chestnut hill
Atrium Mall continues to lose stores
By adamg - 1/5/12 - 3:41 pmThe Boston Business Journal reports on the latest refugees from the increasingly empty Rte. 9 mall.
Fancy-shmancy supermarket to move into Chestnut Hill
By adamg - 12/5/11 - 4:11 pmWicked Local Newton reports Wegman's plans to open a store in the new mall being built on Rte. 9 where Omni Foods used to be.
An engaging museum
By adamg - 5/26/11 - 8:37 am
Photographynatalya takes us on an online tour of the new Waterworks Museum in Chestnut Hill.
Copyright Photographynatalya. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Armed robbery at Chestnut Hill T stop
By adamg - 5/5/11 - 2:09 pmAlertNewEngland reports somebody was held up this afternoon at the Chestnut Hill stop on the Green Line by a black male wearing a ski mask and baggy red and black clothes who fled toward the Longwood Cricket Club.
New Brighton museum will get you pumped up
By adamg - 2/24/11 - 5:14 pmThe Waterworks Museum holds its grand opening on March 27 at one of the former Chestnut Hill pump stations (the brown and beige one).
This is an exciting new Museum celebrating the history, architecture, public health, and aesthetic beauty of 3 glorious Turbine Engines that have been hidden away for so long.
Squirrel die-off around Chestnut Hill Reservoir not natural, resident says
By adamg - 2/21/11 - 2:33 pmSomebody's going around shooting squirrels with a BB gun, Brookline Patch reports.
What is it about the Riverside line?
By adamg - 1/28/11 - 6:55 amDead trolley at Chestnut Hill this morning.
7:35 update: One could ask the same thing about commuter rail: As I type, there are 17 alerts about delays at the MBTA Web site.
9:00 update: Probably should have written "What is it about the T?" since switch problems at Oak Grove AND a dead train are causing agita on the Orange Line. Or as Boon Sheridan tweets: "Orange line from inbound from Oak Grove dead in the water. Seek alternate routes and aspirin."
If a tree falls on Rte. 9, will anybody hear it?
By adamg - 7/9/10 - 7:49 pmYes, if it falls on Newton Alderman Charlie Shapiro's car, Wicked Local reports.
We all died and went to hell, apparently
By adamg - 7/8/10 - 4:31 pmBecause what isn't catching on fire today?
Seems there's a brake fire on a Green Line trolley at Chestnut Hill (photo).
Also, a propane tank at 49 Calender St. in Mattapan caught fire this afternoon.
Anybody know if anything's happening with mulch along Gallivan Boulevard? Or has all of that already gone up in flames?
There's nothing subtle about a carnival
By adamg - 6/12/10 - 11:05 am
Paul Keleher took in the Boys and Girls Club carnival on Rte. 9 in Chestnut Hill by the mall (runs through tomorrow).
Copyright Paul Keleher. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
