Murder on a South Station escalator
For a partial eclipse, it was pretty dramatic
August 12
Matt Frank photographed today's partial eclipse from the area of the Civil War Memorial in Chelsea.
Adam Balsam watched from the other side of the harbor, in Boston ...
Man stabbed to death on South Station escalator
August 12
A man was stabbed on an escalator between the main part of South Station and the Red Line around 5:30 p.m.
Body found in TD Garden garage
August 12
Shortly after 5:30 p.m., Staco City reports.
Partial eclipse won't affect regional electrical grid, operator says
August 12
Today's solar eclipse, which will only reduce sunlight hitting Boston by 16% - although 23% in northern Maine - will have only minimal, if any, impact on the New England power grid, because operators can simply beef up...
93 north shut at rush hour as troopers chase possible gunpoint hostage taker they say slammed into eight other cars
August 12
WHDH reports on the incident, which police say involved a man who held a possible gun to a pregnant woman while careening up 93 - until he crashed into eight other cars, after which troopers chased him on foot.
Globe arts coverage reduced to thin gruel, critic concludes
August 12
Veteran local arts critic Bill Marx reviews the local paper of record's arts coverage, and finds it wanting.
