Scituate

Flood and fire in Scituate

Tim Kelley posted this video of the mess along the water in Scituate, has more details.

The mark on Jeff Perry's record as Wareham Police officer


-On May 22, 1991, as the superior officer at a purported crime scene in Wareham, Sgt. Perry was present when Officer Scott Flanagan indecently strip searched and assaulted a 14-year-old girl

-At said time and place, Sgt. Perry was in a position to both see Flanagan's conduct and to hear the girl's loud protestations.

-There is no evidence that Perry ever reported Flanagan for his conduct with the 14-year-old girl, reprimanded him, disciplined him or took any other steps to correct him for that conduct.

Channel 7 reporter learns what happens when you stand on the beach at high tide during a storm

We're still waiting for the day when a reporter is swept out to sea, though:

Via Jessica Heslam.

Lighting up the sky

Boom!

Happy Fourth! Chris Devers took in the fireworks over Scituate Harbor last night.

Copyright Chris Devers. Posted in the Universal Hub Flickr pool.

Lighthouse Livin'

I recently wrote a story and made a video about the lighthouse in Scituate. It has a pretty interesting history...and a new lightkeeper. You can read my article and watch the video here.

...there's also a sidebar: Benefits and drawbacks of lighthouse living

One dead in Scituate house explosion

Channel 5 reports on the 2:30 p.m. explosion on Turner Road that set other houses on fire and broke windows a half mile away.

Oopsies: Globe acknowledges the T is not tearing down a brand-new bridge

Remember the other day when the Globe reported on what seemed to be Yet Another Only at the MBTA Moment, i.e., that the T would have to tear down a brand-new bridge on the brand-new Greenbush line?

Today, the Globe ran the following:

Because of a reporting error, an article in Friday’s City & Region section about a bridge that needed to be replaced as part of the Greenbush commuter rail line project incorrectly reported the bridge's age. The bridge being rebuilt in Scituate is more than 100 years old and is downstream from a three-year-old rail-crossing bridge.