Massachusetts Republicans are shocked at a recent poll showing Senator Scott Brown leading Democrat Elizabeth Warren by just three points. They can't believe a "fresh face" can be so close to the incumbent. As surprised as everyone was when Brown won Ted Kennedy's seat? [Attleboro Sun Chronicle] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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While Republicans are stalling action in the US Senate, some Democrats are blocking activity at the State House. [Boston Globe]
Vaccine shots for H1N1 will soon be available to everyone -- now that you don't want it anymore. [WBZ]
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The Occupy Boston protestors continued today with a morning march from the Financial District to the State House where they hope to get Fox25's attention at their Beacon Hill studio. Organizers want more media attention. Today's march appeared orderly with participants chanting and holding signs. One sign that summed up the anti-capitalism theme of Occupy Boston was “capitalism is organized crime.” Capitalism doesn't appear well organized lately.
John Henry went to a hospital after sufferng minor injuries in a fall on his 164-foot luxury yacht, Iroquois, on Friday. He was reportedly wearing a neck brace. [Boston Herald] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Friendly's will reportedly file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as soon as next week. The Wilbraham chain may seek to be sold at an auction. Sun Capital Partners Inc., of Boca Raton, Fla. bought Friendly’s for $337.2 million in 2007. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Boylston Street was ranked as the eighth-most expensive office address in the country at $52.65 per square foot. Silicon Valley's Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California leads the list, by a lot, at $114 per square foot. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Three people were arrested at a baby shower Lawrence on Saturday. A brawl began after a woman was hit in the head with a bottle. Two people were stabbed. One stabbing victim was charged with two counts of assault and battery on a police officer. Two other suspects face assault and battery charges. [WCVB]
Poland Spring Spring Water is the official bottled water sponsor of the Boston Marathon. The company will stage hydration stations on the route and will provide wrist wallets to runners. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Police suspect the man who robbed the Bank of America at 25 Bartlett Road in Winthrop today also robbed the East Boston Savings Bank in on the Revere Beach Parkway in Everett on Thursday. The robber in each case was described as a white man in his 40s. Police say he took an "undetermined amount of cash. In Winthrop, the suspect showed a "pipe bomb-type device," which he left with. The Everett device was not functioning. [WCVB]
Anne Finucane, 58, is Bank of America's global strategy and marketing officer and is responsible for repairing the bank's image. She supervises about 2,000 people in marketing, public relations, philanthropy, and lobbying. Former Globe columnist Mike Barnicle has been her husband since 1982. They have four children. [Boston Globe]
Boston is raising fees for its parking meters at some point in the next month. We noticed other fees that are on the way up.
We all remember the mooninites and Star Simpson. Now Boston can add another dummy debacle to its resume. Mannequins are the latest threat to our safety; specifically, mannequins who like the environment, and are chained (bike-locked, it appears—damn hippies) to banks in protest. As global warming might melt their plastic bodies, it is understandable that mannequins want climate justice. Still, we are skeptical that anyone, mannequin or otherwise, would be able to focus on the economy or the climate a week before Opening Day, and suspect that this mannequin a foreign import. At least it only caused a brief bank closure and was cleaned up in an hour and a half, unlike its animated cousins—who, thanks to Jezebel, now know how to dress for their shape (hint: invest in a good bag to carry your often-unwieldy quad laser).
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