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.
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An annual illegal fireworks display in Marshfield injured 3 people on Saturday. [Boston Channel]
Boston's "hot dog hope" didn't beat Joey Chestnut, but he didn't get arrested like Kobayashi. [Boston Herald]
From the "One More for the Road" department: If you're going to drive drunk, don't do it by the Charles after the fireworks and hit a cop. [WHDH]
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According to Chowderfest results, the best chowdah can be found at Quincy Market. [WHDH]
Some RMV offices will be closing through end of the year; other less convenient locations will open. [Boston Channel]
House of Blues won't be serving over-priced drinks for a week. [Boston Herald]
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Why didn't anyone think of this before? Legislation is introduced to keep sex offenders out of ice cream trucks. [Boston Herald]
If you bought beef at Hannaford, take a closer look before you eat it. [Boston Channel]
In the latest trend for local media coverage, another senior-citizen driver has hit a pedestrian in the last month. [WHDH]
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Local little leaguers play the world's longest baseball game on purpose. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
The world's longest lobster roll was made in Portland yesterday. [NECN]
Falling clams and ice kill a man at a chowder plant. [CBS]
The mystery meat might have been grosser than you thought. Many local school cafeterias aren't regularly inspected. [Boston Globe]
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Bostonist reported on the shocking murder of an 18-year old girl from Wayland, allegedly commited by the victim's boyfriend. That story makes outrage over the news that CBS edited Boston's July 4th fireworks display in an unrealistic way seem insignificant. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
CBS used some creative editing during Boston's Fourth of July fireworks display on Monday. David Mugar, the event's organizer, confirmed the images were altered to showcase famous Boston landmarks. [Universal Hub], [WCVB] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
There's nothing like celebrating the Fourth of July in Boston. The Boston Pops rocked the Esplanade and James Taylor was at his best in Tanglewood. The Spirit of America marching band even entertained shoppers at a Cape Cod Stop & Shop. All photos from Boston fireworks unless otherwise noted.
Fireworks lit up the Boston sky last night. Here's a sample of the pictures posted by our flickr contributors. We'll post more later.
Celebrate Independence Day with Nantucket Style!
A bear visited a residential area in Attleboro on Sunday. As police waited from help from state environmental police, the bear eventually wandered off. Bears have been busy this spring. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
- A week ago Saturday an abandoned warehouse fire in Roxbury turned into a nine-alarm blaze that required 150 firefighters to battle. The building fire was apparently caused by fireworks being used by people living there illegally.
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Hey all you Bostonist readers and photographers--happy belated Independence Day! Apologies if you're burnt out on fireworks photos; we couldn't resist. Unlike many we saw this year, this image by photographynatalia includes a person. It helps pin the fireworks display to a communal, human event, and it reflects some of the giddy glee and awe associated with the celebration.
- Sean Harrington, a 17-year old from Arlington, is fighting to bring the Pledge of Allegiance back to the town's classrooms. [MassLive.com]
- Eric Tucker runs that spectacular Boston Pops Fourth of July fireworks display we will all enjoy Sunday night. [WBZ]
- Police are prepared to, well, police the behavior of citizens celebrating this weekend. Any drinking, bonfires or private fireworks displays will be scrutinized. [Patriot Ledger]
In a slightly belated honor of our country's birthday, we thought we'd bring you a few of our favorite fireworks shots from Saturday. All of these shots and more can be found in our Bostonist Flickr Pool.
- Massachusetts has the second-lowest obesity rate in the nation at 21.2%, which still seems too high. [WCVB]
- Boston firefighters are defying Boston Fire Department orders to volunteer to staff three stations. [Boston Herald]
Maybe? Anyway, Project Best Idea Ever offers you the opportunity to pay $45 (per person) for a rubber raft, a life vest, and nonspecific "dinner and beverages" (which seems to involve hot dogs) on the water this July 4. It's probably a better way to view the fireworks than going out ass-early to save a spot on the Longfellow, but you could probably also just buy the gear yourself—if not for less money, at least for the opportunity to reuse it in future years. But Project Best Idea ever has clearly appealed to some folks: it's in its fifth year, and 8pm tomorrow's the deadline for reserving a raft for next weekend. Sign up for your rubber raft today, enjoy fireworks in, er, style? next weekend.
Fireworks lit up the skies of Greater Boston last night. From our perch on the Mass. Ave. bridge, we saw four fireworks displays, including the grandest of them all, the Boston Pops extravaganza. (The other three appeared to be in Newton, Somerville(?), and South Boston.)
--"Operation Barber Shop" went into action on the day of the Red Sox's home opener, busting a Commonwealth-wide gambling ring after 15 months of investigation by local, state, and federal authorities. They raided 14 locations, arresting 36 people and collecting 33 laptops. [Boston Globe, Boston Herald]
Kind of a slow week on Series of Tubes (why it's a bit late) for the end of year, but we've got the goods.
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