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The South End Open Studios will take place this weekend - Saturday, September 15, and Sunday, September 16, from 11 am to 6 pm. This year's South End Open Studios will be satisfying all your art cravings over the weekend. You can see a full list of participants at the United South End Artists, Inc. website. Some of the more eye-catching projects include Katie DiChiara's "fabulous funky artificial hair sculptures designed to enlighten." Beyond... more ›

UPDATE: The Orange Line is running again according to an MBTA rep. We're running the blotter early because Ruggles is shut down following a shooting on a train. WBZ reports that a 19-year-old went to Boston Medical Center. WCVB had more – the man was hit in the leg, it happened on the last car, and two black men ran off after the shooting. MBTA says the following on its site: Substitute bus service will... more ›

--Police still haven't found the assailant who stabbed two teenagers at the Back Bay T stop. However, they have increased patrols on the Orange Line, which is much appreciated. WCVB rounded up comments from T riders, and one of them had some excellent advice: ""I think the problem is they depend too much on technology. They need to communicate." And, may we add, they need to treat each T line like a beat and walk... more ›

--As Bostonist reported last night, two young men were stabbed and one left in critical condition at the Back Bay T stop. The incident shut down the station for almost two hours. more ›

Did you see how there was another weird, but harmless, device spotted and destroyed on city streets this morning? And it didn't cause a fuss? Apparently it was a "traffic-counting device" or "pedestrian counter." Whatever it was, at least it didn't give Boston residents the finger. Police nabbed the teenagers who stabbed another teenager at the Back Bay T stop. It was inevitable that they were going to get caught. It appears to have been... more ›

This is a rough blotter day, as if people bottled up their emotions over the long weekend and unleashed their worst impulses on the world toward the end. more ›

Picture this: you're strolling down the sidewalk from the trendy Union Bar and Grille towards the Back Bay T stop or heading from Haymarket over to Modern Pastry to grab a cannoli when suddenly, out of no where, a pack of roving Segway tourists come whizzing by. We're sure we've heard about these tours coming to Boston before – but according to the Globe today (on the front page, no less) they're closer than ever. David Nicholson, president of In Balance Tours, was meeting with city officials trying to sell them on the idea of having Segway powered tours rolling through Boston in the near future. more ›