Flaming truck shuts Tobin into the city
Smoke visible for miles around. Photo by Erin B.At 8:34 a.m., State Police reported:Tobin Bridge, Rt 1 SB, CLOSED. There is currently a truck fully engulfed, adjacent to the top of the Everett St...
View ArticleAll that's missing is the olive oil
Signal problems at Sullivan Square mean sardine-level packing on inbound Orange Line trains this morning.Meanwhile, there are major delays on the Worcester Line due to a train hitting and killing...
View ArticleToo bad T riders don't have ruby slippers to click three times
UPDATE: Another Red Line train died at Harvard around 5 p.m. Of course.There's a dead trolley on the Riverside Line and an Orange Line train was emptied at Community College around 3:30 p.m.Oh, by the...
View ArticleGood things take time - like the commute on the Orange Line this morning
A dead train gave Orange Line commuters extra time to check e-mail or read the Metro cover to cover and back again. Around 7, Ford Inbody tweeted:Overall from Sullivan Square to Back Bay took me 52...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Smashing pumpkins
A citizen who is not Billy Corgan complains:Edwards Park in Charlestown. Many smashed pumpkins. It isn't like the teens were trying to be discrete- they were yelling all night but no police vet patrol...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Mystery roar in Charlestown
A perplexed citizen complains:There is a loud roar like a jet engine running 24hrs aday at or near the Medford street at Belmont street area. Can you look into this please and let us know what it is...
View ArticleT cops to be honored for saving life of man who jumped off an Orange Line...
Two Transit Police officers couldn't keep a large man from flinging himself off the Orange Line bridge over the Mystic River early on Nov. 17, but they didn't give up on him - ultimately helping him...
View ArticleProbably should have gotten some coffee first
Tue, 12/10/2013 - 12:00The Dunkin' Donuts at 99 Cambridge St., Charlestown, was held up around noon by a man who threatened the manager with a tire iron to get money. He then fled the store - leaving...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: The Globe's stupid pink bags ruin another block
A disgusted citizen complains about how Globe Direct sucks by bespoiling Soley Street in Charlestown:Can globe direct ever be stopped. Christmas came early on soley st where they gave several papers to...
View ArticleJesus, some New Yorker is a real moron
Conrad Crawford posts a photo of a New Yorker who somehow managed to get his stupid car on the Northbank Bridge - that swoopy bridge between Cambridge and Charlestown that's supposed to be for...
View ArticleThe chicken and potatoes lady
At least she's not asking for money to see her parole officer in Worcester.
View ArticleMan stabbed in Charlestown
Sun, 01/05/2014 - 02:10Stanley Staco reports a man was stabbed around 2:10 a.m. at 106 Walford Way. The victim managed to get himself to the fire station at 520 Main St.Free tagging:...
View ArticleTodd English's Charlestown failure could become Roger Berkowitz's latest...
Todd English seeks permission next week to sell the liquor license of his failed Olives in City Square to Roger Berkowitz, who wants to open a Legal C Bar in the space.The Boston Licensing Board...
View ArticleLegal wrangling over Todd English's defunct Faneuil Hall restaurant could tie...
Roger Berkowitz explains Legal C Bar concept.The Boston Licensing Board could delay action on a proposal by Roger Berkowitz to open a Legal C Bar in the space left vacant by Todd English's Olives in...
View ArticleTodd English has legal problems that could drive a man to drink - but not at...
Earlier this week, diners at Todd English's Figs restaurant in Charlestown started reporting an odd thing: They couldn't buy beer or wine. When asked, servers said something vague about some sort of...
View ArticlePolice: Charlestown man carjacks cab, is arrested with help of another cabbie
Sun, 01/26/2014 - 03:56Boston Police report arresting a Charlestown man they say stole a cab early this morning after the driver refused to take him home because he appeared drunk and was fleeing after...
View ArticleCity officials agree: Charlestown cider house rules
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the city's first cider house offer samples during the tours it wants to offer.The mayor's office, the BRA and several city councilors gave...
View ArticlePerson jumps from Tobin, dies
A man got out of a car on the upper level and jumped around 9:20 a.m. Although a witness initially reported seeing the person in netting on the lower level, a firefighter discovered the person's body...
View ArticleRiders fume and boil as trains leave this mortal coil
An inbound Orange Line train passed onto the next plane of existence near Community College sometime around 7 this morning. The T brought in another train to push its carcass out of the way.Then an...
View ArticleCeiling-fan short circuit sparks Charlestown fire
Firefighters on scene in Charlestown. Photo by BFD..The Boston Fire Department reports the fire, at 83 Cambridge St. in Charlestown, did an estimated $150,000 in damage to the four-apartment...
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