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Off-duty fire dispatcher helps capture Orange Line beating suspect

By adamg - 1/22/09 - 8:59 am

Christopher Blackwell, 22, of Charlestown, will be arraigned this morning on charges that he tried to steal some guy's iPod when their Orange Line train pulled into New England Medical Center around 11 a.m. on Wednesday and that when the guy refused to give it up, Blackwell punched him in the mouth, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

According to a police report (PDF copy), an off-duty Boston fire dispatcher noticed the fray and ran after Blackwell, tackling him at the base of the up escalator, which then carried the two men to the top, where the firefighter kept Blackwell on the ground until a Transit Police officer could arrive to arrest him.

Innocent, etc.

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Why is the T subsidizing Tufts' marketing effort?

By adamg - 4/26/08 - 10:01 am

The MBTA is about to embark on an expensive, time-consuming effort to change New England Medical Center to Tufts Medical Center on all its maps and at the station itself. Although the T has asked Tufts to help pay for the work, Steve Garfield doesn't get it:

Why add the Tufts branding to the T signs? If they want to purchase naming rights, have them pay.

Otherwise, just get some white paint and white stickers and change the name from New England Medical Center to Medical Center.

Like on this map on the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing? Maybe they could apply some of that white paint to the Arborway line while they're at it.

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