Lechmere

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roadman — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:04:53 +0000

Latest T Alert:

Green Line E service will be diverted to substitute shuttle buses between North Station and Lechmere due to an automobile blocking the track area. 11/10/2011 2:07 PM

Since when did they put in grade crossings on the Lechmere Viaduct?

Time flies when you're having shuttle buses

adamg — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:34:38 +0000

It seems like only yesterday that the T shut down service past North Station, doesn't it? The T reports trolley service all the way to Lechmere is scheduled to resume the weekend of Nov. 5.

For those of us who've ever asked

roadman — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:11:13 +0000

Should we walk, or do we have time to take the T?

, the answer apparently is: It doesn't make a difference.

In their latest attempt to cover up how minimal the replacement shuttle bus service between North Station and Lechmere really is, the MBTA has just put up a series of new posters at North Station "suggesting" that people destined for Science Park might want to walk there instead of taking the shuttle bus. The read (in part):

Getting To Science Park

Shuttle Bus: 15 Minutes
Walking: 15 Minutes

and proceeds to extoll the benefits of walking instead of using the bus.

Green Line to get shorter for a few months

adamg — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:19:38 +0000

The T is shutting down trolley service to Science Park and Lechmere between April 30 and November, so it can install elevators and other improvements at Science Park. Buses will run instead.

The T says by shutting down the line entirely, it will shave six months off the Science Park work.

More details.

State: Land deal clears way for Green Line extension, new commuter-rail service, massive development

adamg — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:33:48 +0000

MassDOT today announced an agreement to swap land at Lechmere with land by North Station that will lead to a new rail service north and west of Boston - and actual construction of the long stalled North Point development.

No Green Line service between North Station and Lechmere the next couple of nights

adamg — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:54:43 +0000

The T reports it will be bustituting starting at 9 p.m. tonight and tomorrow because of the need to shut Science Park for elevator work.

MBTA: Alleged creeper takes advantage of trolley configuration to snap underskirt shots

adamg — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:59:36 +0000

Alleged perv in action

MBTA Transit Police say this guy allegedly used his position at the bottom of the stairs on a Green Line trolley to snap an inappropriate photos of women between Lechmere and Government Center around lunchtime on July 5. Police are looking for him about his allegedly "secretly photographing partial nudity," which is illegal in Massachusetts and carries penalties of up to 2 1/2 years in jail and a $10,000 fine.

According to a police report, the alleged overweight slob took one photo up a woman's skirt and several of a woman's breasts when she bent over to pick something up. When this woman heard the clicking, she took out her own cell phone, snapped his photo and forwarded it to police.

Wanted poster, should you want to print some up and post them or something.

Cambridge fixer-upper needs some TLC, but seller is highly motivated

adamg — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:55:54 +0000

Cambridge News Weekly reports the state is getting ready to try to sell the old Lechmere courthouse/jail, which has a few issues related to asbestos and some water damage.

Moot Moot case? Court says state can let developers build on former Cambridge wetlands

adamg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:09:38 +0000

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today the legislature has the right to let the developers of the massive NorthPoint project build on what were once tidal marshes.

In practical terms, the decision on a lawsuit brought by John Moot - who died last year - may be moot because the developers of the project are embroiled in other legal wrangling and may never finish the project.

However, it does uphold the legislature's right to reduce requirements for building on "landlocked tidelands," such at NorthPoint, where the tidelands become landlocked in 1962, when the state let the Boston & Maine fill in some of the marshes. In 2007, the SJC agreed with Moot and said the developers had no right to build on the land under state law. In response, the legislature passed a law - signed by Gov. Patrick - that exempted such lands from the state law regulating coastal construction.

The court ruled today the law passes constitutional muster and that while the developers, if they ever get their act together, no longer have to go through licensing, they and the state still have to prove the public good of the work.

Complete decision.

Trolley at Lechmere needs to be taken off tracks and shot

adamg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:59:36 +0000

The T reports a disabled trolley at the end of the line. DJM tweets:

There's smoke coming off the train at Lechmere. Not a good sign.

They could get thrown in jail for what they did - oh, wait a minute ...

adamg — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:39:23 +0000

The Globe reports Middlesex County had to evacuate inmates from the high-rise jail in Lechmere today after some inmates managed to break the sprinkler system and flood the facility.

Around 5:30 p.m., Vumana tweeted:

Just left petco in cambrdge -heard all the jailbirds from middlesex jail hooting and hollering as they get evacuated

The unicorns of the MBTA

adamg — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:10:18 +0000

Those would be Lechmere trolleys.

Green Line to Lechmere

violetly — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:27:27 +0000

This is my first post here - I wanted to vent about the nightmare that is the short commute between Government Center and Lechmere. Those of us who make that commute typically spend 15 - 20 minutes on the platform as train after train ends at Government Center, putting more and more people off to stand and wait for a train going on to North Station and/or Lechmere. If you're really having a lucky day, a North Station train will come along and most people will crowd onto it - commuters connecting with Commuter Rail at North Station.

Robbed at knifepoint in Lechmere

adamg — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:17:31 +0000

Cambridge Police report a Dorchester resident was robbed around 7:25 p.m. yesterday by three knife-wielding 16-year-olds on First Street, between CambidgeSide Galleria and the Lechmere T stop. They made off with his cell phone.

Keep your credit cards - and kids - close at CambridgeSide Galleria

adamg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:42:19 +0000

Cambridge Police report on four recent incidents at CambridgeSide Galleria:

On Friday morning, an employee of the Old Navy Store allegedly took a customer's debit card and used it to buy a cell phone at the Mobile Solution Store. The customer caught up with the employee at the Lechmere T stop and confronted her. The woman gave the card back, but when the victim demanded to know about the unauthorized purchase, the clerk "struck the victim in the chest area." She then fled, leaving the cell phone behind.

On Saturday afternoon, a Boston resident told police a woman managed to get her credit-card information at the Sephora store, then left.

On Sunday afternoon, a clerk at an unidentified second-floor store allegedly slapped a customer when she didn't move out of his way fast enough for him:

The victim was shopping with her two children and had a visible red mark on her right cheek. The suspect admitted that he struck the victim and felt he did nothing wrong because he told her to move. The suspect was informed that he would receive a summons in the mail.

Also Sunday afternoon: A woman trying on clothes at Aeropostale reported somebody stole her handbag from the dressing room.