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Never wear pants that can't stay up by themselves to Cambridge District Court

adamg — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:01:15 -0500

Seems one of the guards stationed at the entrance makes everybody take off their belts - and acts as if she has one rammed up her, well, you know.

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Senate prez to Galluccio: Get a driver, dude

adamg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:14 -0500

The Herald reports, among other things, his court case was continued until next month.

Rough Ride Inside The Red Line Tunnel Extension! Is Your Safety At Risk?

Williams35 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:41:00 -0500

A report on the Red Line extension of the Harvard through Alewife Tunnels. The next time you hop on a train at Porter Square and I have study the speed limit and the curves inside the tunnels. Take the inbound train from Porter going towards Harvard Station. Is your safety at risk?

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Galluccio to face primary challenge from Charlestown lawyer

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:56 -0500

The State House News Service reports Dan Hill of Charlestown will run in the Democratic primary against the hit-and-run state senator.

Hill, 36, is a lawyer who lives and practices in Charlestown. On his law-firm Web site, Hill says he specializes in alternative energy, environmental law, housing and development and municipal law.

Giving thanks in November

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:35:17 -0500

Thanksgiving at Hyde Park Avenue and West Street, Hyde Park.

Sure, there's already a Santa putting people on his knee at the South Shore Plaza, but some people still remember Thanksgiving comes first:

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Ugliest man on campus

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:57:09 -0500

The competition is underway at MIT.

A giant gaping maw of mediocre Chinese food

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:54:03 -0500

David runs down all the Chinese restaurants within three miles of Out of Town News, finds all of them lacking. Mary Chung, he notes, is just outside his Circle of Desolation:

It's 3.2 miles along Mass Ave - give or take – between Mary Chung and Qing Dao Garden, and as far as I'm concerned, there’s not much to eat Chinese-wise along that strip, which encompasses three of the major squares of Cambridge. Sort of disgraceful, don't you think? ...

Woburn man charged with failed holdup of improv actor in Cambridge

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:36:55 -0500

Cambridge Police report charging Mark Lidsky, 20, of Woburn, with armed assault with intent to rob for the Friday-morning incident.

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Cambridge's Finest Taxi Service

Cynic — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:19:08 -0500

Just before dawn on Oct. 4, the Cambridge Police gave State Senator Anthony Galluccio a lift home. According to the report, not only was he apparently too soused to drive, he was too drunk to tell the friend who had taken his keys and was giving him a lift that he had moved - the friend drove back and forth on Sunset Road, looking for his house, although Galluccio now lives on Trowbridge. The police drove out to Sunset as well, before Gooch sobered up sufficiently to direct them to his current residence.

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Report: Cambridge cops drove Galuccio home the same day he had his crash because he appeared drunk

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:13:13 -0500

The Herald posts a story unlikely to help convince people that Sen. Galluccio hit and ran merely because he had flashbacks to earlier arrests.