Rendering of proposed 66 Cambridge St. by SGA and DREAM Collaborative.
The BPDA board last week approved plans for a two-building life-sciences complex at 66 Cambridge St. in Sullivan Square, an Orange Line stop away from where another developer says it will soon file detailed plans for a 700-unit residential complex. Read more.
The MBTA reports ongoing delays on the Orange Line this morning due to signal problems near Community College.
At 8:17 p.m., the MBTA reported delays on the Orange Line, when one of the new trains exhaled its last at Community College. At 8:41 p.m., the T reported delays on the Red Line when a train died at Park. The T did no say if that was one of the new Red Line trains, one of the old Red Line trains or one of the even older Red Line trains.
If yesterday was the Day of Shiny Floors (and smiling ambassadors and Dunkin' gift cards) on the Orange Line, today is Return to the Old Days Day: Read more.
It's not just that the MBTA chose today to cut service by 20% on the Orange Line, but there's a "track issue" near Community College causing 20-minute delays. Also, it's frickin' cold out.
A Woburn woman charged with threatening people with a knife on an Orange Line after the Pride parade earlier this month will be held without bail for at least two months after her bail on an earlier charge was revoked, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
The MBTA just announced it will be running shuttle buses between Sullivan Square and North Station this weekend due to the need for "emergency station repairs" at the Community College Orange Line stop.
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the Orange Line due to a troublesome trackside cable at Community College that started spitting sparks. The Boston Fire Department took a look, declared an all out, but not until trains were held up and down the line.
The MBTA reports "severe" delays on the Orange Line due to a train that's dead on the tracks between North Station and Community College.
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the Orange Line southbound due to a small track fire that BFD quickly extinguised at Community College.
Boy, it's going to be great when the spiffy new Orange Line cars arrive and you'll get to spend extra time enjoying them, thanks to the sort of signal problems the T is reporting at Community College.
State Police report charging two teens from Everett for a prank note left on a friend's car that led to the evacuation of both the community college and the neighboring T stop on July 25.
A train decided to end it all at Community College and now the Orange Line is wicked slow.
Tim Hanafin shows us the sitch at Community College around 6:50 p.m., after a train dumped him and everybody off there, leaving them stranded, waiting for a shuttle bus or a sign from God or something.
UPDATE, 6:25 p.m. The T stop has been re-opened and normal service is resuming.
The Orange Line came to a halt in both directions after State Police responded to Bunker Hill Community College for a bomb threat late this afternoon. The T is now running shuttle buses between North Station and Sullivan Square.
The T reports "moderate" delays due to an Orange Line train that reached a premature end of the line at Community College.
Transit Police report an off-duty Transit cop who went to investigate why a T worker was ordering two people off an Orange Line train at Community College quickly found himself under attack by a Saugus man and his daughter.
According to police, the train had just pulled into the station around 11:45 p.m. on Friday ... Read more.
Transit Police report arresting Xavier Galatis, 24, of Medford for attacking a family at Community College on the Orange Line yesterday.
Police praised social-media users who thought the picture police posted looked familiar and urged them to check into Galatis's whereabouts. Read more.
UPDATE: Arrest made.
Transit Police report they are looking for this guy for allegedly assaulting a family at the Community College Orange Line station yesterday.
The subject depicted accosted a family and made harsh sexual comments directed at a nine year old child female.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous tip to 873873.
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