The Blotter and the Bite Size are merged today, given that everyone seems to be on break. Thank you for reading this if you're here!
--Merry Christmas to the Del Valle family. Powers Fasteners has agreed to pay 6 million to the family of Milena Del Valle, the woman who died after a portion of the Big Dig fell on her as she and her husband were on the way to Logan Airport. [Boston Globe]
--The Salvation Army, instead of the wussy city of Everett, will be distributing the toys a Wellesley kid collected to Everett children. [WHDH]
--Yesterday, a triple-decker in Lawrence burned, and 16 people are now homeless. No one was hurt. [Boston Globe]
--Two men were stabbed in Allston early this morning. [WBZ]
--If you live in Massachusetts and haven't gotten health insurance, you will get monthly fines starting January 1. [Boston Herald]
--New Blue Line cars by summer 2009! And Dan Grabauskas has this to say of Siemens, which is supplying the cars: "They weren't showing us the love. They're loving us now and we're loving them." [Boston Globe]
Many, many thanks to hmmlargeart for a Yule Log photo. From photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.
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