Charlestown
A Boston-specific phobia
Ashley, who walks from her home in Charlestown to her job downtown, openly discusses her fear of dying by being run over by a Duck Boat:
... I guess one of the Super Duckboats would be slightly less mortifying because it is a lot more threatening and mutant looking and was probably previously used in warfare. I can only imagine the lengths my parents would go to to conceal the circumstances of my demise. ...
Poolside
Stephanie Rogers discovers, falls in love with Clougherty Pool in Charlestown:
... My girlfriends and I brought our beach chairs and set up camp for a few hours of sunbathing and swimming. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon (especially if you smuggle in some sandwiches from Sorelle).
Protesting Dick Cheney
Looks like some folks did show up to protest Cheney's visit, some in holiday-appropriate garb.
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Orange Line shut as train runs over woman
At Sullivan Square around 9 a.m.. Service has since been restored, according to mbta.com.
That makes three people hit by T trains in three days.
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Orange Line train kills woman Sullivan Sq.
Orange Line train kills woman in Sullivan Sq.
June 26, 2008 09:50 AM
By John Ellement, Globe Staff
A woman was killed this morning in the Sullivan Square Orange Line station, a Boston Fire Department Spokesman said.
Steve MacDonald said firefighters were called to the Charlestown station at 9:07 a.m. to investigate a report of a person underneath the northbound Orange Line train.
MacDonald said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene and that she was found underneath a six car train inside the station.
Read moreA long way to fall
The Globe reports authorities think a body discovered at Boston Sand and Gravel is that of a man who abandoned his car on the ramp connecting the Tobin with the Zakim last night.
A spokesman for the Suffolk County DA's office says state police are looking at how the 44-year-old Chelsea resident wound up there, but that foul play is not suspected.
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