codman Charter in particular.
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