Dunkin' Donuts is saying yes to banks and no to California. Yes, Citizens Bank customers in Cambridge can now conduct all banking business at a new, full-service branch inside a city Dunkin’ Donuts shop. The Citizens branch is at 808 Memorial Drive in Cambridge. A similar coffee/banking combo in Bellingham.
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Matthew Stuart, 45, who helped cover up Charles Stuart's murder of his pregnant wife, Carol DiMaiti Stuart, in 1989 in Mission Hill, is dead. He was found dead in the Heading Home homeless shelter on School Street in Cambridge on Saturday. The Globe reported that two law enforcement officials named Stuart as the deceased man. Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone's office said the death wasn't suspicious. An autopsy will determine cause of death. Stuart pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy, insurance fraud, and possession of a firearm, in 1992 and served three years in prison in connection with his sister-in-law's death. [Globe]
Between today and August 5th, military personnel will be involved in training exercises in the Boston area. [Boston.gov] Cambridge is the most walkable city in Massachusetts. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan cited 13 fireworks-related injuries in July as good reason to oppose plans to legalize fireworks in Massachusetts. [Boston Globe] Two State Police troopers helped deliver a baby in a car in Cambridge this morning near Huron and Concord avenues. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Attention Trekkers...You won't believe this! (Read that with the typical Captain Kirk style.) William Shatner is visiting Cambridge on Sunday as part of this weekend’s Star Trek convention at the Hyatt Regency. The convention starts at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, and starts at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and is the 45th anniversary of Trek. Other Star Trek actors scheduled to appear include Dominic Keating (Lieutenant Malcolm Reed), Jeffrey Combs (Commander Shran, Weyoun), and Gwynyth Walsh (Klingon B’Etor).
Several hundred passengers were evacuated from a broken down MBTA Red Line train a tunnel near the Porter Square Station. Passengers were stuck in two, six-car trains for about an hour before getting out. Cambridge emergency workers helped with the evacuation and set up a medical triage treat for possible heat stroke. The T was not aware of the cause of the breakdown to the lead vehicle, or how many passengers were on the trains. Commuters were shifted to buses to go from the Harvard Square and Alewife stations. The T expects "significant delays." [Globe], [WCVB]
After 19 seasons in the NBA, Shaquille O'Neal has retired. He announced "I'm about to retire" on a video messaging service called Tout. Regardless of how he told us, Shaq, his four titles and 28,596 points have left the NBA building.
Cambridge is America's most well-read city, according to Amazon.com. Yes, the smart kids at Harvard and MIT have a lot to do with it, too. Amazon's top 20 most well-read cities include many college locales. Runner-up Alexandria, Virginia hosts George Washington University and Virginia Commonwealth University satellite campuses; Berkeley and Ann Arbor, Michigan are also near the top of the list. The results are based on print and digital sales of books, magazines, and newspapers on Amazon.com. Does buying books mean you automatically read them?
Google picked Kansas City, Kansas over every city in Massachusetts, and every other city or town in the USA, for some reason, to be the home to a new state-of-the-art fiber-optic data network the company is developing. Google pays to build the network. There's an unspecified fee to use it, though.
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate breaks ground on April 8 in Dorchester next to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Nuns from the order of the Daughters of St. Paul are suing the Boston Archdiocese for an accounting of church-run pension fund for lay employees. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Massachusetts says the clips on some of the 23,000 flourescent lights in the Big Dig tunnels are corroded and at risk of falling. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Army, and Massachusetts are investigating the possible presence of depleted uranium at the Springfield Armory. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Cambridge Fire Department rescued a young springer spaniel named Maggie from the Charles River Monday. Carmen Guzman wants the Suffolk County District Attorney's office to release the case file on Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff, who took the life of her daughter, Julissa Brisman. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Rare turtles were released into the ocean after a rehab stint in the New England Aquarium. A red-tail hawk keeps visiting a duplex on Magazine Street in Cambridge. A building burned in Wilmington. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Boston Conservatory Orchestra takes to the stage on Sunday, February 20, at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge with Bruce Hangen as conductor. The show begins at 2 p.m. with Hangen leadingthe Orchestra in Dvoøák's Symphony No. 7 and compositions by Bartok and Kodaly. Tickets: $15 and $10 for students and seniors. For more information, call 617-912-9240 or visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/performances.
The Landmark Center, formerly known as the Sears Building, near Fenway Park was sold to developer Steve Samuels and JPMorgan Chase for $530.5 million. The Abbey Group, a Boston-based real estate company, owned the center.
Coyotes visited recently Brookline and Beacon Hill and now one was rescued from the Charles River in Cambridge near the Charlesgate Yacht Club. The coyote fled through "unfrozen water" as animal control officers first tried to rescue it. The Animal Rescue League captured the coyote on Tuesday afternoon and transported it to Tufts Wildlife Clinic in Grafton to be treated. Tufts placed the coyote in the carnivore ward overnight. The Globe tried to praise the coyote in a piece in "the angle" by Heather Hopp-Bruce, and ended up saying coyotes don't "deserve" our respect. Very often, they deserve it and don't get it. They don't exist to entertain us or gain our respect.
Somerville firefighters revived a cat. A plane from New Bedford crashed in Connecticut.
A bank robbery was thwarted in Cambridge. Last week, a woman from North Attleboro was killed during an alleged bank robbery.
Oh, mighty T. Your monolithic ebon cross-and-circle looming totemic on every square and on every corner. Please hear our furtive pleas at the annual Capital Investment Program meetings coming up this and next week. Hosannah, all praise the robot voice, our transit salvation is now approaching, etc.
A southbound Red line train struck and killed a person at the Kendall Square station in Cambridge today around 11:30 a.m. today. MBTA shuttle buses are taking passengers between Broadway station in South Boston and Harvard Square station in Cambridge. The T advises riders to seek alternative routes. [Globe]
Buke & Gass, a duo that makes their own instruments, takes the stage at TT the Bears on Thursday, December 2 at 8:30 p.m. They are joined by Talk Normal. The inventive duo still creates a complex sound. TT the Bears is located at 10 Brookline Street in Cambridge. Tickets are $10.. For more information, call 617-492-0082 or visit http://www.ttthebears.com/. Read a review or see their video for "Page Break."
-- Cambridge Police arrested a Cambridge man for allegedly selling marijuana. Police recovered 41 pounds of "high grade" marijuana, worth about $125,000 from the suspect's residence. He was charged with distribution of Class D substance, two counts of possession with intent to distribute a Class D substance, and possession of a Class D substance within 1000 feet of a school. [Cambridge Chronicle]
Saint-André is a French triple crème cheese that is ideal for parties: soft, buttery, spreadable, and highly compatible with beer. And now, thanks to some sort of Unicode mishap with Harvest Co-Op's label printer, it's also supernatural cheese.
Something stinks in Cambridge. On Monday, City Manager Bob Healy told the City Council why Cambridge Street had an unpleasant odor. Catch basins were the cause. Sounds simple. It never is.
If a vehicle crashes or something burns, read about it here.
Recently, Bostonist sat down with Eitan Glinert, founder of the Cambridge-based Fire Hose Games, to talk about the company's upcoming release, the Boston-area games industry, and what it's like to be an entrepreneur in Boston.
On Monday's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert's "Threat Down" bit touched on the Cambridge's decision to honor a Muslim holiday by closing for one day beginning next year. As expected Colbert's satirical punditry poked fun at the controversy.