In US District Court in Boston.
600 lb. Gorillas, a Duxbury ice-cream company, this week sued one of its suppliers for allegedly providing ice cream for its ice-cream sandwiches that was so bad people stopped buying them. Read more.
State Sen. Bob Hedlund won election as mayor of Weymouth last night. Hedlund was one of the two sponsors of a bill to make Roadrunner the official Rock Song of the Commonwealth. The last time the song was up for the honor, its main sponsor, state Rep. Marty Walsh, got himself elected mayor, too, and the measure died.
The other sponsor of this year's bill, David Linsky, is from Natick, which doesn't have a mayor.
Neil the roving UHub photographer captured the moon over Hull tonight.
Neil the roving UHub photographer roved all the way down to Nantasket Beach this evening.
Boston Police report the arrest of James Ferguson, 39, wanted for the "horrific" murder of a Marshfield man two weeks ago. Read more.
Dot Rat explains why that would be one of the appetizers at Jake's Seafood in Hull.
Neil the roving UHub photographer watched an interesting sunset on Nantasket Beach last night:
Is Hull God's country? Looks like he reaching out to give the Hullonians a pat on the head.
DD808 wonders about these things mounted at the top of some utility poles he's seen:
Anyone have an idea what these are for? I've seen a few of them in Hull.
The Library of the Royal Irish Academy wants to identify the people in the photograph below. Please contact the Library if you recognize any of the subjects. The Library can be reached via Twitter @Library_RIA, or by email at www.ria.ie/library/contact, citing "8 May Photo Query Tweet."
If more information regarding the location, subjects, time, et cetera, of the photograph become available, I will update this post.
This South Shore home, which has already been rebuilt by taxpayers many times and gets flooded each year, just got 180k more. Rather than moving out of the flood plain, we're on the hook to keep elevating and rebuilding. http://necir.org/2015/06/03/scituate-house-keeps-getting-money/
David Parsons took in the carnival and fireworks in Hull last night.
Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Brian McLean watched the waves crash into Minot Light in Scituate the other day.
Copyright MadTy Photography. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Lynica Emanuello says she probably bought a bottle of Tito's Handmade Vodka every month for four years, but put a stop to that when she learned the "handmade" hooch was really mass produced in by what she calls "a highly-mechanized process that is devoid of human hands."
Naturally, she's seeking recompense - via a class-action lawsuit on behalf of every Massachusetts resident who's bought a bottle of Tito's in recent years, filed this week in US District Court in Boston.
MassDOT is looking at ways to increase capacity on Rte. 3 south of Boston. WBZ reports one way to pay for it: Use that newfangled "open tolling" system to create an express lane. And while they're at it, why not vary the tolls by time of day, so people who have to be in town in the morning could pay more for the privilege?
Nick Puleo is livetweeting his commute this morning on a ferry from Hingham. After leaving paint on the ice, the ferry got stuck and now a tug from New Jersey is trying to pull the boat out.
He adds:
Heard on the ferry: "I'd rather die on this boat than sit on the GD commuter rail"
WHDH has some details on the fight of the century on an outbound Greenbush Line train this afternoon.
Let me get this straight. So T Red Line service has resumed today, but only between Andrew and Alewife.. MBTA Alert states there is no Red Line service between Andrew and Braintree/Ashmont. No word of shuttle busses. Explain to me how this is acceptable. I need to work in Boston and live on the South Shore. The MBTA takes $ out of mtu check each month for me to utilize the train and subway. So I deserve to have service just like everyone between Alewife and Andrew. I feel if you can't run whole line then don't do this! I know I'm not alone on this one.
Wicked Local Hingham reports the iconic Castle Island food stand is looking to open a second outlet at the Hingham Bathing Beach.
A federal appeals court says a Plymouth woman who had an illegal shipment of marijuana mistakenly delivered to her door can't collect damages from FedEx because she was unable to prove the strange men who later showed up at her door demanding the package got her address from the shipping company.
And besides, the court continued, after dismissing her invasion of privacy claim, a federal law deregulating airlines takes precedence over her common-law claims of infliction of emotional distress.
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