Around 4:30 p.m. Power on the Orange Line was briefly shut off to let firefighters get the person out without worrying about the third rail.

The Jamaica Plain Gazette interviews a local artist who has done a series of oil paintings of the crumbling Casey Overpass, slated to be torn down next spring.

McCabe paints from photographs, as "standing in traffic would be suicidal," he said. He adapted his painting technique to reflect the decay of the structure and "achieve a more tactile surface much like the paint and rust of the bridge itself."

McCabe said his intent is to draw attention to "what is often overlooked" and the rapid pace of change in Boston.

UPDATE: At 9:53 p.m., Joanna Carvalho tweeted her power - and heat - was still out in JP.

NStar is currently estimating 7 p.m. for a fix to power outages in Jamaica Plain, Dorchester and Roslindale, the city reports.

That can't come soon enough for Maura O'Toole in Jamaica Plain:

It's cold and dark being told 7:30 - so power will have been off < 12 hrs! We have been told 930, 1230, 430.

Rachel spotted this snowman with an agenda along the Southwest Corridor today.

A Roslindale resident reports on an incident involving his wife and a guy in a car around 3 p.m. yesterday:

My wife was riding her bicycle home and an angry motorist punched her in the face. This happed at Hyde Park Ave and Ukraine. She reported it to the police, including the vehicle plate number, and she is now resting with an ice pack on her lip.

When she stopped at light, he got out of his car, came up from behind and slugged her; she did not see it coming. MA plate # 62MD34, small silver car.
Assailant was passenger in car with woman driver. Hopefully, with the info she provided to the police, they will get catch this coward.

Around 9:30 p.m. He was found behind 87 School St., but may have been shot around the corner on Washington Street.

Stanley Staco reports two women were shot around 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of South and Centre streets. The women managed to drive down South Street to Metcalf Court before calling 911.

Policce are looking for two Hispanic men in a gold Stratus, who fired five or six rounds into the women's car.

Wayne Wilson was a good man who passed away on November 15, 2013. Wayne was a resident of Ward 19 in Jamaica Plain and was a hardcore Progressive Democrat who was traveling around his State Senate District visiting the local Democrats in effort to challenge Mike Rush for the Senate seat in the September 9, 2014 Democratic Primary. Wayne was very active in local Democratic politics. I last saw him on November 12, 2013 at the Ward 19 Democrats where he was an active member in Karen Paine's organization.

UPDATE: BFD spokesman Steve MacDonald reports: "The injured firefighter was released this afternoon. He has 2nd-3rd degree burns to hand and thigh.He wanted to be home with family for the holiday. Cause still under investigation."