The Chelsea Record reports, says Lynn and Somerville will soon start using the Revere Quality Inn that Chelsea and Revere rented out for Covid-19-positive residents who need a place to stay and who don't want to infect their families or neighbors.
Matt Frank watched crews today putting down traffic barrels up and down Revere Beach Boulevard to keep people from parking there, then stuck around for some people watching (at a proper social distance, with a zoom lens, of course).
Just not enough social distancing going on, so the city "encouraged" Kelly's and other eateries along Revere Beach Boulevard to stop doing takeout and all agreed, the city reports.
Also, Mayor Brian Arrigo slowly drove along the beach with a bullhorn, yelling at people to keep their distance. The city reported 83 Covid-19 cases as of today, up from just 8 at the beginning of the week.
And that's what a large wadded up ball of flushed wipes looks like.
Officials in Revere are the latest to plead with residents to stop flushing wipes down the toilet, because they don't dissolve and instead just form giant, impenetrable wads that can lead to sewer backups. They posted this photo from one of the city's pump stations yesterday to show a potential sewage flood in the making.
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins' office announced this morning:
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office announced several steps this evening to try to curb the spread of Covid-19, including: Read more.
Bird's eye view of proposed development - and existing tank farm.
The Boston Business Journal reports that two groups active in fighting gentrification have asked the Trump administration to hold up any federal housing funds for Boston because of what it says are inadequate efforts to involve Spanish-speaking residents in planning for the proposed 10,000-unit residential component of the massive Suffolk Downs project. Read more.
June Bug reports that the flag-wavin' red-blood 'Murican who's been showing his support for the president on Revere Beach Parkway of late (on the right) was joined today - at a bit of a distance - by a guy who doesn't share his feelings, and who took advantage of the warmish weather to get some sun.
Kelly's, the Revere Beach landmark with outlets in Danvers, Saugus and Medford, has set up a subsidiary called Kelly's Roast Beef Franchising, LLC, whose purpose should be obvious from the name, but just in case, if you call up the certificate of organization, its purpose is defined: Read more.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today reinstated a Connecticut finance company's defamation and conspiracy lawsuit against a Newton lawyer for a man who owes it more than $20 million, ruling the lawyer is not protected by Massachusetts case law that bars suits against lawyers for statements they make involving lawsuits they're involved in. Read more.
Hundreds of jobs on the way, as Amazon turns the former Necco plant into a distribution center, Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo announced today: Read more.
After making off with more than $13,000 from a Bell Circle bank in August, a man up from New York hopped on a T bus. Being a New Yorker, of course, he didn't have a CharlieCard, so he offered to pay the driver with one of the $100 bills he'd just gotten, according to federal officials. And when that didn't work, he offered her $500 for a little side trip down to Dorchester, they allege. Read more.
The MBTA is blaming signal problems at Wonderland for delays on the Blue Line this morning. To add insult to injury, one car is covered in puke.
WCVB reports a man who robbed a Revere bank today hopped on an MBTA bus afterwards - and wound up getting arrested not long after.
Although, it did once work.
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