Waban
T gives a hoot; saves owl
By adamg - 11/21/12 - 1:08 pm
UPDATE: Unfortunately, Hoot was too badly hurt to be saved.
The MBTA reports workers found this owl huddled near Waban station on the Green Line this morning and named him Hoot, before transporting him to a local animal hospital.
Earlier:
Owl removed from Park Street station.
No evidence of cell phone use in D Line accident
By Kaz - 6/10/08 - 4:48 pmAfter examining Ter'rese Edmonds' cell phone for usage leading up to the May 28 crash on the Green D Line, the Middlesex District Attorney declared today that there was no evidence to suggest she was distracted by her cell phone in any way. No e-mail, text messaging, phone calls, or internet use was going on in the minutes prior to the crash. What exactly caused her to miss the signal and go 30 mph too fast that day into the rear of another train leaving a stop signal is still unknown.
How many news crews does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
By adamg - 5/31/08 - 8:09 pm
If it's at Waban the day Green Line service resumes, at least three, Lorianne DiSabato reports:
... I appreciate news crews' apparent solicitude in following up on this important story ... but why exactly is it necessary to have three different networks shooting live footage of an otherwise empty MTBA stop? ...
