Universal Hub - Saugus

Man admits putting hands around bus driver's neck, but denies trying to choke him

adamg — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:40:56 +0000

This guy tells WBZ he was only expressing his displeasure at the way the driver was driving.

Man charged with choking bus driver in Saugus two days after start of campaign against attacking T workers

adamg — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:34:05 +0000

Transit Police report arresting a Saugus man after he started choking a bus driver for no good reason they could tell and another passenger had to pull him off.

Police say Franco Contino rode a 426 bus from Haymarket in Boston to Saugus without incident last Wednesday afternoon.

But when the bus stopped on Lincoln Avenue to let passengers off, Contino erupted in fury and began cursing out the driver, Transit Police say:

Who would win in a fight: Museum of Science T-Rex or Rte. 1 T-Rex?

adamg — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:49:02 +0000

Good morning

adamg — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:17:32 +0000

People up at the crack of dawn this morning got to see a beautiful sunrise. Gregory Schlisson watched the sun come up over the Saugus River while on a Rockport Line train into town.

Today's sunrise from a skyscraper in downtown Boston.

Contractor punctures high-pressure gas main in Saugus

adamg — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:29:18 +0000

UPDATE, 10:30 a.m.: Gas shut off, residents to be allowed back home, stores to reopen.

On Pine Street, just off Rte. 1, around 8:30 a.m. CFD267 and Damian Drella report firefighters are evacuating nearby homes and businesses, including a dialysis center and stores along Rte. 1.

Man beaten outside Rte. 1 liquor store

adamg — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:07:41 +0000

Revere, Saugus and State Police are looking for whoever beat a man half to death outside Kappy's Liquors and Bill and Bob's Roast Beef around 5 p.m. yesterday.

The victim was taken to Mass. General with life-threatening injuries. State Police said this morning he is expected to survive.

Police are looking for a black man with dreadlocks, possibly in a gray hoodie. A search that included police dogs and a State Police helicopter in the woods along the Revere/Saugus border was called off around 11 p.m.

Another T bus driver attacked: Slappy spitter sought

adamg — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:42:41 +0000

MBTA Transit Police report they are looking for a man who allegedly slapped and spit at a bus driver for passing him by.

Police report the route-428 driver was attacked around 6:30 p.m. yesterday at Main and Forest streets in Malden. They provide this account: