Support for Boston 2024 Olympic Bid Slips to 39% of the people
BOSTON — More bad news arrived Wednesday for the boosters of Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics: A new poll shows that just 39 percent of voters statewide support the bid, while 49 percent oppose it.
Twitter comes to us with this example of why parking in someone else's spot is "Not OK". From the looks of the windshield sticker, it's an out-of-state car, probably belonging to someone not familiar with quaint local custom.
If you have lost your hydrant, please feel free to pick it up at Fallon field.
The Supreme Court today overturned the Massachusetts law that set a buffer zone around abortion clinics as a violation of the First Amendment of protesters.
In its ruling, the court said the buffer zones prevented "personal, caring, consensual conversations with women about various alternatives" to abortion, in violation of the First Amendment and that, in fact, by pushing what the court said were not "protesters" back 35 feet, actually encouraged "vociferous opponents of abortion" with particularly loud voices to scream out their protests.
Saw this at the MFA yesterday around noon. Was gone when I left around 2. Anyone know the story?
Neal Gaffey illustrates just how quickly the temperature fell below freezing overnight.
A Zamboni operator was smoothing out the ice on the Frog Pond skating rink this morning. Yes, the ice.
When and where? The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place the photo. See it larger.
A.P. Blake captured sunrise over Rumney Marsh in Revere while waiting for a 426 bus this morning.
Bobbi Fox reports a turkey was perched outside the Dunkin' Donuts at Eliot and JFK this morning.
Photographynatalia watched a street performer outside the BPL in Copley Square the other night.
Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr..
Arturo Gossage spent some time yesterday watching BWSC workers repairing the burst main that shut down the intersection of Stuart and Warrenton streets - and the Charles Playhouse.
Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Keytar Bear has been making the rounds of downtown and Back Bay T stops, but he came above ground today to play and mug for the camera by the Old State House, where Jocelyn snapped his photo.
Matt Laskowski was in the North Quincy Red Line station around 4 p.m. yesterday when the station became suffused in the golden glow of the setting sun. "The light was just incredible," he says.
Meet Michael Paul Smith, who, for 25 years, has been using model cars, actual buildings in Winchester and a technique called "forced perspective" to create photos of a mythical town called Elgin Park.
His Flickr feed has more photos.
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