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By adamg - 11/28/16 - 10:03 am

Sarah Pakstis shows us yet another manic Monday on the Red Line during rush hour, due to signal issues at Alewife. "How is this acceptable?" she asks.

By adamg - 11/14/16 - 10:27 am
No room for hate pins

Angela Chen shows us the card and safety pin somebody handed her in Cleveland Circle today. They were also distributed at the Forest Hills and Central Square T stops.

By adamg - 10/24/16 - 5:25 pm
Park Street Red Line station is crowded

Park Street under the weather. Photo by Meri.

A Red Line train came up lame at Central Square and now the line is awful in both directions. Of course. Even T workers are joining in the testiness:

The staff at Kendall just had the gall to yell at us for blocking the entrances.

Read more.

By adamg - 10/8/16 - 3:21 pm
Clowns statue for sale in Central Square, Cambridge

MK Newton spotted this dual-clown statute thing for sale at the Central Square CVS, and for just $29.99.

By adamg - 9/23/16 - 6:35 pm

Somebody got his hand stuck in a Red Line door at Central, somebody else pulled the emergency cord and, boom, instant delays that led to people piling up at stations up and down the line as T workers set about opening the door and re-setting the brake, or whatever it is they do after somebody pulls that cord. At least we know it works.

RedHeadedGirl reports the guy was in the train: Read more.

By adamg - 9/17/16 - 5:28 pm

Cambridge Police report a Dorchester man was stabbed and chomped at Bishop Allen Drive and Douglas Street after he took umbrage to a remark one of two guys out in the street made about his wife around 2 a.m. today. Read more.

By adamg - 9/15/16 - 5:37 pm

On the Red Line, giddy up and go is now giddy up and went as riders pour into stations, where they are forced to just stand there due to a train that died at Central Square around 5 p.m. At 5:41, Kathleen Mulligan reported:

Literally approaching an hr into my commute to go from kendall to park.. 2 stops

By adamg - 9/15/16 - 10:21 am
Dog in a tow truck in Central Square, Cambridge

An MBTA bus broke down on Prospect Street in Central Square this morning. Daniel watched the crew that towed it away.

By adamg - 9/11/16 - 4:18 pm
Dancer in carnival, Central Square, Cambridge

RoadTrip New England took in the Cambridge Carnival International in Central Square today.

By adamg - 8/31/16 - 5:33 pm

The Red Line is delayed in both directions because of a deceased train at Central Square.

Mark Peter Detwiler reports it's so bad there's no more room on the outbound platform at South Station.

By adamg - 8/16/16 - 2:44 pm

The scene at Cambridge City Hall to honor Sparks as his remains were brought to Cambridge - 65 years after he died in a North Korean prisoner-of-war camp.

By adamg - 8/8/16 - 8:46 am

The Chelsea Record interviews Mimi Rancatore, who runs Toscanini's in Cambridge with her brother Gus: She talks about flavors - chocolate is now more popular than vanilla - and about loving living in Chelsea.

By adamg - 7/20/16 - 10:31 am

Blake Stacey reports from an inbound Red Line train sitting in the tunnel just short of Central Square:

There is literally a trash fire on the tracks in front of us (just north of Central).

Conductor on PA: "It's just newspaper, don't worry."

By adamg - 7/11/16 - 5:00 pm

Vanyaland reports River Gods in Cambridge has shut forever.

By adamg - 7/4/16 - 3:03 pm
MIT frat celebrates July 4th in Cambridge

Jason ran across an MIT frat celebrating the Fourth on Mass. Ave., near Miracle of Science in Central Square.

By adamg - 6/30/16 - 9:01 am

Vanyaland reports on an incident Monday night at Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery & More in Central Square.

By adamg - 5/27/16 - 10:51 am

Dwan Knight, 24, of Dorchester, was arraigned yesterday on charges related to the gunfire that erupted early on May 2 in a parking lot on Bishop Allen Drive in Central Square. Read more.

By adamg - 5/15/16 - 2:19 pm

Cambridge Police report they are investigating "a series of gunshots" shortly after 2 a.m. in a Bishop Allen Drive parking lot. Read more.

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