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Image of good times still available on Route 1 by GregMacKay from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.

Somerville's Good Time Emporium is closing today. The future IKEA should be prepared for lecherous drunks and hostile youths. [Boston Metro]

In totally unrelated news, Harvard’s Fogg and Busch-Reisinger Museums are also closing today for major renovations. [Harvard University Art Museums]

Terrese Edmonds wasn't using her cell phone when her Green Line trolley crashed, but hundreds of MBTA personnel have been cited for using their cell phones in the last 14 months. [WBZ-TV]

Boston building inspectors give cursory annual inspections to sports venues. The Red Sox and Celtics say, "Don't worry, we got it covered." [Boston Globe]

Former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette is in hot water for selling World Series tickets to Pittsfield's Mayor at a sweetheart price in '04. [Patriot Ledger]

A Chatham kid dropped his toothbrush down the toilet, and he actually stuck his hand down there to retrieve it. Oh, and he also found two diamond rings. [Boston Herald]

A Watertown woman was forced out of her condemned home. Besides overflowing trash, the Health Department included "jars of pickle juice" were being stored in a bathroom. [Boston Globe]

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