South Shore

Do you have your passport?

Kaz — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:07:26 -0400

On June 28th, DCR kicked off it's new Park Passport, a stamp book with stamp stations placed in 76 parks across the state (15 parks in the Boston area, including John Paul II, Castle Island, and the Southwest Corridor). Each park has a different stamp, so you have to go to all of the parks if you want to collect all of the stamps. When you complete any one of the 5 regions, you can use the completed passport at the regional office (starting August 15) to receive a t-shirt with the stamp pictures on it for that region.

Rightwing bloggers call for William Delahunt's head

adamg — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:51:42 -0400

Or if not his head, at least formal censure. At issue: What he said to the vice president's chief of staff about al Queda: Did he say he was glad al Queda could see what the guy looked like?

Bostonmaggie, a Delahunt constituent, agrees:

... I love where I live. I couldn't live elsewhere. But there is a price to be paid and having this asshat for a Congressional representative is part of that price.

Play "Beat L.A. !" at Masscrosswords.com

Masscrosswords — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:02:11 -0400

Play "Beat L.A. !" at http://masscrosswords.com

Tweeter Center now Comcast Center

oddjob60 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:39:31 -0400

The new signs are going up: ~~Great Woods~~ The Tweeter Center is now the Comcast Center.

Play "Fuzzwords" at masscrosswords.com

Masscrosswords — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:28:59 -0500

Play "Fuzzwords" at http://masscrosswords.com

Westwood creates Environmental Committee, considers Community Preservation Act

daveatkins — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:50:45 -0500

I attended last night's Board of Selectmen meeting and blog here at http://westwoodblog.org/node/37 about the creation of a committee to promote energy efficiency in the town and to move forward with consideration of the Community Preservation Act adoption at May town meeting...

The New Boston.com

oddjob60 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:02:21 -0500

OK, so there's a new Boston.com. To me it looks flatter and more crowded, and it's harder to find stuff (though that will probably go away as I get used to it). Here's part of what they say:

The result will be a new Boston.com that is easier, fresher, and more useful than ever before. Among the changes that you will notice beginning today on the home page, article pages, and soon throughout the site:
* Our pages are wider, less cluttered, and designed with more breathing room.
* The type is easier to read, and directions around the site are more straightforward.

Anyone know what kind of user feedback they used to guide the new site?

A caring conductor

oddjob60 — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:52:18 -0400

Probably because we ride the same train nearly every day, rail commuters seem friendlier than subway commuters. In addition to "train buddies," we also see the same conductors each day, and they see us, so there gets to be a bit more of a bond there.

This morning on our way in to South Station, the conductor came down the aisle as usual. He paused at the seat in front of mine, and looked carefully at the man slouched in it. The passenger was napping. The conductor gently reached down and adjusted something; to me it looked like he dog-eared a page in the rider's book, so he wouldn't lose his place during the nap.

I was touched, not just by the gesture, but the expression of caring on the conductor's face. Train 804, front car--you know who you are, and thanks.

Randolph High class of '85

emily sweeney — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:07:44 -0500

I found some wicked classic Randolph High School videos (circa 1985) on Youtube... and I posted a couple of 'em on the Globe's FlipSide blog:

I love the clip of RHS students singing "Do They Know It's Christmas" at the school talent show....love it.

And there are plenty more where that came from...take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RHSClassOf1985

I made another video for the Globe....

emily sweeney — Thu, 25 May 2006 12:59:53 -0400

lately I've been trying to produce videos to accompany the articles I write for the Globe.
so far Boston.com has posted three of my self-produced videos in the past couple o' weeks. I'm hoping to do more...when you get a chance, pls check 'em out, I'd love to hear what ya think:

1.) this is my latest one, about prom season (and the
dangers of drinking and driving.....scroll down the story to get to the video link)

www.boston.com/.../a_night_to_remember/

2.) this one ran a couple weeks ago....kinda like my personal