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.
Fake Patch, from the folks behind one of the area's oldest local sites.
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).
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.
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?
To preview your primary ballot for tomorrow, click on the link from the Secretary of State's website:
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then enter your address and select a political party. It will show you what choices you'll have on tomorrow's primary ballot.
But don't worry, pole fans: The guy determined to shake up the Big F says he's found another location now that the landlord of his first proposed club shut him down, the MetroWest Daily News reports. Oh, and don't worry, prudes: The guy assures the News his joint will be "classy," not like those other strip clubs. Sure, with naked women, but customers will have to comply with a dress code.
A plumber from Groton wants to expand his offerings by turning the old Tin Alley Grill (and even older. Ground Round) on Rte. 9 at California Avenue into a "gentlemen's club," the MetroWest Daily News reports.
The Massachusetts State Police Trooper Stephen Kavol, who repeatedly punched "Pope" Alexander Serra, was the same officer who first encountered Serra in the South End of Boston. Trooper Kavol was one of the two officers who first cornered Serra on foot on I90. From WBZ:
Video from WBZ's helicopter showed Serra running away from his car on the highway shirtless. Moments later, he dropped to the ground. One trooper pulled his gun, while a second punched him repeatedly. link
The MetroWest Daily News reports that when a shopper noticed a dude grabbing a woman's wallet out of her cart in the produce department, he gave chase. Three other guys joined in, tackling dude and holding him until police arrived.
Deval Patrick headed for the official state Bunker in Framingham to guide us through the next troubled hours - after he slips into an official state cardigan with which to reassure us on the Emergency Broadcast Network:
The governor is in the (underground) house. Photo by MassDOT Secretary Jeff Mullan.
Fun bunker facts: The surface entrance has a giant steel door leading to a downward hallway built in a zig-zag pattern to repel alpha beta radiation, it sits on giant springs to withstand tremors from nearby nuclear blasts and it has a two-bay refrigerated morgue.
Wicked Local Framingham reports a truck driver who slammed into a car may have been eating cereal behind the wheel: The investigating officer found milk and cereal all over his dashboard - and a bowl in woods nearby.
In May, Needham police arrested a man for driving while under the influence of cereal.
One brave little dog tries to stop stampede as cows moove out in search of greener grass on the other side of the fence.
Yes, they have cows in Framingham, what, you think it's just malls and traffic jams?
Meanwhile, over in Southborough, the seemingly contented cows of Breakneck Hill quietly plot their escape.
Unfortunately for the Miami woman, the man she was bragging to about how much money she was making in Framingham from kanoodling was a plainclothes (but not yet under cover) Framingham cop, the MetroWest Daily News reports. The paper reports she claimed about $7,000 a week, which, at $150 a pop, is about 46 men a week.
Worcester Line service is ending in West Natick tonight thanks to a whole lot of burning trash in downtown Framingham.
The MetroWest Daily News reports Narges Anbardar thinks the former cloth mecca in downtown Framingham would hit the spot for smokin' young folks desperately looking for a place to go to relax, suck nicotine through a water pipe and listen to music.
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