Malden

Two die in firey Fellsway crash

Car slammed into house around 4:30 a.m.; third occupant of the car critically injured.

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Newest innovation in crime control

Scarecrows.

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Sing-Along for Justice

Are you looking for like-minded progressives to hang out with in Boston? Want to cross-promote your events and campaigns? Are you new to the area and looking for groups to get involved in? Are you psyched about building strong cross-issue coalitions?

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The wrathful Christmas lights of downtown Malden

Robert David Sullivan begins to wonder if the lights still on in downtown Malden are leftover Christmas decorations or something else:

... The lights are supposed to represent a giant angry eagle in flight, about to swoop down and gobble up pedestrians. ...

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Putting the Social Back in Social Justice IV: The 1/30



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March of the T refugees

Bus stragglers at Oak Grove

Jen Stewart took the above photo at the Oak Grove Orange Line station this morning. She reports that it wasn't bad enough that the T bus driver told everybody to get out in the street, way away from the station. When the refugees then straggled up the road because the T didn't shovel the sidewalks, the bus driver honked at them for getting in his way.

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Malden station needs some Comet

To get out the vomit that Enuh Cork couldn't help but notice this morning (along with a woman who sighed every single time the bus to the station stopped).

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Hello mudda, hello fadda, here I am at Malden Centa

EnuhCork reports a singing BostonNow hawker is beginning to get on his nerves:

... He sings out to people as they approach the station. I'll do my best to describe it here through extending words by repeating vowels:

"Goooood Morning Everybody...Get Your Boston Noooooooooooooooooow!"

The "now" part of the song is really nasally.

Today, I saw a guy take a paper from the singing hawker and responded with a little tuneful, "Thank Yooooooooooooooooooooooou!" ...

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An example of why T workers get cranky

EnuhCork discusses an Orange Line passenger at Malden station who used his entire body to keep a door open until, finally, the conductor yelled at him over the PA to stop that:

... On one side, he was holding the door open for people who were running for the train. On the other side, he was holding me and the rest of the train up from proceeding down the line. ...

Earlier:
T customer service agents should get out of the way of customers.

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