Well, that was something
First, our apologies for not sending out the newsletter yesterday. Woke up, was blizzarding and we started looking for news (just not out any of our windows, all of which were caked in snow), and then it was time to make some French toast and then things sort of slipped away, alas.
For first time in history, the Globe won't print because of the weather
February 23
The Globe self-reports it won't be running the presses to churn out print editions tomorrow because of the blizzard - the first time in 153 years it's called off printing like that. The paper, which printed an edition during the Blizzard of '78 ...
Making tracks in Harvard Square
February 23
Ari Ofsevit spotted somebody taking advantage of all the snow, the plowing and the lack of cars to get in a little cross-country skiing in Harvard Square today.
Boston schools closed tomorrow; city organizing volunteer shoveling meet-ups
February 23
Mayor Wu announced that Boston schools will be closed again tomorrow and that the official state of emergency will continue until at least 6 p.m. tomorrow.
MBTA to remain on reduced schedules on Tuesday; Healey asks neighboring states for snow-removal help
February 23
Gov. Healey announced this afternoon that MBTA service will continue on a weekend schedule tomorrow. The Ride is canceled.
Rage, rage against the swirling of the snow
February 23
Nap Citizen's wife just got started on their driveway with a snowblower, as seen through their snow-blasted front door in Melrose.
Entire town of Winthrop briefly lost water due to storm-related valve problem
February 23
Town Manager Anthony Marino reports the town had to shut off the town-wide water system today after a power outage left three key "pressure relief valves" open, forcing extra water into town mains and causing "a pressure spike that led to numerous water main breaks.
Police say two alleged graffiti taggers weren't hard to spot: They were the only people walking down C Street at midnight in the middle of the blizzard
February 23
Boston Police report arresting a pair of out-of-towners they say decided the start of a blizzard was a fine time to tag up 197 W. 2nd St. in South Boston.
What a day like today calls for
February 23
We'd rush right over to Eric Fox's house to join him in his repast this morning, but well, then we looked out the window. Or tried to ...
We can has bombogenesis?
February 23
We're not meteorologists (Frenchtoastologists, maybe), but it seems bad when a winter storm develops an eye, no? This is the view from the GOES-East satellite at 8:41 a.m.
Trees come down, power goes out
February 23
As of 8:45 a.m., Eversource is reporting 158,730 homes and businesses without power across its service area, 1,305 in Boston, 311 in Brookline, 976 in Newton and "fewer than 3" in Cambridge. As predicted, it's the Cape and towns south of Plymouth that are getting smashed - 19,758 homes and businesses in Barnstable alone.
It's pretty, at least
February 22
The storm, as snapped by the GOES-East satellite at 7:51 p.m.
Mass. state of emergency: Five slices on the French Toast scale, two fleeces on the elected-officials scale
February 22
At 1 p.m., Gov. Healey announced a statewide state of emergency. She activated the Bunka. And she was wearing a MEMA fleece.
311 complaint of the day: Can't you hold off the emergency parking ban for an hour, for us?
February 22
A concerned Fenway resident flying back from DC filed a 311 plea at 12:38 p.m. today about their car, parked on Charlesgate East:
X no longer marks the spot for attorney general
February 21
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell logged off from the Network Formerly Known as Twitter today:
