We thought the perfect day to present a gallery of pictures from Halloween would be an election day. Both are scary and involve people pretending to be something they're not. They both promise something for nothing.
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It was a relatively peaceful Halloween in Boston and Salem. [Boston Globe]
It was a scary Sunday for dozens of gourds at BU's annual pumpkin drop. [Daily Free Press]
In a twist on the recent bullying stories, a bully at Groton School committed suicide after being asked to leave. [ABC News]
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With about 100,000 revelers in Salem, two stabbings ain't bad. [Wicked Local]
A falling tree kills a trick-or-treater in NH. [Union Leader]
Most of the state's transportation agencies have officially merged into MassDOT. [Providence Business News]
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Salem is ready for an expected 100,000 visitors each weekend day to revel in all sorts of ghoulish fun. Halloween falling on a weekend, a mild one weatherwise, too, will draw large crowds. Salem beefed up its police presence to make sure everyone plays nice. Public transportation is suggested.
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.
Either Readredreedreeds found this as amusing a concept as we did, or he's just tired of Halloween. A cute, quirky shot like this shows why it's a good idea to always have your camera around.
Even if you're not feeling spooky this weekend, the spirits might come to you in the right place. No, not the graveyard; not even the Lizzie Borden house. This Halloween, you might just be most haunted in a seemingly innocuous location: the library.
The Archdiocese of Boston urges Catholics to hold off on the consecrated wine, lest they catch transubstantiated swine flu.
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What can you find more of around Halloween than girls in slutty-nun costumes? Pumpkin beers. They can’t all be good, though; only one can be king of the pumpkins. Here at Bostonist we tried a small selection of the beers in search of the best.
The strangely popular Boondock Saints, a mobster movie set in Boston, will soon have a sequel. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is set to be released on October 30, two days before the actual All Saints Day, but just in time to inspire a lot of Halloween costumes. Though set in Boston, the sequel was filmed in Toronto (damn Canadians!), opening up the possibility for lots of Bostonians to complain about inaccuracies. The sequel, like the original, will feature plenty of guns and Catholic imagery; to distinguish the films, there's also a female lead involved this time.
Every week Bostonist brings you the most infectious of Boston-based viral videos. From glam rock tea parties, to party buttons and the Defarted -- if you've got the viral itch, you probably caught it from us... Sorry!
It starts around the second week in October and easily lingers into November. It shows up in cute miniature versions of our classic favorites, taunting us with its cuteness and the promise of fewer calories per serving.
Tonight, vampires ditch their fangs for dentures of the undead whist acting like witches, and ghosts disguise themselves as bats disguised as rabbits. Be not surprised if even the Citgo sign in Kenmore Square shines just a teensy but more orange than usual this night.
To follow up our Halloween Happenings, here's a photo gallery of some pumpkins to give you ideas for your own jack o' lantern--if you haven't already carved one, that is (you're running out of time!). Also check out another of our faves for inspiration (bonus points to anyone who creates a custom electoral map jack-o-lantern). If you still need a costume idea, you can be like BG Lewandowski and make yourself scarce. Take some costume photos tonight and share them with us over the weekend by tagging them Bostonist. And have a terrific time trick-or-treating, or just tricking, or just treating, or whatever you do on Halloween.
Costumes impress friends, confuse tourists.
The Globe reports that Sharon resident Steve Connolly is growing what he hopes may be the world's biggest pumpkin. Tipping the scales at nearly 2000 pounds (currently 1878 pounds and growing at a rate of 11 pounds a day), Connolly has created a ton of pumpkinness that's already (unofficially) smashed the current world record of 1689 pounds. It'd take a chainsaw to carve this thing. Careful protection from the elements and feeding with the delicious combination of ground bone, blood, fish, molasses, and manure have helped the pumpkin grow strong. (No word on whether any steroids were involved.) Perhaps this is the Great Pumpkin Linus has been awaiting for so long? Current world record holder Joe Jutras is skeptical, noting that the weight of Connolly's pumpkin is estimated from its measurement, and saying that some pumpkins weigh heavy, some weigh light. Find out October 11 (October 12 rain date) during the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Grower’s Annual Weigh-off at Frerichs Farm in Warren, Rhode Island, whether Connolly's Cucurbita makes it to the top.
Say hello to new columnist Ol' Scratch, who is posting on all things retro in Boston. Here's how he describes "Retroville" to us: "Amongst Boston's many underground scenes and small, quirky social groups, a segment who are passionate about the 'classic' lifestyle has arisen. Whether it's the greasers who love rockabilly, the classy cabaret kids, the swing dancers, or the bodacious burlesquers, they've all got one thing in common: They all live in Retroville." With that ...
--Hug a social worker today. If you've ever wondered why the Department of Social Services couldn't stop an act of violence from happening, read this eye-opening article on just how hard it is to be a social worker. According to the piece, "between one-third and three-quarters of all social workers nationwide have been threatened, physically assaulted, or had their property damaged." [Boston Globe]
Never has a matchup between the best team in football and the worst team in football had this much riding on it. The Patriots, as we all know, have clinched the division, home-field advantage, and everything that matters in a typical season. The Miami Dolphins are God-awful, zooming towards the #1 draft pick, and would be in line for a season of historic ineptitude except that the stupid Ravens were worse last week. Should be a gimme, right?
--A second MBTA-related noose incident: A black conductor found a noose on the floor of a Red Line cab before Halloween. [Boston Herald] --Roberto Pulido, crooked cop extraordinaire who inspired one of the Herald's most salacious covers, is now blaming steroids for his behavior. [Boston Globe] --A bus driver from Martha's Vineyard won $10 million smackers in the Massachusetts State Lottery. [Boston Herald] --Some UMass-Amherst students are attempting a boycott. [Boston Herald] --Elsewhere in...
--We're sure you've seen pictures of the dum-dum intern who told his boss he had a family emergency and then got busted going to a Halloween party instead. Unfortunately, he's local. Kevin Colvin, the dum-dum intern in a Tinkerbell costume, was working in Boston, and he wore his pretty costume in Worcester. As one Valleywag commenter put it, "He went out in Worcester wearing a fairy costume. Kid's lucky to be alive, never mind losing...
MBTA employees are not endearing themselves to the public this week. First there was the driver on the C Line who injured a passenger by hitting the brakes at a bad time. She expressed her concern by going out for a smoke. Then there's the creep who made fake passes for the blind, which he sold to people who could see. Now there's the bonehead who wore a noose to the MBTA office for Halloween....
Londonist got the big scoop of the week with what may be the first images of notorious street artist Banksy in action. They also got on a runaway train without an operator provoking a response from the transport authorities. Elsewhere, London's answer to Central Station is about to open for business, and Londonist got a sneak preview. Meanwhile, spooky goings-on beneath London Bridge, where a cache of skeletons provided an apt story for Hallowe'en....
We're on the verge of Red Sox Burnout and looking forward to the Pats-Colts game (live blog Sunday!), but the Red Sox keep on impressing us with their victory laps. We are loving captain and catcher Jason Varitek right now. Varitek appeals to the angel side of Bostonist's personality. He wears Cosby sweaters and hands out Halloween candy. What's not to love about that? According to the Globe, Varitek gave the kiddies--and their parents--a treat...