Central Square

Woburn man charged with failed holdup of improv actor in Cambridge

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:36:55 -0500

Cambridge Police report charging Mark Lidsky, 20, of Woburn, with armed assault with intent to rob for the Friday-morning incident.

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Maybe the traffic on Mass. Ave. was wicked bad

adamg — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:05:20 -0400

16WadeSt reports these Cambridge firefighters took the T from Kendall to Central this evening.

Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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Metro distributors and their wacky costumes

adamg — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:28:58 -0400

Merrill Lamont tweets:

Saw a deviled egg handing out Metros at MBTA Central Square

MBTArdgames adds:

We should make a Bingo card for all the humiliating costumes Metro distributers have to wear this month. I just saw a penguin!

Novel reason for a Red Line delay

adamg — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:12:06 -0400

Limeduck tweets:

woman drops bberry on tracks at central mbta sta. staff halts train to retrieve. at rush hour, I say crush it.

Rekha begs to differ:

That the MBTA retrieves fallen objects on tracks was one of the first things to endear Boston to me.

Sidewalk work killing business at one Cambridge bar

adamg — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:24:37 -0400

Barwarrior chronicles the fate of the Field in Central Square while the city widens the sidewalk out front.

Never have an electric nose-hair trimmer sent to you at work

adamg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:02:22 -0400

Because you're never going to live down the embarrassment when it somehow gets activated in the post office. As Wicked Local Cambridge reports:

A package sent to an MIT employee containing a electric nose hair trimmer triggered a bomb scare that scattered workers from the Central Square post office into the streets Wednesday morning.

Deer tranked safely in Somerville

adamg — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:17:00 -0400

After spending the weekend in Central Square in Cambridge.

Thumbs up for Cambridge 1; thumbs down for Miracle of Science

adamg — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:34:53 -0400

FWC explains why the pizza at Cambridge 1 in Harvard Square is so good and figures out that the true Miracle of Science is whether you get served your food.

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Two things you should never do in an elevator at a T stop

adamg — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:45:43 -0400

One of them is smoke.

Fire at Central causes Red Line fail

adamg — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:09:56 -0400

Around 6:30, psionic tweeted:

The red line mbta train I was just on suddenly filled with thick smoke and they disembarked everyone at Central.

Photo around 6:15 as Cambridge FD responds.