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Smoke leads T cops to alleged juvie with a knife

MBTA Transit Police tweet today's lesson re smoking on MBTA:

If you run away from group home,& are carrying a large knife, not a good idea to enjoy a smoke @Davis Sq Sta

Yesterday:
Today's top T tip: If you're wanted by police, don't smoke at a T station

Losing their heads at Honk

Headless marchers

BehindDarkEyes photographed people honking a tchinik in Davis Square yesterday.

Charlie Rosenberg took photos today:

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Honk and ye shall receive

Paul Demers had a honkin' good time in Davis Square today at the Honk Festival.

Davis Square runs out of energy

Power outage in the square.

Lights, espresso machines all back in action by 12:45.

Bike to the Red Line? Bicycle thefts are up

MBTA Transit Police tweet thefts of bicycles and bike parts are up, especially at Davis and Alewife. Buy those heavy locks and record those serial numbers now, police say.

Red Line train stuck in tunnel for an hour

At least it wasn't at rush hour, but that's no consolation to the people who were stuck on the train in the tunnel near Davis, around 3 p.m.

Did you make one of the tiles in the Davis Square T stop?

In 1978 and 1979, students at the Powderhouse Community School in Somerville made 249 special tiles that were placed around the Davis Square station. The Davis Square Tile Project is trying to contact the kids who made them as part of a project to show how the square has changed over the years - and possibly help show how the Green Line extension might change the parts of Somerville it goes through.

Time-shifting busker at Davis Square

Frankenbits tweets:

There's a questionable slide guitar player in the Davis Sq T stop, playing Christmas carols.

Make way for turklings

Turkey hen and ten baby turkeys in Davis Square today.