Universal Hub - Fenway

At least we get a rainbow out of all the rain - actually, two of them

adamg — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:02:13 +0000

Fletcher Lang captured the double rainbow over Huntington Avenue from the MFA this evening.

Cycle Style Boston captured the double rainbow over the Pru:

Fenway Irish bar going nerd

adamg — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:32:07 +0000

The owners of An Tua Nua, 835 Beacon St., say they're giving the bar a mathematical name in the hopes of attracting all the science nerds who now live in the area, but othewise aren't planning any major changes to the watering hole.

The new name, Arc, comes from the geometrical notion of a curve, bar attorney Karen Simao told the Boston Licensing Board today. She added a compass will be part of the bar logo.

Simao said the new name and logo will better help the bar attract the "math, science and engineering students" who have moved into the area since the bar first opened more than a decade ago as an Irish bar - originally under the name Ri Ra.

Ross: Enough already with NStar's failures in the Back Bay, Fenway

adamg — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:12:35 +0000

The City Council on Wednesday considers a request by Councilor and mayoral candidate Mike Ross for a hearing to grill NStar officials about the Sunday blackout, which he said came "despite assurances of safety upgrades and additional installation of materials to prevent future outages" following last year's transformer explosion and outage.

Ross represents the Back Bay and Fenway, which have been particularly hard hit by the blackouts.

Going nowhere fast at Kenmore

adamg — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:36:58 +0000

Kenmore busway a bit crowded this AM. Photo by Nikki.

Downed wires at Copley and the resulting fire around 10 a.m. mean no service and lots of grumpy commuters forced to go upstairs for buses at Kenmore Square, shuttling between there and Arlington.

Scott Lovejoy wonders why more people didn't hop on bikes at the nearby Hubway station.

Back Bay loses power again

adamg — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:58:56 +0000

UPDATE: Power began coming back along Boylston Street and Commonwealth Avenue around 9 a.m.; BPD was maintaining officers in the area just in case.

The Back Bay and parts of the South End and Fenway went dark again overnight in its second major blackout in a little more than a year, when an underground cable feeding the Scotia Street substation failed around 3:15 a.m.

That's the same substation at which a transformer exploded last March. NStar Electric President Craig Hallstrom said one of the transformers was offline for repairs related to that explosion, leaving no back up when the supply to the second unit died, cutting power to 12,000 customers.

The driver might not have been the cream of the crop

adamg — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:33:22 +0000

Rob Colonna and other inbound commuters had a sour experience on Storrow Drive this morning due to an epic battle between a milk truck and a bridge. As ever, the bridge won - one wonders how the driver failed to realize the bridge would skim the top off his truck. No word if he received a ticket for a mooving violation.

Fenway watering hole dries up this weekend

adamg — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:53:25 +0000

Boston Restaurant Talk reports An Tua Nua becomes just a memory this weekend.

Man sought for Fenway bank robbery

adamg — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:22:44 +0000

6/3/13 - 10:08 am

Police and the FBI have released photos of the man they say held up the Bank of America branch at 250 Huntington Ave. around 10 a.m. on Monday.

He's described as white and 5'10" to 6' with a medium build. He wore a white ball cap, a black jacket with a blue stripe, dark colored shorts with white accents and white Nike Sneakers.

If he looks familiar, contact the bank robbery task force at 617-223-6388.