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  • Michael Scalia, 24, of Danvers rescued an unidentified woman from a burning vehicle on Wednesday. [WCVB]
  • The North Shore Music Theatre could reopen in the spring of 2010 thanks to an investment from a Randoph man named William Hanney. [Boston Globe]
  • Be thankful if you aren't on, or headed towards, the Massachusetts Turnpike today. [WCVB]
  • Boston College is planning to expand and getting positive feedback on it from Newton. [Boston Globe]
  • The Crosstown Center project in Boston defaulted on revenue bonds that were issued with Mayor Thomas Menino's support. [Boston Business Journal]
  • State lawmakers appear to have arranged a long weekend for themselves for Thanksgiving. [Boston Herald]

Photo of the Day, November 25, 2009: Boston as seen from the harbor

Jeanette Runyon has today's potd taken near Central Wharf. The burst of sun in the upper corner initially caught our attention, and the smooth color transitions of the sky are what kept our interest.

Cheap Eats: Burtons Grill

If the thought of huge holiday meals has you looking for smaller dishes to tide you over between parties, Burtons Grill has a new bar menu to keep your stomach and your wallet full. Each plate is priced at $4.95 and holds a generous serving. Two plates would definitely make a decent meal.

Sports Redux: Another Tuesday Night And We Ain't Got Nobody

As frustrating as the Red Sox are, at least they play almost every day. And last week, when we had a Day Without Boston Sports, we needed it, because everyone in town was getting their fannies kicked.

Danvers Meep to "Rear its asinine head"

Have we mentioned that we love living in a two newspaper town? From The Herald: "The “meep” annoyance has once again reared its asinine head. The high schoolers in Danvers alert the City Desk they are planning a march in a few hours — 11:30 a.m. — across from the high school."

Wednesday Happenings

Bands Whose Name One Cannot Say on Radio Fuck Buttons brings back the days when rock shows were a shambles of drone and melody and shrieking. Performing with Brooklyn stoner band Growing. Great Scott, 1222 Comm. Ave., Allston, 9 p.m.

Photo of the Day, November 24, 2009: Hook, Line, and Sinker

In this "Better late than never" editon of the PotD, we have this picture that several of our Bostonist photo walkers picked as one of their favorite photos from the walk. It's definitely more of a fun photo than a serious piece of art, but fun is one of the things that makes a photo walk a success.

Bite Size News, November 24: Free Parking Edition

  • Attention holiday shoppers: Boston offers free parking on Black Friday, and every Saturday left in 2009. [Boston Globe]
  • Some firehouses in Boston are busy and some aren't and it's a trend that might require City Hall to reassign some jakes. [Boston Herald]
  • The Franklin Park Zoo's population has grown thanks to the birth of two rare animal babies. Check out pictures of the animal goodness here. [WCVB]

Going forward, Hub-o-sphere will experiment by filling the weekly post with reader submissions.

Vicki On Oprah Re: Teddy

Oprah Winfrey's interview with Victoria Reggie Kennedy, her first television appearence since Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died in August, airs nationally on Wednesday. Vicki Kennedy reportedly discusses the Senator's final days and behind-the-scenes details on his support of President Obama's 2008 campaign. Ted Kennedy Jr. joined Vicki and her children, Caroline and Curran Raclin, on the show, which airs at 4 p.m. tomorrow on WCVB. [Herald]

Tuesday Happenings

Spazz It's been 15 years since the release of Speak Squeak Creak, Melt Banana's ineffable debut album, and the Japanese spazz-rock band has shown no signs of mellowing. For those who like their songs the way they like their sentences: short but convoluted. Performing with Captain Cutthroat and Exusamwa. Middle East Downstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 8 p.m. $14.

Why Does the Wilbur Theatre Suck? Better Rock Shows in 5 Steps

The commenters on yesterday's post about the unforgiveably awful Sonic Youth-Feelies show at the Wilbur Theatre have raised a lot of thoughtful points about the state of touring rock shows in today's world. Sound techs on the professional message board ProSoundWeb noticed the post yesterday and chimed in with their own advice, which has given this Bostonist a much better understanding of what went wrong on Sunday.

Sports Redux: Nobody Puts Bergey In the Corner

Things were going to be different once Milan Lucic and Marc Savard were able to suit up again. When injury claimed not one, but two of the Bruins' game-making talents, objectives changed a bit. Winning games would be great, but keeping things in relatively working order until Looch and Savvy got back (and got things going) would be pretty acceptable.

Bostonist was there for the taping of the debate between Democratic primary candidates competing for the chance to get Teddy Kennedy's senate seat in the upcoming January special election. Here's our record of what happened, in case you didn't get to watch for yourself. We weren't supposed to post before the thing actually aired. This is unedited, uncut, so forgive errors--will correct as soon as possible! And to be clear, this is by no means an exact transcript--there's lots of paraphrase, and a little snide commentary. (Full program if you missed it.)

Bite Size News, November 23: Looking on the Bright Side Edition

  • More than a thousand families can give thanks to the Massachusetts Salvation Army for Thursday's meal. [Boston Globe]
  • A Vermont church is selling its prized possession to keep operating their homeless shelter. [Brattleboro Reformer]
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