Brighton

The singing girl of Brighton

adamg — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:13:03 -0500

That Kind of Girl admits she walks down the streets of Brighton, singing along with her iPod:

... When we both paused to wait for the pedestrian walk light another short block later, he turned to me and opened his mouth. I slid out one earbud and he said, "So you're pretty into your music," and I told him, "It brings me joy," and he smiled a little bit and I just put my earbud back in and waited for the light to change. ...

Giving thanks in November

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:35:17 -0500

Thanksgiving at Hyde Park Avenue and West Street, Hyde Park.

Sure, there's already a Santa putting people on his knee at the South Shore Plaza, but some people still remember Thanksgiving comes first:

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A problem for police on Halloween

adamg — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:55:08 -0500

Wicked Local Allston/Brighton reports police had a spot of trouble breaking up a loud house party early on Oct. 31 in part because one of the party-givers refused to believe the officers were really cops and not just party-goers dressed up as cops. They finally convinced her by putting her in a cruiser and taking her down to D-14.

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Man who kissed teen for no good reason ordered to stay away from her

adamg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:29:09 -0500

A Brighton man who acknowledged he kissed a 16-year-old without her consent near St. Elizabeth Hospital had his travels through the neighborhood restricted for one year.

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Roost-ruling rats run rampant

adamg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:16:11 -0500

Ya know, we haven't had a good horrifying rat story recently. Chris Faraone to the rescue, with a look at Boston's rat rampage, from the North End to Allston/Brighton. With bonus fun fact on how male rates mate with up to 20 other rats a day.

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Man arrested for stabbing guy in the stomach in Brighton

adamg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:26:04 -0500

The Daily Free Press reports a man who identfied himself as "Mike from Texas" was arrested around 3:10 a.m. on Saturday on charges he stabbed a man in the stomach at Kirkwood and Radnor roads.

BC student government vows not to let next big party get out of hand

adamg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:53:55 -0500

The Heights reports plans are in the works to monitor noise from Modstock this spring, to prevent more problems with neighbors.

The Heights itself opines neighboring residents shouldn't let their feelings about "university expansion, the passage of the Master Plan, the possibility of residence halls on the Brighton Campus, the degradation of the neighborhood brought on by absentee landlords and the havoc students are known to wreak in the community" color their judgment about parties on campus.

Rim jobs in Brighton

adamg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:51:58 -0400

Wicked Local Allston/Brighton reports "a huge problem" with tires being stolen off late-model Hondas, Cadillacs and Acuras - thieves aren't after the rubber, but the rims.

Campaign notes: Floon flunks BRA on Harvard; Menino gets Latino endorsement

adamg — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:47:25 -0400

Floon finally realizes there are better backdrops for press conferences than City Hall, travels to the Brighton Mills Shopping Center this morning to denounce the way the BRA "steamrolls" neighborhoods.

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Trolley vs. car on Comm. Ave. - Riders lose

adamg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:13:42 -0400

A trolley and a car failed to occupy the same space at Comm. Ave. and Washington Street tonight. Colin Moore tweets it didn't look too bad, except for "all of the cops and fire trucks." Naturally, it caused delays for riders.

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