Somerville

Another reason I'm glad I'm not a firefighter

I just couldn't deal with stuff like this. My hat is off to them.

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Somerville's annoying revenue enhancer

DJDiva might not mind the $50 ticket for parking during street-cleaning time quite so much if the city actually cleaned the street.

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Davis Square storeowner wants to know who threw somebody through her store window

Meredith, the owner of the Poor Little Rich Girl consignment shop, is asking for information on a fight early Saturday morning that ended with somebody going through her store window and getting carted away to the hospital:

... I have the name of the injured person, but without witnesses to say what happened, I am going to be held responsible for the rather expensive damage. ...

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Fluffed up

Fluffernutter

Sushiesque posts photos from yesterday's Fluff festival in Somerville.

Image used under Creative Commons.

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Fluff out

The annual What the Fluff is now scheduled for tomorrow, 4-7 p.m. in Somerville's Union Square.

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When art intersects life

Scott Stearns thought he was just stepping into the Kebab Factory for some lunch. He was really stepping into the novel he was reading.

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Exploding cars in Somerville

Haptotrope reports on what woke her up early this morning:

... Woke up at a little before 2am to smashing of windows and general mayhem [at 270 Highland Ave.], and looked out the window and saw flames reflected in the house across the street. Heard more explosions, and called 911, ran outside, and saw the cars on fire in the parking lot under the building overhang. Still more explosions as the firefighters worked to put out the fires. It looked as if some part of the building lobby may have caught fire, or it could have just been flaming debris obscured by smoke. ...

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Road rage turns bloody in Somerville

The Somerville News reports on a Saturday-morning traffic incident in Union Square that ended with a Jamaica Plain man stabbed repeatedly. Police are looking for a white Pontiac Grand Am, likely with damage to the front passenger side and missing a fog lamp.

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