State troopers in prison, hit/run driver nabbed, another dead Red Line train
Dedham barbecue place closing
December 22
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Blue Ribbon BBQ in Dedham Center is closing at the end of the month.
Amtrak, some commuter lines going nowhere fast; overhead electric wires just did not last
December 22
NBC Boston reports Amtrak has had to halt all its service to and from Boston because some of the overhead wires that power the trains fell to the tracks. The MBTA is reporting delays on some of its lines that use those tracks out of South Station as well,...
Bail set at $25,000 for New Jersey police chief accused of assaulting his girlfriend in a Back Bay hotel room
December 22
A Suffolk Superior Court clerk magistrate set bail today - and an Oct. 19, 2026 trial date - for a New Jersey police chief accused of physically attacking his then girlfriend after an argument on a trip up to Boston to take in a Sox game.
Russian and Saudi butchers are our best buds, but, sure, the homeland is threatened by windmills
December 22
The Department of the Interior today ordered the immediate shutdown of Vineyard Wind, which is already generating electricity, and four other wind-power systems because they pose a dire national-security threat that is so horrible the regime...
Two troopers snared in one of the State Police overtime scandals deserve the prison sentences they got, appeals court rules
December 22
A federal appeals court last week upheld the multi-year prison sentences two state troopers got for their participation in an overtime scheme, no, not the one on the turnpike but the one involving bogus time records for sobriety checkpoints....
Man arrested on charges he ran down an elderly woman using a walker to cross South Huntington Avenue
December 22
A Boston man is being held in lieu of $25,000 cash bail on charges he ran down two women on South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica Plain in October, leaving one to die.
Different station on the hot seat: Red Line train dies at Park Street
December 22
As day broke, so did the Red Line: At 7:04 a.m., the MBTA reported residual delays from a train that expired at, no, not Harvard Square, but Park Street.
