West of 495
Too many Benedict Arnolds
By adamg - 1/9/12 - 9:35 amJ.L. Bell reports that while the widow of Benedict Arnold died in Uxbridge, she was not the widow of that Benedict Arnold. Seems Benedict was a popular name back then.
Black ice didn't do Tim Murray in
By adamg - 1/3/12 - 3:51 pmThe Globe reports twas falling asleep at the wheel while doing 75 m.p.h. - and then accelerating past 100 m.p.h. - that led to the wreck of the state-owned Murraymobile.
Bolton sunset
By adamg - 12/23/11 - 7:55 pm
Richard Beaubien went outside at sunset in Bolton tonight.
Copyright Richard Beaubien. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Aging trains react poorly to the cold
By adamg - 12/19/11 - 9:36 amA Worcester Line train died this morning in Natick; commuters on that train and the one behind it, which wound up pushing it into town, were, of course, seriously late.
Some trains into North Station were delayed by the ever popular switch problems. At least one Greenbush train was also late because, well, who knows?
Software company demands $30 million from former worker it claims stole its software, customer records
By adamg - 12/17/11 - 12:33 pmEnvisn, a company that makes software for managing Cognos "business intelligence" systems, yesterday sued its former support manager, charging she spent a couple of hours downloading all of the company's software and customer records and then quit.
In its suit, filed in US District Court in Boston, the Harvard-based company seeks an injunction against Kathleen Davis doing anything with the data she has and $30 million in damages. Envisn charges that with her knowledge of the software, she could easily decompile the code, help a competitor come out with a cheaper version and destroy the company.
The suit alleges that on Nov. 28, starting around 6:04 a.m., Davis downloaded copies of Envisn's products - including a beta that had been given to just two customers - as well as customer records from salesforce.com. At 8:15 a.m., the suit alleges, she e-mailed company President Charles Ryan that she was resigning, effective immediately.
Worcester firefighter dies when triple decker collapses
By adamg - 12/8/11 - 7:10 amChannel 7 reports a firefighter pulled from the wreckage of a collapsed triple decker has died. Two other firefighters were also injured. Channel 5 has video of the fire.
The fire comes just a few days after the anniversary of the 1999 Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire that claimed the lives of six firefighters.
Turkey doesn't make it to Thanksgiving
By adamg - 11/24/11 - 12:00 amChannel 4 reports a turkey flew into a Bellingham man's living-room window. It died, but he buried it instead of saving it for Thanksgiving.
1,111 boxes of Cheerios on 11/11/11
By adamg - 11/11/11 - 8:20 amFranklin Matters reports the Franklin Federated Church was trying to collect all those boxes for a program at Boston Medical Center for little kids who need extra nutritional help.
Court to former state rep: Nice try, but no, you're not going to get a pension increase because you had a state parking space
By adamg - 11/3/11 - 10:01 amThe Massachusetts Court of Appeals today rejected former state Rep. Marie Parente's bid to have her pension increased based on the estimated value of her state-provided parking space on Beacon Hill and her per-diem payments for traveling to and from her home in Milford.
Delays pre-announced for some commuter-rail lines tomorrow
By adamg - 10/30/11 - 5:05 pmThe MBTA reports that commuters on the Worcester, Fitchburg and Haverhill lines should expect delays tomorrow morning due to storm damage.
