--An MBTA employee and a friend were charged with larceny for using fake refund tickets to squeeze $465 from the T. The employee worked in the Revenue Audit Department and allegedly gave his friend the fake tickets, which she would then cash in. An MBTA employee cashing in the tickets brought the incident to light. Now, the duo will appear on next year's crime report. [MBTA press release] --A fight between two men resulted in......

In Cambridge, some residents are irritated by the sound of leaf blowers--as opposed to all the other noises one can hear in Cambridge. So, the City Council is spending its valuable time debating when and where the dastardly leaf blowers can be used. According to Matt Dunning at the Cambridge Chronicle, the City Council spent the "better part of two hours" discussing how strong bans on leaf blowers should be. Exceptions to the ban kept......

Bostonist was startled last week when the Cambridge Chronicle published an article listing the ten ugliest buildings In Cambridge. Topping the list was the new Stata Center at MIT, designed by world-renowed modernist architect Frank Gehry. Apparently, we weren't the only ones taken back by this nudge to the experimental and visually stimulating building placed in the center of the otherwise drab industrial park. This past week, the Chronicle reported on a class of......