By adamg - Fri, 03/07/2025 - 12:16pm

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to the corner of Beacon and Exeter streets in the Back Bay after four stories of scaffolding suddenly became one large pile of car-slamming detritus in the wind around 11 a.m. No injuries. Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 02/28/2025 - 11:30am

Francis Tarasiewicz of the Boston National Weather Service reports he got "the e-mail" yesterday that he was fired, effective immediately.

this wouldn't be half as hard to bear if I hadn't fought my whole life through foster care and impossible odds to serve this great nation. This past month of serving my community has been the honor of a lifetime.

By adamg - Wed, 02/19/2025 - 10:26pm

Both Boston and Cambridge firefighters responded to the banks of the Charles River around 4:45 p.m. on reports of people walking on the river, roughly in the area of Fairfield Street in the Back Bay. Read more.

By adamg - Wed, 02/19/2025 - 9:36am

The Neponset River Greenway Council reports the same flooding that forced a water rescue on the Mattapan Line also covered the riverside trail "near the Baker Dam and under the Adams Street Bridge" and of course all that water froze and now the council is recommending you avoid the trail or "travel with caution" until the ice melts.

By adamg - Sun, 02/09/2025 - 11:21am

Rob Adams naturally made some French toast this morning, and plated it on some Fiestaware.

By adamg - Sat, 02/08/2025 - 6:41pm

Unlike some of its neighbors, Boston doesn't think tonight's snowstorm warrants an emergency declaration, so just use common sense, clear your sidewalk and remember that, even if you don't live in the South End, you can't just save that parking space you shoveled out. At least, not legally.

By adamg - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 3:49pm

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint just in time for all the snow we could get over the next week: Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 9:10am

Butternugz enjoyed the sunrise this morning from the tip of the Black Falcon Pier before the snow started.

By adamg - Sun, 01/26/2025 - 1:26pm

Somebody went ice fishing on the Charles yesterday.

By adamg - Sun, 01/19/2025 - 5:10pm

The portents-full view from the GOES-East satellite shortly before 5 p.m.

By adamg - Sun, 01/19/2025 - 4:47pm

Matt Keeter surveyed the egg shelves at the Somerville Whole Foods around 4 p.m.

It's a three-slice alert.

By adamg - Sun, 01/12/2025 - 10:25pm

Who says nobody golfs in the winter? Roving UHub photographer Pete from Roslindale spotted this guy playing through at the George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park today - and with any luck not braining any cross-country skiers.

By adamg - Sat, 01/11/2025 - 11:47am

Celtics1985 wandered around downtown Boston and the Back Bay this morning, snapping scenes in the snow, including the satellite smashed into an Altima on Washington Street and a trash truck coming through an alley: Read more.

By adamg - Sun, 12/29/2024 - 2:25pm

Johnmcboston took a walk along East Boston's Constitution Beach, where two straight days of temperatures in the 40s is making all that snow turn into fog.

By adamg - Tue, 12/24/2024 - 9:24am

On a trip to Millennium Park this morning, Mary Ellen spotted a line of salters waiting to pick up some fresh salt at the Public Works salt shed next to the park.

By adamg - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 11:17pm

Bostonians filled the 311 lines with plenty of road snow complaints today, such as this complaint at 7:16 p.m. about Gallivan Boulevard (which, granted, is a state road, not a city responsibility): Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 12/20/2024 - 9:42am

Rob Adams looked out his window this morning and knew just what to do: Make some festive French toast. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 12/12/2024 - 1:27pm

NBC Boston reports (with video of non-aquatic drivers just trying to survive the flood) MassDOT spent the night pumping out the tunnel.

By adamg - Thu, 12/12/2024 - 9:57am

Jeremy Reiner reports it's been 1,019 days since the last time Boston has seen six or more inches of snow in a single day, the fifth longest such streak since 1891.