Adam Gaffin

Judge orders immigrant held since July released immediately

The Red Line gives up during rush hour, commuters find their prospects turn dour October 9 One of the nation's oldest subway trains suffered the geezer-train equivalent of a heart attack and died right there at Harvard station right in the middle of the evening rush hour. As

Judge won't let government shut down stop case over Planned Parenthood funding

Somebody's happy tonight October 8 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. joined David Ortiz tonight for some hearty "Daa Yankees lose!" as A-Rod and Jeter could only sit there and watch (link brings up the video). Boston judge refuses to halt case over Planned Parenthood funding just because of

Councilors to consider city-owned grocery stores in "food deserts"

Four cops injured, 13 demonstrators arrested at pro-Palestinian march downtown October 7 WCVB reports on the protest turned melee in the area of the Common and Park Street station around 7 p.m. Judge orders immediate release of Brazilian immigrant grabbed by ICE when he showed up for a scheduled

Grim Reaper comes back to haunt Harvard Medical School

Over the moon October 6 Adam Balsam watched the dual sunset/moonrise over Logan Airport this evening, specifically, at 6:07 p.m. "about 5 minutes before sunset and 12 minutes after the moon rose." Love that dirty water? Health officials advise against fishing or swimming in the

BPD cruiser set on fire, Harvard Law prof goes varmint hunting outside temple on Yom Kippur

For second time in three months, a local business has a Pride flag vandalized; city officials rush to show support October 5 Sometime late Friday or early Saturday, somebody tore down the Pride flag that flew outside Russ and Mimi's market on Birch Street in Roslindale Square. Roslindale

Say, we don't get many fish-related lawsuits in this town

Nothing fishy about judge recusing himself from case involving large shipments of frozen tilapia fillets October 2 A federal judge selected to oversee a lawsuit centering on tilapia fillets shipped from China to Boston quickly recused himself because of his family ties to the local fish company - his father

Peeping tom in Hancock Village; two houses catch fire in Dorchester

Downtown denizens to get another late-ish night taco option October 2 The Boston Licensing Board yesterday gave Taco John's, 77 Summer St. downtown, permission to stay open until 2 a.m. Three-alarm fire injures two on Becket Street in Dorchester; then spreads to neighboring house October 1 Boston

Judge slams regime for stomping on the First Amendment on its path to autocracy

Who ya gonna believe: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health or Bobby Brainworm and the Bleach Guy? September 30 After Rotting Whale Head Boy and Orange Toner Man last week declared Tylenol (and the women who take it) the leading cause of autism, our Department of Public Health issued a

Boston cop will have to answer for his from-behind baton attack on a protester

Regime finds new way to try to screw Harvard September 29 The Crimson reports the regime has notified Harvard it sucks and deserves to die, and so needs to have all its grants and contracts put in a shredder, but that Harvard has 30 days to grovel and offer tribute,

Helping Somerville man grabbed by ICE; psychologist in love with a scammer is charged

Supporting the Somerville man grabbed by guys in balaclavas even after they determined he was 'lawful' September 28 Relatives and co-workers of Magdaleno Pineda Avelar have set up a GoFundMe to help him in his bid to get out of the Plymouth jail where ICE threw him after

Is that a box of baseball cards in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Striking the wrong chord: Harvard orchestra suspended over hazing allegations September 25 The Crimson reports Harvard has suspended the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra for the rest of the semester "as the result of an investigation into alleged hazing."... Bars showing the WNBA playoff games on Friday September 25 xxxtine asks:

Council takes no stand for now on safe-injection sites

Man stabbed repeatedly on Falcon Street in East Boston September 24 A man was stabbed four times, in the head, arm and leg at 109 Falcon St. in East Boston around 2 p.m. Three councilors asked colleagues to join their opposition to 'safe injection' sites, but colleagues