A different reason for Orange Line delays
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Give workers on the Orange Line a high five; they restored service after a real swan dive
December 30
If Orange Line service has to come to a halt because of a problem between Assembly and Wellington, it's probably better that it's due to an injured swan on the tracks rather than, oh, a train catching on fire over the Mystic.
Man charged with Mattapan triple shooting that killed a woman; second suspect sought
December 30
Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on charges he shot three people at Hiawatha Road and Blue Hill Avenue in...
Alleged Red Line masturbator is a repeat offender
December 30
A Cambridge man was arraigned today for a Sunday-night incident in which he's charged with sitting across from a woman on the Red Line, pulling his junk out of his sweatpants and going to town while staring at her....
Judge orders immediate release of man ICE was holding in violation of its own regulations
December 30
A federal judge in Boston today ordered the immediate release of a Haitian national locked up since October, because ICE didn't follow its own regulations for letting people in his situation plead their case, never mind comply with the even more basic Constitutional rights he has....
Red Line offers riders no quarter: Latest train to die sits at Porter
December 30
At 12:42 p.m., the MBTA reported a train was dead far, far underground, yes, at Porter Square. "Trains may stand by at stations," they added, referring to the rolling stock still able to roll.
Patriots wide receiver faces charges he tried to strangle somebody
December 30
WFXT reports that Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs was charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery in Dedham District Court yesterday for an incident on Dec...
Mattapan senior's phone delivered to wrong address; when he goes to get it, recipient punches him repeatedly in the face, keeps the phone, DA says
December 30
A Mattapan man who keeps getting arrested for violent offenses was arrested last week on charges he beat up a 77-year-old neighbor who was only looking for his new phone, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
It's like a Red Line dead-train spree: Another one dies at Braintree
December 30
The Red Line dead-train report continues, this morning with a train that wheezed its last at Braintree sometime before 7 a.m. The train has since been hauled away, the MBTA says.
