The Chillmark home the Obama family rents during their summer vacations on Martha's Vineyard was hit by a small fire on Tuesday.[Cape Cod Online] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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A court decides that gambling on the World Series with furniture is not illegal. [Furniture Today]
The Middleborough Indian casino project may be in trouble, because the tribe never lived in there. [Boston Globe]
Deval Patrick says he was also harassed by the police once. [Boston Globe]
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The teen hiker who was lost on Mt. Washington explains that he wasn't lost. [Boston Globe]
Lynn's casino boat has filed for bankruptcy and probably won't be back. [The Daily Item]
Megan McAllister found some sense and lost her engagement ring. [Boston Globe]
There have been 100 episodes, and we're still "Lost." [E! Online]
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Results tagged “casino”
After a throng of young people gathered on Carson Beach in South Boston and, in some cases, fought, State Police, Boston police, transit police, and UMass police will work together to increase patrols of the beach. There have been at least two bear sightings in Weston this week. Police issued a reverse 911 warning. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Bostonist is skeptical of Beacon Hill's "efforts" at making casinos a reality in Massachusetts. Local media outlets keep saying a compromise is almost certainly probably a tentative reality. Maybe.
The idea that Massachusetts will ever build a casino is not something Bostonist is counting on ever seeing.
- Tim Murray left the hospital. He won't be visiting Deval Patrick's home in Milton because the Governor's place isn't air conditioned. [WBZ]
- The high temperatures complicated the work of firefighters battling a brush fire in Holden. [Worcester Telegram & Gazette]
- Jobs you might not want on a hot summer day. [Boston.com]
Rhode Island is a nice, plucky state. Bostonist loves to have the Ocean State in our neighborhood. It beats having Florida's panhandle on the southern border. But, recent headlines emanating from Rhode Island have resulted in a resounding "HUH?" from this Bostonist. Rhode Island is having an identity crisis and it's time for an intervention.
As the reign of Sal DiMasi as house speaker appears to be in peril, Governor Deval Patrick isn't laughing at his nemesis. He's going out there and reviving the issue of bringing casinos to Massachusetts, which DiMasi squashed so recently. This morning, he brought up the issue again in front of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce.
--Meet the allegedly worst colleague ever: Revere police officer Evan Franklin may be fired because he is accused of running away after Officer Dan Talbot was shot in the head and killed behind Revere High School. He is also accused of lying to investigators after the incident. The officers were off-duty but had been drinking before the incident. [WBZ, background: Bostonist]
We feel an illogical sense of pride when our local politicians are covered in the national media. It validates our process somehow. Not to get carried away, but maybe one of these years a Massachusetts leader will even run for President! Perchance to dream.
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