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By Socializing4Justice - 11/8/12 - 11:08 am

We're heading to Jillian's* for Billiard's for Justice, on Tuesday, November 13th, starting at 6pm.

Don't worry if you don't rock the cue stick. Lots of people aren't that great at pool, but some SoJusters have claimed to have the skills. So show up for lessons, laughs, or just good people.

We'll have a few tables reserved from 6-8PM for the pool sharks, but plenty of non-billiards hanging out as well. Jillian's has some great appetizers, sandwiches and a full bar.

So look no further if you want to cross-promote your events and campaigns while avoiding hitting the 8 ball, are seeking like-minded progressives to play pool with in Boston, or are new to the area and looking for groups to get involved in. If you want to build a strong cross-issue social justice movement, SoJust is for you!

RSVP at www.sojust.org - Newcomers always welcomed!

Event fee: $10 ($2 suggested SoJust donation + $8 for billiards)

YES, WE MEAN YOU. We've got members of all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, levels of activism and professions. We hope you see someone like yourself and meet someone you otherwise wouldn't have.

HEY ORGANIZERS! If you're involved with a group or project and want to spread the word bring flyers - there'll be lots of opportunity to schmooze and network!

By adamg - 11/8/12 - 9:48 am

Tom Menino called the Globe to say he's getting better even as he remains in the hospital.

By adamg - 11/7/12 - 12:17 am

Yeah, losing hurts and sometimes all you can do is lash out at the people around you. Adults can make a learning experience of it, though, Holly.

By adamg - 11/6/12 - 10:30 pm

The Globe has the results for the two questions - and that third one about car repair.

By adamg - 11/6/12 - 9:09 pm

WarrenYou can call her Senator Warren now.

As more votes come in, WHDH is calling Elizabeth Warren the winner over incumbent Scott Brown. Among other things, Warren becomes the state's first woman senator.

By adamg - 11/6/12 - 8:17 pm

Shocker.

In related news, the Globe reports Logan faced a problem this afternoon when so many Romney supporters were flying into town in their private jets the airport was running out of space to put them all.

UPDATE: Oh, yeah, he lost the national election, too.

By adamg - 11/6/12 - 1:40 pm

Dorcena sign in Roslindale

The early bird gets the job? Will Dorcena isn't waiting until next year to put up campaign signs, in this case in front of St. Nectarios in Roslindale.

By adamg - 11/6/12 - 12:08 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today psychological evaluations of a prospective Boston police officer who passed a civil-service exam were too vague to keep her from donning a BPD uniform.

The ruling is a victory for both Jill Kavaleski, who was rejected three times by a pair of department psychiatrists, and the state Civil Service Commission, which had ruled those psychiatrists failed to show there was really anything wrong with Kavaleski. The ruling comes as a response to an appeal by the Boston Police Department of the commission's ruling.

By adamg - 11/4/12 - 9:06 am

Bostonians have organized drives to collect basic necessities for New Yorkers. Some examples (add more in the comments):

Jacqueline Carly will be at the Microsoft NERD Center in Kendall Square starting at 3 p.m. on Monday to collect basic supplies and load them into the truck she's rented to drive to New York.

Organize Boston has set up collection points in Roslindale, Cambridge and Arlington this weekend.

By adamg - 11/3/12 - 1:51 pm

Hazmat exercisePhoto by Boston Office of Emergency Management.

Police, fire and emergency-medical crews from across the area have descended on various locations in Boston this weekend for drills on dealing with a variety of situations, from hostage-taking bank robbers at the Circle Cinema in Cleveland Circle to a hazmat/suspicious package situation on a Blue Line train at Bowdoin (above). So any gunfire you might hear? Chances are it's not real.

On the Blue Line. Photo by BFD.On the Blue Line. Photo by BFD.

By adamg - 11/3/12 - 10:25 am

Kiss every single bit of Boston that sits on landfill from the past 300 years goodbye: Back Bay, the South End, East Boston, half of South Boston, large swaths of Dorchester. See this flood map, which assumes a 5-foot storm surge on top of water levels 2.5 feet higher than today's levels.

So how about some giant barriers stretched across the harbor?

By adamg - 11/2/12 - 10:14 am

The city says 13 volunteers from the Office of Emergency Management and the Boston Centers for Youth and Families are headed to New York tomorrow to help with planning and logistics in New York's emergency operations center and with running an emergency shelter. The workers will spend the next week or two in New York, according to the mayor's office, which adds Boston has lent three generators to the New York Fire Department.

By adamg - 11/1/12 - 4:57 pm

BostonHerald.com is now powered by Drupal. You go, you crazy open-source-loving fiends, you! But, um, the site (hosted by the Burlington-based Acquia, whose founder came up with Drupal) is lapsing in and out of consciousness this afternoon as they work out the kinks in their new cloud-based Drupal server farm.

By adamg - 11/1/12 - 11:32 am

Mystery Boston of yore

From the folks at the Boston City Archives. For hints, see it larger.

By adamg - 11/1/12 - 10:14 am

Why yes, and when that somebody is our own Harvey Leonard, we begin to think about checking the breadbox and refrigerator. But before we clear space in the trunk for all that extra milk, he first cautions:

With regards to that next storm (middle of next week), parts of New England could see snow..too early to say for sure.

By adamg - 11/1/12 - 10:10 am

The Boston Business Journal has compiled a list of Boston's oldest bars.

By theszak - 11/1/12 - 9:11 am

Stenographic record of the last 4 public meetings of Boston City Council.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Kathleen.Sullivan at cityofboston.gov wrote:
>…I have not yet received the Sept. 19 or Oct. 17 records due to computer problems…
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>Kate Sullivan
>Budget Director and Interim Staff Director
>Boston City Council
>Boston City Hall
>Boston, MA 02201
>Phone: 617 635-4644

By adamg - 10/31/12 - 6:12 pm

City, state and federal law-enforcement agencies converge on Boston this weekend for a 24-hour "public safety exercise" across the city, but Boston channels its inner Kevin Bacon and yells, "Remain calm!"

Residents in the area may hear simulated gunfire, observe officers responding to simulated emergencies, or see activity in the Boston Harbor. Each scenario will be run multiple times, and organizers urge residents not to be alarmed. There is no danger to anyone in the area, and exercises will be done in cordoned-off areas away from the public.

By adamg - 10/31/12 - 3:56 pm

Gintautus Dumcius at the Dorchester Reporter reports the news from City Hall, posts a copy of the final, streetless, map for the revised district boundaries.

By adamg - 10/31/12 - 11:17 am

Or as media wags would say: Thank God We're a Two-Newspaper Town (tm). Yes, the latest circulation figures are out.

The Globe says God, we're awesome - our numbers are so strong it's like we took a double dose of Cialis.

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