Somerville mayor doesn't even make it out of the preliminary

Somerville mayor doesn't even make it out of the preliminary
Sun setting over the Charles River at Millennium Park. Photo by Mary Ellen.

Somerville mayor doesn't even make it out of the preliminary

September 16

Somerville results show incumbent Katjana Ballantyne came in third in tonight's preliminary, behind Jake Wilson and Willie Burnley, Jr., who advance to the November final. ...

Day went out in a blaze of glory

September 16

Mary Ellen took in the show along the Charles River in Millennium Park this evening.

Large fire and police response in area of Constitution Beach for person who decided to swim from one end to the other

September 16

Firefighters, police, EMTs and paramedics responded to the Orient Heights Yacht Club on one side of Constitution Beach around 7 p.m. on a report of a person in the water.

Out-of-stater tries using brick to steal $235,000 worth of jewelry at Macy's downtown, DA says

September 16

A man from Schenectady, NY used a brick to smash a jewelry case at the Downtown Crossing Macy's last week, but store security were on him like ugly on a stick and prevented him from leaving after he tried to scoop up the sparklies with his bare hands, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports....

Ken Casey on the impending American collapse, being Boston Irish and storrowing the band's tour bus

September 16

The Guardian has a long interview with the Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey, that ranges from his depressed thoughts on the future of the country, to the difference between being...

Fight inside a Harvard Avenue bar ended with a stabbing outside

September 16

A guy who got kicked out of the Draft, 34 Harvard Ave. in Allston, after getting into a slap/punch fight, waited outside for his opponent, then stabbed him in the back, around 1 a.m. on May 9, police and bar managers told the Boston Licensing Board this morning....

Never lean on another man's couch

September 16

A man trying to enjoy the padded comfort of a couch at Caveau, 1 Center Plaza downtown, got tired of another guy who'd been resting his arm on the back of the couch, so he grabbed him, flipped him over the couch and then a fight broke out, police and a club manager told the Boston Licensing Board today....

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