Red Line not fine; angry space saver in the South End
It only seems like all UHub is covering these days is the rapid demise of Red Line cars. OK, it's true, but we managed to get a couple of other news items posted as well:
Most Red Line trains are tired and old; they just don't perform well in the cold
January 29
Red Line woes continue. Lee Toma got to Fields Corner shortly after 7 a.m. - just in time to watch one of the older (but not oldest) Red Line trains being taken out of service: "This train is coming out pf service. We’re sorry for the inconvenience."...
311 complaint of the day: South Enders ignoring the neighborhood ban on space savers, some obnoxiously
January 28
A peeved resident filed a 311 complaint about this message-enhanced space-saving chair on Shawmut Avenue just before West Concord Street in the South End - one of two neighborhoods where, officially, space savers are never allowed....
Now here's a big Red Line surprise: Urgent need for Tokyo subway pusher guys
January 28
At 5:42, Ari Ofsevit reported from a gridlocked Kendall Red Line station:
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Don't take the bus, Gus
January 28
John Overholt couldn't help but notice the huge mob of people waiting for the 77 and 96 buses at Harvard Square this afternoon rush hour. See larger.
Outraged Boston city councilors unanimously condemn ICE murder rampage
January 28
The Boston City Council voted 12-0 today to condemn the lawless brutality of the murdering goons now running roughshod over Minnesota and Maine.
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It's part steam ahead on the Red Line, which will continue to run slowly due to 'lingering impacts' from the snowstorm
January 28
At 2:18 p.m., the MBTA announced: Read more.
Your Orange Line beef is with Wellington, if you wondered why some trains did not run
January 28
The MBTA reported at 12:44 that an Orange Line train died at Wellington, causing delays of up to 20 minutes. The T updated at 1:18 p.m. the problem had been cleared.
Allandale Farm's Curtis the Highland coo passes away
January 28
Jamaica Plain News reports that Curtis, the remaining half of Boston's only bovine herd, died yesterday at his longtime home, a pasture at Allandale Farm. Curtis's brother, Willard, ...
Families of two Trinidadians blown up by the Navy off the coast of Venezuela sue in Boston court
January 28
The families of two Trinidadian men today sued the regime over the way the Navy blew their boat out of the water, killing them and four others last October. Read more.
Boston restaurants with limited alcohol licenses begin to file for permission to serve the hard stuff
January 28
The Boston Licensing Board today held hearings on five restaurants with licenses to serve beer, wine and cordials seeking to upgrade to licenses to serve all sorts of liquor. Read more.
Lending a hand in Downtown Crossing
January 28
A roving UHub photographer captured the scene on Washington Street by Franklin Street in Downtown Crossing this morning: A FedEx worker laden with packages noticed a man having trouble navigating all the slush and snow mounds and so detoured from her appointed round to help him get across the street.
