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Boston meter maids have X-ray specs that really work

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 6:08pm

Where's the hydrant?

Cynicallife reports she parked on Comm. Ave. in Packard's Corner Thursday, fed the meter and then when she came out, found a $100 ticket for parking in front of a hydrant. Can you find Waldo, um, the hydrant, in the photo above? Obviously, it was clear as day to a passing meter maid. Here's the view from the sidewalk:

Hydrant cap

She's not a happy camper:

Good job, city of Boston. Why bother digging out a hydrant or even attaching a flag to make it visible to, ohidon'tknow, firefighters ~ much less regular folks like me ~ when you can leave them buried and ticket people for not seeing them instead?

Photos posted under this Creative Comments license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.


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Brighton skating club evacuated due to snow concerns; Roslindale garage collapses

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 5:49pm

The Boston Fire Department reports the Skating Club of Boston on Soldiers Field Road was evacuated this afternoon after a fire official noticed snow sliding off a flat roof there.

The snow was coming off a 30x100 building that houses the club's Zamboni machine, ice-making equipment and lockers, not the bowed Quonset hut that houses the skating rink, the department says, adding inspectors will look at the roof after the club removes snow from it.

Meanwhile, AlertNewEngland reports a garage at 374 Hyde Park Ave. came down mid-afternoon.


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Ben Franklin would be appalled

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 2:38pm

Johnmcboston photographed this buried hydrant outside the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in the South End, named for the man who convinced Philadelphia to start a fire department after telling civic leaders there how well prepared for fires Bostonians were.

Copyright Johnmcboston. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.


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That's a lot of DVDs

By lex.galloway on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 1:50pm

Wareham TheftWareham Police report a shoplifter has been making out like a bandit of late: In nine trips over a 12-day period, she's made off with $10,000 worth of DVDs from Target stores in Wareham and Nor

Sun, 01/30/2011 - 17:34
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What if Hanover Street were one way?

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 1:40pm

The Globe reports some North End business types have begun talking up the idea because they could cram in more tourists in a neighborhood that's been bustling like nobody's business since the Central Artery came down. Some residents, though, say the last thing the neighborhood needs is more tourists.


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Wellesley house sold to Queen Elizabeth II

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 1:03pm

Alas, Her Highness Majesty unlikely to ever visit it.

Via the Swellesley Report.


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Ducklings in the snow

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 12:40pm

They could really use the rain.


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The start of the T's annus horribilis?

By adamg on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 11:15am

The Globe reports commuter-rail performance is at its worst in three years. Sure, you can blame the weather and antique equipment, but an MBCR honcho is quoted as saying, yeah, they could do better.

Meanwhile, things aren't looking all that rosy on the subways, either. Yesterday, Brian Fluharty posted this chart of Green Line performance, as based on delay alerts sent out by the T:

Green delays


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Starting them young at a big-box store

By lex.galloway on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 10:48pm

Dedham TheftDedham Police report they're looking for a pair of women who allegedly sent a child into the video-game department at the BJ's to lift video games they then walked out with, on Jan. 27.

Know 'em? Contact Dedham Police at 781-326-1214.

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 00:00


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Can I get an OMG? You can get pupusas in West Roxbury

By adamg on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 10:15pm

On the way home from a hunt for salt this evening, I spotted an open space in front of North of the Border Mexican Grill on Washington Street in West Roxbury. I'd never been there, and figured I'd pick up some tacos and quesadillas.

But it turned out this is not your average Mexican place. The place is owned by a Guatemalan guy, and one of the first things I saw on the menu was pupusas. Pupusas. Now, I don't bat an eye at the Venezuelan arepas and empanadas you can get down the street, maybe because that place has been there awhile now, but pupusas? In West Roxbury? Get out! The menu is full of other stuff you wouldn't see at Wapo Taco or even Romano's - even a couple of Colombian dishes and breakfast.

But I went with simple: Pork and cheese pupusas. I'm no pupusa expert, but these were great. The owner - one of the friendliest and chattiest I've ever met - said I'd be back. He was right: I need to try the rellenitos, the camarones al ajillo and all the other things on the menu I've never heard of.

North of the Border: 5272 Washington St. (look for the blue awning, on the same side of Washington as Cristelle's). 617-469-2100.


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