--Another fireman behaving badly; after hitting a woman, he fought with the arresting officers. [Boston Herald] --With only lottery tickets and the tracks to keep them occupied, MA residents were forced to spend more than $1 billion in Connecticut and Rhode Island casinos last year. [Boston Globe] --Researchers say the "Flutie Effect" is real (and it has nothing to do with mullets). [WCVB] --A State Representative from Boston wants no more "height-ism" and "weight-ism"......

Matt Ashare is leaving the Boston Phoenix. The Weekly Dig broke the news and seems happy, as, for once, [they're not the ones in the news for alt-weekly staff turnover. Apparently the shakeup happened because the Phoenix's music coverage wasn't keeping on top of the trends. Sam Baltrusis at Loaded Gun notes that things might have gotten a tad crusty over there: "The Phoenix has the exact same editorial lineup it did when I left......

DJ David Day MAKE IT NEW Thursday, November 1 Middlesex Lounge 315 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 21+ / 9:00 pm - 2:00 am / FREE MySpace: Make It New This has been an incredibly eventful year for the youth in Boston's club scene, and it's about to experience another resurgence. In February, an event happened where three newly acquainted DJs got together to spin at Shine, the tucked-away haven in Kendall Square. Since then,......

We had heard word from a kind tipper that some of the Weekly Dig staff gave notice as soon as former Editor Michael Brodeur found out that he was fired. The Boston Magazine blog just confirmed that managing editor Shaula Clark and staff writer Julia Reischel are indeed gone. The Boston Magazine blog also had an exclusive interview with Dig publisher Jeff Lawrence. That makes sense, as Joe Keohane used to edit the Dig and......

A post appeared on Universal Hub earlier today saying that Editor Michael Brodeur was out at the Weekly Dig. A Phoenix post backs that up, and Dig founder and president Jeff Lawrence sent out a press release. Here's the text of the release: Boston's Weekly Dig announced today that the editor, Michael Brodeur, is no longer with the company as part of an editorial restructuring, “Michael has been a huge part of the Dig for......

Joe Keohane, editor of the Weekly Dig, will be leaving the paper to embark up on a lucrative career as a freelance writer. Best of luck to him, but, given how hard it is to make a living as a freelancer, Bostonist hopes he likes the taste of ramen noodles. Even Keohane jokes about that his future "vast freelance wealth" in the press release announcing his departure. (Did you know that the inventor of......