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GLAD Summer Party

By gladevents - 3/1/13 - 1:54 pm

Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders at our annual Summer Party held outside in the heart of Provincetown, MA on Saturday, July 27 from 4:00-7:00PM. Enjoy the view of the harbor, mingle with other GLAD supporters and learn more about our ground-breaking cases.

Tickets are $75 online | $85 on site | $30 student
Purchase at www.glad.org/events.

Don't miss our amazing auction and celebrity auctioneer Kate Clinton. You don't have to be present to win. Travel packages, restaurants, massages, and much more - something for everyone!

Further proof Quincy is home to the world's most stylish bicyclists

By adamg - 2/22/13 - 10:01 am

Trash Can Man

JuanJoseOle spotted this gentleman riding down Hancock Street in Quincy Center this morning, reports:

Newton resident learns what happens when you put your hand in a snowblower

By adamg - 2/9/13 - 3:16 pm

The Newton Fire Department reports firefighters and EMTs responded to a call today for "a finger amputation by snowblower," adds:

Folks, please turn the machines off first before you clear the blockages.

The Mass. Emergency Management Agency warns even that isn't good enough:

Never, EVER, put your hand in a snowblower. Even after the snowblower is turned off, tension can be stored in the rotor blades.

Storm brings out wildlife in Brighton, Newton

By adamg - 2/8/13 - 11:11 pm

Domo-kun in the snow

Katie Painter went out tonight and managed to snap this photo of a Brighton snowbank.

Geoffrey Grove tweets:

The little trolley that could

By adamg - 1/7/13 - 7:14 am

The Wandering Jew reports he isn't wandering all that much on the Green Line this morning:

This T driver is giving me whiplash. Impressive given how slowly we're going.

Joy. Alarms going off on the T. Driver using the emergency brake/door release to let passengers off.

Passengers on board urging the T to move with encouraging chants of "come on, come on" and "you can do it..."

I am not chanting encouragements. I'm muttering curses.

Oh those wacky Newton cops

By adamg - 1/4/13 - 8:29 am

The MetroWest Daily News reports that when police in Framingham responded to a report of a house being egged last month, they quickly found the culprits: Three off-duty Newton cops, who claimed they were just pranking a superior officer. They were let go.

UPDATE: Five Newton cops disciplined.

Pedestrian struck and killed on 128 south in Newton

By adamg - 1/3/13 - 7:23 am

In rush hour at exit 21 by the service area. Mike Moura reports two lanes southbound and one northbound are shut for the investigation.

UPDATE: State Police report:

If a tree falls on the Green Line, does anybody take a shuttle?

By adamg - 12/29/12 - 11:18 pm

The T is busing Riverside riders between Reservoir and Riverside because of a tree that fell on the tracks.

Gang Of Turkeys In Newton!

By Suldog - 12/19/12 - 8:16 am

Did Brookline relocate their turkeys to Newton?

It's like Kozmo.com never left

By adamg - 12/16/12 - 7:38 pm

Meet HappySpeedy.com, which delivers convenience-store stuff to you up to 2 a.m., if you live in the student-heavy sections of Boston, or Brookline, Newton Center, Newtonville or, of course, 02138 and 02139.

Via Boston Tweet.

Robbery at riflepoint at Chestnut Hill T stop

By adamg - 12/15/12 - 11:05 pm

G.A. Robinson reports somebody had their cell phone stolen around 8 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill stop on the Green Line by a black man and a Hispanic woman with a rifle.

Delays on Riverside Line after top of trolley catches fire

By adamg - 12/14/12 - 8:53 am

Don't worry - the fire at Woodland around 8:30 a.m. was quickly extinguished, but it did jam things up on the outbound side.

On the one hand, you save on the sales tax, on the other hand, you might get tased

By adamg - 12/12/12 - 9:05 am

Taser used on Newton woman at an Apple Store in Nashua. There is, of course, an Apple Store right in Newton, where, however, they add the Mass. sales tax to your bill.

If you found the Natick Mall's renaming fascinating, you'll love what they're doing in Chestnut Hill

By adamg - 11/27/12 - 7:50 pm

Are you ready for The Street Chestnut Hill?

Christmas trees in Brighton and Newton

By adamg - 11/25/12 - 9:38 am

Courtney Porcella asked where the best place to get a tree in Brighton or Newton is.

Some answers via Twitter:

T gives a hoot; saves owl

By adamg - 11/21/12 - 12:08 pm

Owl

UPDATE: Unfortunately, Hoot was too badly hurt to be saved.

Wor bor just got a little scarcer in the Boston area

By adamg - 10/2/12 - 2:46 pm

Newton Patch reports the South Pacific in Newton has closed its doors. Fans have already put up a memorial page on Facebook.

Sounds like the Tahiti in Dedham might need a group hug.

Court: First Amendment protects religious schools against discrimination claims by teachers

By adamg - 9/19/12 - 11:21 am

The Supreme Judicial Court today dismissed a complaint by a teacher at a Newton Hebrew school that she was fired because of her age, saying the First Amendment prohibits government from interfering in how religious organizations teach their young.

Gaye Hilsenrath, who had been a part-time teacher at Temple Emanuel's Hebrew school for more than 24 years, filed an age-discrimination complaint with the Mass. Commission Against Discrimination when the school let her go in 2007 as part of an overall reorganization.

Some storm, huh?

By adamg - 9/7/12 - 10:03 pm

Pouring at State Street.Pouring on State Street.

Paul Levy, who lives near a soccer field in Newton, looked out and saw something disturbing:

If you want to be Newton police chief, certain words are off limits

By adamg - 8/29/12 - 8:39 pm

Wicked Local Newton reports Newton Mayor Setti Warren wants to fire the police chief following the release of a report that said he called a subordinate a "bitch" and told her once she looked like "a whore."

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