--Instead of saving some money and having flagmen at construction sites, like all the other states, it looks like police details are here to stay. For now, anyway. [Boston Globe]

--Local newspaper manages to wring an entire story out of a new coffee plug, of which one customer says, "You accessorize your house, yourself, your car. Why not your coffee?” [Boston Herald]

--Not everyone wants cell-phone service in the Big Dig tunnels. They have enough to worry about, like stuff falling on their cars, without worrying about yakking distracted drivers. [Boston Globe]

--A nice retrospective on Boston English. But the definitions were even more interesting, such as "youthful intimacy" for "hooking up." [Boston Globe]

Image of a fashionable hydrant on Boylston Street by LoveLyss from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.