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Car into house after crash with bus in Hyde Park

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 5:55 pm

WFXT shows us the car into the house at Wood Avenue at Ruskindale Road; reports no students in the bus at the time.

Fundraising started for people burned out of their homes in Lower Mills fire

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 5:48 pm

The Lower Mills Civic Association has started a GoFundMe page for the people who lost their homes in the nine-alarm fire on Old Morton Street on Saturday.

Dorchester murder victim identified; was career criminal with record dating to 1980s

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 5:37 pm

Boston Police today identified the man fatally shot on Devon Street in Dorchester around 3:30 a.m. on Friday as Arnold Woodrum, 59. Read more.

Hizzonah gets fed up with the T

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 2:55 pm

Mayor Walsh thundered on Twitter today: Read more.

BPS to distribute free menstrual products; students will have to ask a nurse or teacher for them

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 2:39 pm

Boston Public Schools says it will distribute menstrual products to the 77 public schools that have grades 6 and higher starting this fall. Read more.

Somerville mayor sues Barstool Sports; alleges criminal violation in fraudulent interview

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 2:21 pm

Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone sued Barstool Sports and contributor Kirk Minihane today for an interview about the Barstool/Bruins towel controversy he claims Minihane conducted without his permission - while pretending to be the Globe's Kevin Cullen. Read more.

Courts to consider whether some public records stop being public if provided in bulk

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 1:45 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court today ordered a lower-court judge to reconsider her ruling that the state can refuse to give the Boston Globe copies of databases of birth and marriage records that are available as public records to anyone willing to pay $9 an hour to sit at a terminal in a state office on Columbia Point. Read more.

The military tactics of Bunker Hill

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 12:40 pm

Today is, of course, Bunker Hill Day. A couple years ago, Angry Staff Officer took a look at the military tactics used by both sides, including a key mistake made by Gen. William Howe on the British side that, he argues, led to the eventual loss of the entire Boston area.

Sometimes, you just need some roast beef - North Shore roast beef

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 11:23 am

Roast Beef - The North Shore Story ( documentary trailer )

Road trip to the North Shore?

Fields Corner has feelings about man buns

By adamg - 6/17/19 - 9:00 am

Scrawl at Fields Corner against man buns and a man with a man bun

Joel Pettigrew was not expecting to be personally attacked by a scrawl on a pillar at the Fields Corner Red Line station this morning.

Tomato Can Dan whines about women

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 11:04 pm

Yesterday, Dan Shaughnessy doubled down on his tomato canning to get on his high horse (or as Dan Shaughnessy Watch put it, get on his Shetland pony) to bitch about women athletes daring to celebrate a blowout win in the World Cup soccer competition. Read more.

Red Line riders: 20-minute delays are your new normal

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 9:20 pm

The MBTA is advising Red Line riders to leave an extra 20 minutes or so to get where they're going tomorrow because of the ongoing signal issues at JFK/UMass left over from the derailment last week.

Swing at Lawn on D collapses, smashes man in the head

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 9:04 pm

WHDH reports an Attleboro man is recovering from serious head injuries caused when one of those large Lawn on D swings collapsed, sending a metal support pole came crashing down on his head.

Man shot to death on Michigan Avenue in Dorchester

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 2:05 pm

Crime scene. Photo by KMV.

Boston Police report a man was fatally shot at 6 Michigan Ave., near the intersection with Old and Columbia roads, shortly after 1 a.m. Police say officers responding to a report of gunfire found the man, who was taken to a local hospital, where he died.

2019 murders in Boston.

Readville kids get a revamped playground

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 1:02 pm

DCR Commissioner Leo Roy at Camp Meigs Playground.

State officials held a formal dedication for the new playground at Camp Meigs Playground in Readville yesterday - complete with the ceremonial cutting of a red ribbon with large golden shears - but the kids in attendance mostly paid no attention at all, because they were too busy playing on all the cool new stuff. Read more.

Martin's Park opens on a wonderful day

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 12:34 pm

WBZ reports on yesterday's opening ceremonies for Martin's Park, the new playground near the Children's Museum named for Martin Richard of Dorchester.

The Dorchester Reporter has more.

The foxiest town in the state

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 12:29 pm

Greg Cook took in yesterday's Fox Festival Parade in Arlington (in, fact, he did more than just take it in, he helped lead it).

A Boston impeachment sign

By adamg - 6/16/19 - 11:22 am

Sign that says this is our fuckin' city, no pinhead, get well Papi

Phil R. attended the March for Truth at the State House yesterday.

Andrea Doremus Cuetara shows us there was also a vigil for children who have died in border concentration camps: Read more.

You might think we are lying about a test Red Line train dying

By adamg - 6/15/19 - 9:30 pm

UPDATE: The T now reports: "As of Sunday, June 16, Braintree branch riders will no longer need to switch trains at JFK/UMass."

As promised, the MBTA sent test trains down the repaired Red Line track at JFK/UMass today to see if it's ready for service on Monday. Only they ran into a problem that had nothing to do with the track: One of the test trains suffered mechanical problems and died - which led to 20-minute delays along the Braintree branch.