Riders on the 5:40 train to Fitchburg tweeted their train came to a sudden stop in Cambridge after hitting a car at a crossing there. AsianKerr reported the conductor came on the PA not long after:

Sorry folks, we have struck a vehicle.

After getting the remains of the car out of the way and after the train engineer was interviewed by police, the train started back up around 6:24 p.m.

Romney/Ryan: Reducing the deficit, one 65 year old at a time. #p2 @maddow @mittromney

— Joseph J. Santorsa (@Marnus3) August 15, 2012

Call it Mini-Aquapocalypse: Many Belmont residents were without water today due to multiple water-main breaks across town.

Belmont resident Rob Sama reports on a conversation with a guy working on the main down the street from his house this afternoon:

To preview your primary ballot for tomorrow, click on the link from the Secretary of State's website:
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then enter your address and select a political party. It will show you what choices you'll have on tomorrow's primary ballot.

Foodie Mommy recommends Beaver Brook Reservation on Trapelo Road in Belmont (just over the line from Waltham) for the splashy toddler set: It has this large field of sprinklerized boulders that are just right for cooling off in on a hot day.

Today's Globe gives us in-depth coverage of Navestock, England, which admits to specifically not filling in potholes as a method of controlling driving speeds. You can't drive around it, and that's the hole, er, whole story.

Mitt Romney had a few things to say at CPAC about the performance of the stock market under Barack Obama, implying that the market loses since his inauguration are due to his policy proposals as opposed to the financial crisis George Bush and Congress left him with.

I've noticed this week that Belmont already has their holiday decorations up across the street downtown.

Anyone up for creating a spreadsheet of the 351 municipalities of our Commonwealth with the dates that the towns first put up winter holiday decorations?

Stores and commercial ventures don't count; that's capitalism at work: only town/city government or the like decorations count.

How come Belmont isn't in the Neighborhoods listing? Too sleepy a place?

Wicked Local Belmont reports Belmont officials are getting just a little tired of paying to light up their side of Belmont Street when Watertown has no light poles on its side of the street:

... "Should Watertown pay for some of that?" he said. "Sure they should. They get some of the light."