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By adamg - 10/19/12 - 9:05 pm

Boston Police report that when he had his wallet stolen by a man and a woman around 11 p.m. on Monday outside 313 E. 8 St. in South Boston, he chased after them and confronted them. One of his muggers then displayed a knife and took his cell phone.

By adamg - 10/19/12 - 9:03 am

And you think we're a tough crowd.

One of RCN's 14 or so customers adds:

It's days like this that I'm happy that RCN offers the YES network.

And just to keep the feeling going, here's a recap of what happened on this day in 2004.

By adamg - 10/19/12 - 8:35 am

Curley at his desk

The Boston Public Library has posted a ton of photos by Leslie Jones of James Michael Curley as mayor and governor, including this one of him sitting at his fabled desk at what is now Old City Hall in 1933. City Hall panjandrums have long wondered what happened to that desk.

Other photos show him posing with people such as Honey Fitz, Johnny Kelly, FDR, Father Coughlin, Aimee Semple McPherson, General Pershing and Richard Byrd. He's captured fishing in Jamaica Pond, throwing out the first ball at both Fenway Park and Braves Field, posing as an Indian chief, holding a snowshoe, being inaugurated as governor, visiting the Brockton Fair. His car is shown after two crashes. There's a picture of his son Francis with his pet monkey (and, of course, the photo of Curley with a hat-wearing zebra).

When the mayor packed heat:

By adamg - 10/19/12 - 8:12 am

Dave Levy compares Uber and arriviste Hailo:

As an end-user, I'll likely go back and forth depending on wait times; the ability to choose and have multiple options only makes transportation around Boston better.

By adamg - 10/19/12 - 8:07 am

The Swellesley Report alerts us that Roche Bros. has slapped QR codes on its seafood displays that let smartphone users "see a photo of the fishing boat, the location fished, and even a description of the fishing gear used."

By adamg - 10/19/12 - 7:55 am

The Tech reports how MIT didn't wait for a subpoena to give federal investigators detailed network information in their probe of a guy charged with downloading millions of documents from a paid database after allegedly breaking into an MIT wiring closet.

By adamg - 10/18/12 - 8:48 pm

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council weighs in on the Boston school-zone process, basically says there are just not enough decent schools in Boston no matter how you slice up assignment zones. Their report has copious maps and charts.

By Anonymous - 10/18/12 - 5:41 pm

Senator Scott Brown, trailing in 9 of the 11 most recent polls, is trying to disassociate himself from the Republican party.

But it's looking like a losing battle. Here's what I thought was the most illuminating moment of the debate. It was Warren taking Brown to task on equal pay and reproductive rights—and then, after Brown responds, hammering him again almost verbatim a few minutes later:

By Socializing4Justice - 10/18/12 - 1:03 pm

Redefine what it means to be a purpose-driven leader. Join Socializing for Justice for a Skillshare on Leading with Purpose on November 5th, 6:00 - 8:30 PM.

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6:00-6:30 Socializing - bring your own dinner (microwave and water cooler available)
6:30-8:30 Training and Q & A

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By adamg - 10/18/12 - 9:19 am

ACLU of Massachusetts says yes. Boston Police say no.

By adamg - 10/18/12 - 8:46 am

MBTA Transit Police report a man responded to a bus driver's refusal to let him off the bus exactly where he wanted this morning by punching the driver in the head, pushing out an emergency-exit window and jumping out.

Boston EMTs rendered aid to the driver, stopped at 700 Albany St. around 5:40 a.m. Police continue to hunt for the puncher.

By adamg - 10/18/12 - 8:29 am

Music video against the proposed Suffolk Downs casino.

Via East Boston News.

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

Ramirez-RodrigueMBTA 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

El photo

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 seismograph

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:

Earthquake in Boston

Storified by Adam Gaffin · Tue, Oct 16 2012 16:37:28

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.

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