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Old enough to remember the Callahan as the "new" tunnel, the White Fuel and Cities Service signs in Kenmore Sq, Spooky the Owl, and Joe & Nemo's hot dogs.

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1/15/25 - 3:13 pm "ellipsoid of confusion" DCR unwraps latest plans for Arborway: Would turn rotaries into signalized intersections with turn lanes, add dedicated bike, pedestrian paths from Jamaica Plain to Forest Hills 13
11/16/24 - 10:41 am Eh: 40, 41, who's counting? Court axes demand by owner of Lizzie Borden's house that coffee shop next door stop calling itself Miss Lizzie's immediately 17
10/21/24 - 10:31 am Ahem! Please keep references local Even with GPS, out-of-town drivers sometimes have trouble with Boston roads - and so do out-of-town pilots with Logan taxiways 10
10/21/24 - 10:27 am The originals are long gone USS Constitution fires on Charlestown, but not intentionally 24
8/19/24 - 4:39 pm Not here Duck Boat becomes rescue boat after child falls into the Charles and father jumps in 9
7/31/24 - 11:07 am TLF Trojan Turkeys New Brookline turkeys don't attack 10
7/25/24 - 3:40 pm 20m if we're lucky MBTA board commits to making the Fairmount Line battery operated by early 2028 31
6/23/24 - 4:11 pm Please, please... Red Line train that kept somebody from seeing a play about the T may have been disabled by morons 21
5/15/24 - 10:00 am Sorry to hear Dick Summer, longtime WBZ DJ back when WBZ had DJs, dies, 89 6
4/18/24 - 5:14 pm Wuddabout... BPDA orders Winthrop Square tower to open a public space to the public seven days a week 14
2/26/24 - 9:45 am Nope Anybody use OpenID to log in here? 31
2/13/24 - 8:56 am Will she ever return? Italian steakhouse in West Roxbury to serve last meal next month 5
11/2/23 - 10:47 am Probably the latter Pennsylvania man bangs a uey at Roxbury Crossing at rush hour, gets arrested for the high-powered, loaded gun in the car, police say 54
11/2/23 - 9:48 am Hope it works MWRA to partially drain Chestnut Hill Reservoir 10
10/30/23 - 3:28 pm With the radio on? Mattapan, Ashmont trains going faster miles an hour now, MBTA says 31
9/27/23 - 11:42 am Omit Needless Words That of whom which we speak 16
9/27/23 - 9:16 am Well... Parts of the brand-spanking new Green Line Extension already in such bad shape that trains in some spots crawl slower than most people can walk 19
9/6/23 - 10:02 am Specifically... DA drops gun charges against Patriots player; in hindsight, says he shouldn't have been arrested for guns in his luggage at Logan 21
8/25/23 - 7:33 pm Not sure this case is civil forfeiture DA moves to seize BMW it says man used as a drug store on wheels at Mass and Cass 16
8/11/23 - 1:50 pm Hmmm New Hampshire couple sues over errant prosciutto slice on the floor at Eataly they say led to a fractured ankle 37
6/20/23 - 5:58 pm Rodents of unusual size? Citizen complaint of the day: Giant vermin 31
5/19/23 - 3:19 pm Wrong link The city that hates the Red Sox 30
5/9/23 - 4:59 pm Knotweed's a bear 70-unit condo building with 220 trees approved on Tremont Street in Brighton 7
5/4/23 - 1:57 pm We all miss Elmer Open wide for gnats 3
5/3/23 - 1:44 pm Not necessarily Bolling Building crisis that's for the birds 17
5/3/23 - 11:45 am Going to be a long waddle Bolling Building crisis that's for the birds 17
4/27/23 - 5:01 pm But what about the children? Bad news for underage BC students: Police, Brighton Center liquor store are onto you 14
3/25/23 - 10:16 am Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act DA: Arkansas man learns you can't just drive around Boston with loaded high-capacity guns 27
3/17/23 - 3:31 pm Good evening. Here is the News for parrots. Rat tale: Police say man threatened people at Oak Grove with his pet rat 26
3/9/23 - 12:27 pm COVID not required Harvard station has falling-metal-things competition: The old Bayside Expo sign in Dorchester 8
2/7/23 - 2:55 pm Odd... Boston seeks neighborhood artists to replace all those blue oval welcome signs 28
2/2/23 - 10:24 am Miss Jake Worth's Investors who buy up dives and their buildings buy the old Jacob Wirth building 13
2/2/23 - 10:17 am Essential Once, every car had one of these, usually under the front seat 58
12/25/22 - 3:34 pm On the sixth day of Christmas Your Email Daddy is back and looking for work on Twitter 46
12/2/22 - 1:13 pm 1st link same as 3rd Homeless man who is suing all the federal judges in Boston learns there are limits to how far the judiciary will let him go 6
9/21/22 - 11:46 am Ouch! Nahant's antipathy to people from the other side of the causeway bites it in ruling dismissing its suit against expansion of a Northeastern marine center there 46
9/2/22 - 10:42 am Only one operator? MBTA board approves $811-million purchase of Green Line 'supercars' 43
7/1/22 - 9:20 am It will be hard The celebrichef chainification of Boston continues; Aga's Highland taps out in Roxbury 42
6/30/22 - 7:17 pm Limited/comodity licensing The celebrichef chainification of Boston continues; Aga's Highland taps out in Roxbury 42
6/10/22 - 8:27 pm Thank you, Swirls Some Cambridge business owners sue to block bike lanes; ask their names be kept secret so bicyclists don't come after them 73
5/31/22 - 5:38 pm Protected since 1900? Urban geese learn to adapt 7
5/28/22 - 2:47 pm Allston Christmas fail Citizen complaint of the day: Dead couch in the middle of the road 16
5/8/22 - 5:35 pm Not a chance Baker vows to keep abortion legal in Massachusetts 50
5/7/22 - 4:50 pm How 'bout a diner named "Flo's" Feds charge owner of Somerville breakfast place threatened to have employee's family killed in overtime dispute, cajoled other workers to lie to investigators 31
4/12/22 - 3:43 pm Ugh indeed Herb Chambers says man wanted expensive Range Rover for free and when he didn't get it, tried fake liens and threats 39
3/25/22 - 10:10 am Toast Office +1 Legacy Place in Dedham to get all friendly and toasty 18
2/24/22 - 10:04 am Definitely BPDA continues to plan out a marine industrial park that's less briney, more life-sciencey 15
2/10/22 - 9:52 am No promblems Question for users with accounts: Have you been having trouble logging in the past couple of days? 25
1/13/22 - 5:38 pm Sadly, been that way a long time More trains to Albany? Amtrak, freight line reach deal on expanding passenger service west of Worcester 50
1/12/22 - 10:01 am That would be Bildner, not Bilder Back Bay to get first of Chicago-based convenience stores with takeout food a step up from that one hot dog endlessly turning on those metal rods 19

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