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By adamg - 11/1/22 - 9:14 am
Peter Cheung helped organize - and video - last night's annual Halloween Bike Ride. Read more.
By adamg - 10/30/22 - 4:08 pm
James Sanna shows us the wigged-out James Michael Curley statutes today.
By adamg - 10/29/22 - 1:55 pm
Adam Castiglioni took in the giant dancer on the side of the Federal Reserve Bank downtown last night.
By adamg - 10/28/22 - 3:41 pm
Transit Police report arresting a Dorchester 14-year-old for attacking officers down the street from where Boston cops were arresting a woman allegedly trying to set people on fire in the Downtown Crossing Roche Bros. Read more.
By adamg - 10/27/22 - 10:57 am
City report illustrates part of the problem downtown.
The mayor's office released a report today on revitalizing downtown after Covid to make it more of a walking neighborhood with lots more residents, tourists and, yes, office workers, and with more things for them to do, even 24/7, like in other world-class cities, instead of a place where residents fight late-night tacos. Read more.
By adamg - 10/20/22 - 10:45 am
At 6:21 a.m., the MBTA sighed there would be no trains to start the day on the Red Line because delays in some overnight track repair work near Alewife meant it had to roll out shuttle buses between Alewife and Broadway.
By adamg - 10/14/22 - 11:00 am
CSO warning from BPHC.
The Boston Public Health Commission reports all the rain has overloaded local sewer mains, to the point that one MWRA outflow pipe, upstream of the North Washington Street Bridge, started pouring sewage-laden water into the inner harbor at 1:01 a.m, "creating a potential public health risk." Read more.
By adamg - 10/12/22 - 11:35 am
Half the Frog Pond would go from wading pool to splash pad.
The city yesterday released its Boston Common Master Plan, an "aspirational" set of goals for bringing the nation's oldest park into the 21st century as a more inclusive, less confusing area for Bostonians and visitors to relax and play in. Read more.
By adamg - 10/11/22 - 10:45 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Boston Chops on Temple Place, which closed at the onset of the pandemic, has started advertising for help
By adamg - 9/29/22 - 10:19 am
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a proposal by El Jefe's Taqueria to extend the closing time at its Emerson location, at Boylston and Tremont streets, to 2 a.m. Read more.
By adamg - 9/27/22 - 9:11 pm
WCVB reports on our decaying infrastructure, specifically, a pole that gave way and smashed into a woman's head this afternoon. A 311 report claims the pole was rusted at the bottom.
By adamg - 9/22/22 - 4:29 pm
The Globe reports a two-car Green Line train with just two passengers onboard derailed near Park Street shortly before midnight, Monday. No injuries, the train was put back on the tracks and the tracks repaired before the start of service Tuesday, the Globe reports.
By adamg - 9/22/22 - 9:54 am
The Beacon Hill Times reports on changes coming to Cambridge Street between Court Street and the Longfellow Bridge.
By adamg - 9/19/22 - 10:09 am
Along with all the track and signal work, the T said it would spend the Month of No Orange Line to spiff up the stations. Alex DiPrato reports that, sure, his first morning ride on the Orange Line was wicked slow (although the T had cautioned the new tracks need a week or so to settle), but at least the floors were gleaming at Haymarket today. Read more.
By adamg - 9/18/22 - 8:51 pm
Organizers of the first Greater Boston Arts Expo - with live performances by "organizations across the region, with a focus on uplifting work by historically excluded populations including BIPOC, trans, and disabled communities" - have cancelled the event because of tomorrow's anticipated storms. Read more.
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