With 45,000 residents without power five days after Hurricane Irene, Attorney General Martha Coakley wants answers and the truth from utility companies regarding what preparations they took before the stormhas sent a letter to National Grid, NStar and the other big utilities asking them to explain how they prepared for the forecasted emergency. [WCVB] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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State Trooper Randy Enos and his dog, Chipp, were struck by lightning Friday on Perimeter Road at Logan Airport. [WCVB] Three Suffolk Superior Court judges barred striking Verizon workers from blocking access to company buildings and offices. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The federal government settled a lawsuit for $1.3 million with Sartorelli Realty LLC and the Nelson Danvers Realty Trust, and C.A.I. Inc., the owners and former operator of the Danvers paint and ink factory that exploded in 2006. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
- Edaville Railroad in Carver is for sale and could close if the owners can't find a buyer. [Brockton Enterprise]
- Haverhill is opposed to plans to tear down the St. Gregory The Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church and replace it with a Burger King. [Eagle Tribune]
Two signs that election season is almost over: Charlie Baker trotted out Curt Schilling at a rally in Chelmsford and told his Halloween crowd that Governor Deval Patrick wanted to tax candy.
Former President Bill Clinton came to Massachusetts to campaign for two Democrats.
- Two top aides to Tim Cahill quit his campaign, saying he can't win. Cahill still vows to keep running. [WBUR]
- The Republican Governors Association invested $2 million in ads supporting GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker. [AP via Google]
For the first time in recent memory, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank is working hard at getting reelected.
Bill Clinton either really likes Congressman Stephen Lynch, or he thinks Lynch has compromising pictures of him. Whatever the reason, former president Clinton is visiting South Boston Thursday to speak on Lynch's behalf at a 12:30 p.m. rally at the Ironworkers Local 7 union hall. Lynch is running to keep the Ninth Congressional District seat. One Democrat, two Republicans and an independent are also running. Lynch said of Clinton "As the ‘man from Hope' Enough of that. Please don't steal the Big Guy's lines, Lynch.
As Massachusetts prepares to vote in Tuesday's Senate Primaries, Attorney General Martha Coakley has the endorsement of former president Bill Clinton. Clinton taped a phone message - you can play it here - for Coakley that is scheduled to be released to voters on Monday. In part, the message says "Martha Coakley will go to Washington to fight every day to create good jobs with good benefits and to get health reform with a strong public option." It goes without saying Clinton's support is significant to the frontrunning Coakley. Oh, Republicans are running, too.
-- It's official. Bostonist reported back in April that the Longfellow Bridge is falling apart, which is clear to anyone who walks across it. As of Friday the sidewalk facing Back Bay was closed to pedestrians to repair a support beam. And no spectators will be allowed on the bridge to watch the fireworks on the Fourth of July. [Boston Globe]
Presidential candidate Barack Obama used lines that Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick used during his campaign for governor while Obama campaigned in Wisconsin over the weekend. Here's what Obama told Clinton:
Politicians will squeeze the juice out of pretty much anything, including the World Series and the Super Bowl. Only recently, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani made a legendary blunder when he said on a Boston trip that he was rooting for the Red Sox. Yankees fans were appalled, and Sox fans felt a little scuzzy.
Hot on the heels of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg's endorsement of Barack Obama, Senator Edward M. Kennedy has also endorsed Barack Obama for president.
Hillary Clinton has a strong chance of becoming president, if it weren't for the continued momentum of Barack Obama. However, no matter how much hope and Oprah Obama ladles on the land, Clinton will always have one strong advantage--former president Bill Clinton. Is that entirely fair?
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It's getting wild in New Hampshire! The primaries are tomorrow, and already some trippy stories are streaming from up north. Here's a few:
The United States has a lot to be afraid of: the war in Iraq, the mortgage crisis, wildfires, the gulf between the haves and have nots, and Dick Cheney. But former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney thinks that the nation should really be afraid of Hillary Clinton. In an attempt to celebrate Halloween and trash an opponent at the same time, Mitt Romney told an audience in Iowa, "What do you think about Hillary's House of...
The special election to replace Rep. Marty Meehan in the Fifth Congressional District will be tomorrow. The candidates are Democrat Niki Tsongas and Republican Jim Ogonowski. Tsongas is the widow of former Senator Paul Tsongas, and she has been able to bring in the big-time Democrat starpower. Ogonowski, a former member of the Air Force and National Guard, has been taking the door-to-door approach. The Globe said he planned "more than two dozen appearances" today....
It was bound to happen that someone was going to comment on the looks of former First Lady of Massachusetts and aspiring First Lady for the United States Ann Romney. Mitt and Ann Romney are good-looking in that ever-so-wholesome, corn-fed kind of way. It's also not surprising that Playboy tackles the subject of First Lady Hotness by asking which one is sexiest. But it is surprising that they included Bill Clinton in the poll...
Former Massachusetts governor and current presidential aspirant Mitt Romney is probably off somewhere kicking himself right now. One of his biggest supporters, Senator Larry Craig, a Republican from Idaho, allegedly engaged in "lewd conduct in a men's room" at the Minneapolis airport. We'll let you use your own imagination - just see our past post about individuals who are "Lewd at Logan." On paper, Craig was an ideal match for Romney in the nonsexual sense....
This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the...
think. It just made us wonder: if it were up to the -ist-a-verse, what would we be voting for?
Last night's Massachusetts gubernatorial debate was almost as much fun as a pro-wrestling cage match. Right from the start, the debate promised to be a good one. The moderator was none other than the pugnacious and cadaverous Chris Wallace, who recently got his comeuppance from Bill Clinton during an interview for Fox News. The opening credits also made it sound like each candidate was a prizefighter. All the audience needed was for the candidates to...
In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies. In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries. One moviegoer who can be in three places at once. Thursday 6/29 Wordplay Patrick Creadon's debut feature-length documentary follows the career of puzzling luminary Will Shortz and the national crossword tournament he founded. Celebrity interviews include Daily Show host Jon Stewart and celebrated Daily Show guests Bob Dole and Bill Clinton. Kendall Square Cinema See...
Dirty pictures on the ceilings. Who knew?
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