Harvard Sq. keeps killing trains; NJ police chief charged in Boston
What would snow be without some bunting?
December 22
Mary Ellen reports snow buntings were perching at Castle Island on Sunday, just in time for the snow on Tuesday. And we might get enough for a white Christmas.
It's really starting to be unfair: Another train dies at Harvard Square
December 21
The MBTA reported at 8:28 p.m. that yet another Red Line train died at Harvard Square, the latest in a series of trains this month that have chosen the station to meet their maker. The train was taken out of service and "riders were accommodated." The T didn't specify how they were accommodated, although we're thinking nice warm mugs of hot chocolate were not part of the accommodation.
New Jersey police chief charged with domestic violence in a Back Bay hotel room
December 21
The police chief of the northern New Jersey borough of Totowa was arrested Friday on charges he confined a woman he knew in a Back Bay hotel room and then physically attacked her at least three times between 3:30 and 5 a.m. on Sept. 4, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports....
Remember when the regime said it would focus on ridding the country of dangerous criminal immigrants?
December 21
Yeah, right. The Scope takes a look at who's filling the immigrant beds at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility - the only jail in Massachusetts that still houses ICE grabees: 87.3% are occupied by men with no criminal records at all. And as...
Pyramid secured
December 20
The Fort Pointer reports the Boston Police Harbor Unit motored over from their usual patrol lanes in the Harbor and helped secure Don Eyle's tempest-tossed pyramid to the...
This is getting so ridic: Red Line going nowhere quick
December 19
At 3:27 p.m., the MBTA reported delays on the Red Line's Braintree branch due to a deceased train at Quincy Adams. At 4:41, the T updated that the train had been shoved into a body bag, but that there were 15 minutes worth of the dread residual delays.
Judge orders regime to stop violating the Constitutional rights of the immigrants it's locking up
December 19
A Boston federal judge ruled today that ICE has to stop denying immigrants not grabbed right at the border their Constitutional rights - including the right to have a bond hearing to set them free as they pursue permanent status. Read...
Frisky, unmoored pyramid plays hide and seek
December 19
The Fort Pointer reports that, in today's gales, Don Eyle's pyramid broke free today of the moorings that had kept it in the same place in Fort Point Channel for more than...
Mattapan Line service is wiltin'; a tree fell on the tracks in Milton
December 19
The MBTA reports its now bustituting Mattapan Line riders because of a wind-powered tree that plunged to the tracks at Valley Road.
Red Line woes continue; track problems at Andrew
December 19
At 7:17 this morning, the MBTA announced "delays of about 20 minutes due to a track problem at Andrew." Wait, we thought they fixed all the track problems, no? No. In any case, was fixed by 8:01, the T reports.
Editor of Bulletin papers buying the chain; plans Web site, but will continue free print editions
December 19
Jeff Sullivan, longtime editor of the Bulletin newspapers, which stretch from Norwood to Allston/Brighton, reports he and his wife Gracia are buying the chain from Paul DiModica and Dennis Cawley, who are retiring 33 years after they founded the chain.
Subway ridership continues to rise, but still not to Before Times levels
December 19
The State House News Service reports that weekend ridership on the T's four subway lines is now at nearly the same as 2019 levels, while weekday ridership is at 73% of those numbers. The difference? More people are still working at home.
