David reports on the Cambridge PD's move to East Cambridge and notes that on Friday, as movers were getting stuff out of the old Central Square building, his apartment a couple blocks away was broken into (they didn't touch the wine, though):

... I have to wonder if this doesn't signal a downturn in the fortunes of Central Square, long among the least desirable of Cambridge's major named squares, often fighting a reputation for grittiness. Whenever somebody expressed any reservation about visiting me in Central, I would always say, "I'm two blocks from the police station." ...

Legally Brunette dishes on the woman she first thought was Garner, then realized she wasn't, but only after she tried to figure out what she could possibly say to her.

Kristine Munroe-Mahoney reports that if you give Clear Conscience Cafe in Central Square a less-than-glowing review on Yelp, the owner and his minions will come after you, via nasty e-mail messages:

I have gotten contacted by business owners in response to a negative Yelp review before, but usually they’re asking for my opinion on how they can better serve me or apologizing for any bad experience I've had. I think that's wonderful. But sending out nasty messages to people who don't like their service? Highly inappropriate.

Cambridge Police report a local man tried to end a fight at the T stop shortly after 10 p.m. yesterday by shooting the other guy with the BB gun he carried in his waistband.

Alixon Marc, 22, of Cambridge, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after police noticed a BB-gun pellet wound under the other guy's nose.

It was a fighty weekend in general in Cambridge. In addition to this incident, police reported a fight early Friday outside the Middle East - officers found two brothers bleeding from the mouth, one without a shirt, both refusing to say much about the big fight between them and another group that broke up as police arrived. Early Saturday morning, police broke up a fight between two brothers in which "they ended up punching each other." However, when police arrived at yet another fight report, two more brothers said they were just wrestling.

Innocent, etc.

Lorianne DiSabato spots two icons on the wall in Central Square.

Come join hundreds of people in Central Square on Sunday November 9, 2008 @ noon to protest the prop 8 decision in California. This is part of a nationwide effort to make this national news constantly to help overturn this discriminatory legislation. Help make it known that this kind of hateful legislation will not be tolerated by the intelligent free thinkers of this new generation. There will be media coverage. I am trying to mobilize hundreds if not thousands of people to make it known THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THE UNITED STATES. Tell anyone you know and come down Sunday and HELP.

Overmatter reports on a seemingly drunk raccoon in front of the Gap in Central Square last night - which made it fit in perfectly with the community of perpetual drunks who normally hang out there:

... "Seriously!" he said. "Walking down freakin' Mass. Ave.! A big-ass rac-damn-coon!" ...

Location

Cambrige Police report that a man with a hammer tried using it on employees at the Cantab Lounge in Central Square yesterday afternoon, but that one worker managed to get the hammer away from him before he could actually smash anyone.

Police say when they arrived, Robert Paul McCoy, 48, of Cambridge, was still standing right in front of the Cantab, where they arrested him for assault by means of a dangerous weapon.

About two hours later, police returned to Central Square to arrest two women who were slugging each other on Mass. Ave., "causing a crowd to gather."

A man walking down Harvard Street by the Green Rose Heritage Park around 10:20 Tuesday morning told police two young black guys attempted to rob him but that he managed to escape.

Over in Harvard Square, meanwhile, police say they found a bloodied and bruised man on Eliot St. around 2:30 a.m. He told police two white guys jumped him and began beating him for no reason.

Innocent, etc.

Bill Phillips files this report via e-mail from the wilds of Montana Central Square:

For the last three nights, I have heard the most outlandish noise at some point - it didn't last very long, and I didn't note the time (i think I was - uncharacteristically - in bed each time - pretty drowsy in any case).

The first time I thought it was some very strange sort of dog someone might have been walking very early in the morning.

The second time I thought pretty much the same.

Last night, it was louder and closer, and much more like a series of high-pitched howls, more or less in groups of two (howl ... howl ... longish pause ... repeat), and at first I thought of some sort of large bird - a huge owl? - but it was similar enough to the other nights that I also thought "dog", but strange, which led me to think "coyote".

I looked up coyote howls on the web just now, and am virtually certain that was what it was (a quite weird sound if you care to look it up, btw).

It was quite nearby, could even have been in the side yard of our apartment building.

Coyotes in:
Somerville | Watertown | Allston | The North End | East Boston

Seems the software behind CharlieCard readers was built in Microsoft Visual C++. And guess what? It's not immune from crashing. Zeroday posts the photographic proof from the Central Square station.