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Photo of the Day, November 24, 2009: Hook, Line, and Sinker
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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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Re new Blue Line cars:
to quote Gen. Westmoreland, "when you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow". No infrastructure contractor of any kind wants to be anywhere near Boston when the whip comes down on the Big Dig. Siemens knew things could only get more expensive and cut their losses.