Framingham

Alleged Pops purse snatcher now facing more serious charges in three suburbs

adamg — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:25:16 +0000

Wicked Local Newton reports that Chelsea Ingalls, arrested on charges she stole two purses at a Pops concert earlier this month, now faces armed robbery charges in Newton and Wellesley and a charge of attempted armed robbery in Framingham.

Wicked Local reports that in Newton, she is charged with pulling a large knife on a gas-station attendant on Christmas, five days after she was charged with coming down from the balcony at Symphony Hall and stealing two purses from the more expensive floor seats.

Innocent, etc.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle, stage adaptation of classic Boston crime novel, opens Dec. 8 at Oberon

Eddie Coyle — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:25:39 +0000

Cambridge, Mass. — Tickets are on sale now for George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Stickball Productions’ world premiere stage adaptation of the quintessential Boston crime novel. The production runs Dec. 8–Jan. 15 at Oberon in Harvard Square, for tickets, visit www.thefriendsofeddiecoyle.com

It is the winter of ‘69 in Boston and Eddie Coyle is a bottom of the barrel hood attempting to stay alive and out of jail among his “friends” – cops, bartenders, radical hippies, bank robbers, hit men and informants. Weeks away from a prison sentence for trucking stolen booze, Eddie’s making a few bucks supplying the guns for a rash of brazen bank heists, while looking to tip someone in for a kind word to the judge.

George V. Higgins’ classic novel has been called the “best crime novel ever written” by Elmore Leonard, and literary scholars have compared his unforgiving and realistic depiction of Boston’s underworld with the works of Dickens, Dostoevsky, and Balzac. Through dialogue quintessentially Bostonian, and the most poignant homage to Bobby Orr and the ’69-’70 Boston Bruins in literature, The Friends of Eddie Coyle has set the bar for Boston crime stories for nearly 40 years.

For just $2,495, you, too, can own your own radio-controlled model jet

adamg — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:14:51 +0000

Of course, that's for the unpainted kit version. Busy jihadists will probably want to splurge on the $500 factory paint job, which is apparently what Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland allegedly did, according to an FBI affidavit, which includes a photo of a model F-86 Sabre jet:

Redistricting Olympics

creightt — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:42:03 +0000

Common Cause Massachusetts is hosting a Redistricting Olympics this summer. We will be taking citizen drawn Congressional, State House, and State Senate maps all summer, evaluating them, declaring a winner, giving out prizes and submitting the winning maps to the MA Legislative Redistricting Committee for consideration.

The purpose of the redistricting Olympics is threefold: to educate the public about the steps in the redistricting process, to initiate public participation in the political arena, and to pressure the legislature to draw the districts so that the citizens are appropriately represented.

Help show the legislature that redistricting is about our interests, not theirs. By participating in our redistricting Olympics and learning how to draw your own fair districts, you can acquire the tools you need to expose attempts by public officials to politicize the state’s new legislative maps.

For more information check out and/or email us at .

Participate in our democracy!

In battle of wits, this burglar was only half armed

adamg — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:47:15 +0000

The MetroWest Daily News reports that when a trucker getting something at a Framingham Dunkin' Donuts went outside to discover his truck had been broken into, he went back inside, asked to use the phone and called his cell phone. Which then began ringing in the pocket of the guy who took it - standing just a few feet away because he apparently didn't realize America runs on Dunkin', not into it.

Tornado warning issued for Worcester, MetroWest after tornado hits downtown Springfield

adamg — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:04:59 +0000

Update: Tornado warning now extended eastward, including Milton, Dedham, Norwood, Canton, through 6:30.

Light rail

adamg — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:32:14 +0000

Jenn Forman Orth watched the sunrise at the Framingham commuter-rail stop one recent morning.

Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Gulp: A Framingham story that's tough to swallow

adamg — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:15:59 +0000

The MetroWest Daily News reports the Happy Swallow on Rte. 135 is getting turned into a family restaurant. Presumably that means the chairs will no longer be bolted to the floor to keep patrons from using them during bar brawls.

Merry Valentine's Day!

adamg — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:54:42 +0000

As Maria M. learned at the Framingham HomeGoods, only 53 more shopping days until Cupid comes down your chimney.

Copyright Maria M. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Somebody in Framingham doesn't like Patch

adamg — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:41:44 +0000

Fake Patch, from the folks behind one of the area's oldest local sites.

The T-shirt for people who remember when Shoppers World actually had character

adamg — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:44:54 +0000

I admit it: I'm spending part of my Saturday getting ready for Cyber Monday by building out the Universal Hub Store (more Boston-themed stuff than you can shake a stick at).

One of the cooler things I've run across in my frenzied search for merch is this T-shirt, which pays homage to the old mall, where you didn't have to worry about getting hit by a car going across the mall, you wondered what sort of aliens built the main department store and you waited in line each December to see Santa and his live reindeer.

No more turkeys at Framingham landmark

adamg — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:18:30 +0000

Gerard Farms shuts its doors.

Charlie to be welcomed on MetroWest buses

adamg — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:05:52 +0000

Officials from the MBTA and the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority will gather tomorrow to announce you'll be able to use CharlieCards on MWRTA buses.

The formal announcement is at 11:30 a.m. at the Woodland stop on the Green Line.

Where does Massachussets Food Stamp money get spent? Find out for yourself

morisy — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:48:11 +0000

Ever wonder how much money that bodega is making off food stamps? You know, the one where the healthiest thing is a hot dog covered in chili? Or ever debate with a friend whether Whole Foods is reaping the rewards of the economic downturn with all the overeducated hipsters needing to get their organic salmon fix?

Well, here's the spending break down for the past four years, mapped on Google so you can see exactly which cities are getting Food Stamp funds, which stores they're being spent at, and even how the Great Recession has changed the demographics of poverty in Boston and Massachusetts. Hint: The years have not been kind to Chicopee.

Your ballot in tomorrow's primary

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:28:17 +0000

To preview your primary ballot for tomorrow, click on the link from the Secretary of State's website:

http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php

then enter your address and select a political party. It will show you what choices you'll have on tomorrow's primary ballot.