Results tagged “postoffice”

What is it about Boston and bomb threats? This afternoon, someone allegedly brought a package into a post office, set it on the counter, and said it was a bomb, WCVB reports.

--Another winning headline from the mysterious BPD Blotter writer: "Adding Assault to Injury." Early this morning, Latanya Minors allegedly played bumper cars with another car. She struck a car, which had two occupants inside. Then she drove around the block and did it again. Minors wasn't finished - witnesses tried to "confront" her (BPD parlance), upon which she punched them and threw her keys at them. Also on the blotter: a robbery attempt at the...

We at the Gothamist network would like to express our heartfelt wishes to the people of Minnesota in the days after their tragic bridge collapse. We're not trying to discount the severity of the accident by making note of it in opposition to our usual -Ist lightheartedness - we just wanted to take a moment and recognize those affected last week. After the Minneapolis bridge collapse, Bostonist did some research and found that Massachusetts bridges...

So we've now had a whole 24 hours to get used to the new $.41 postal rate. And we're more confused about how much it will take to drop something in the mail than we were when we tried using a CharlieTicket CharlieCard for the first time. We dropped in to mail the letter that we'd promised to send to Grandpa Bostonist back in March – marched up to the fare vending machines stamp vending machines armed with a pocket full of $6 in quarters and a couple singles intent on purchasing our first "Forever" stamps at the newly released rate. Nothing. Everything but the $.02 stamps were flashing "Sold Out" in that loveably outdated digital font in the machines. The line for the main counter snaked out the door, so we hopped into the line at the "Post Office Store" intent on buying a book of stamps. After a contractor bought a shipping box, a nice woman purchased a few stamps and an oversized padded envelope and joked for far too long with the postal worker considering the length of the line, and a guy purchased sixty $.02 stamps (with pennies!) We snagged a book of Liberty Bell forever stamps (congrats Phillyist on the iconic triumph). We plunked down the $8.20 knowing that we can mail up to six sheets of nicely folded paper in a #10 envelope anytime, anywhere.

A while back, we joined the Globe in recommending Winthrop Square Garage as a place to park if you are crazy or desperate enough to drive downtown.

It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend... Gothamist spent the week writing about New Yorkers behaving badly: at the post office, at the Garden, and at the fertility clinic. Calvin Klein may not be misbehaving, but he's just a little dirty, and in a completely different way than some NYC kitchens. SFist had its share of misbehave-rs, too, like...

We were thinking about how clever presidential candidate Barack Obama must have been to find parking in Cambridge, tickets be dammed. And then we saw the latest in ridiculous rates in this city. The Globe reports, "At least seven garages are charging for parking in 20-minute rather than 30-minute increments, and many of them are collecting their all-day rates for periods of less than two hours." Many places are charging $6 for 20 minutes or...

We've been asked a couple times about the particularities of voting in the primaries tomorrow. Bostonist doesn't claim to be an authority on the subject, but we've taken a stab at answering a few questions below.

The not-so-secret secret that a ride around the lagoon on a swan boat on a steaming New England afternoon is a great way for a tourist to feel comfortable or a Bostonian to feel nostalgic for childhood when they first climbed aboard the bike pedal style powered boats. The Swan Boats launch every May and are taken out of the water and stored at Labor Day – USA today reports, via the AP, that the...

While some parts of the country saw massive marches and demonstrations during yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants," Boston's turnout was relatively modest. (The Hi-Spot Deli downtown was totally closed, though.) Nevertheless, the Bostonist team diligently snapped a few photos of events downtown, in Harvard Yard, and at Cambridge City Hall (yeah, we know we have too many pictures of Middlesex County. We're working on it.), and here they are. You can see links to more pictures at Universal Hub.

Donating doesn't have to be a drag! Why not get a good feeling in your heart and stomach as you donate in style? The victims of Hurricane Katrina get a part of your check, and in return for your donation, you won't feel bad for paying a little extra for a night out. A number of different donation dinners have been springing up all over New England. Tonight there will be an entire Cape Cod...

With warm weather returning, the long-suffering, winter-weary workers of downtown will no doubt be returning to one of Bostonist's favorite outdoor lunch spots, the park at Post Office Square. Officially called Norman B. Leventhal Park (after a much-storied Boston developer), the quiet oasis bounded by Franklin, Milk, Congress, and Pearl Streets is run by the non-profit Friends of Post Office Square trust, who provide the free plastic cushions that Bostonist uses to keep our dress slacks free of grass stains. There are few better spots for people watching at lunch time: by 12:30 on a sunny weekday, workers of all descriptions, tourists, and the idle rich are crammed cheek-by-jowl onto the lawn, benches, and trellis-covered walkway, lounging, eating, and entertaining Bostonist with their good looks and silly, overheard conversations. There is also talk of free wireless Internet in the Square too. Starting in late May, the park hosts daily concerts to give that extra touch of class, but until then, Bostonist is of the opinion that daily freestyle rap battles would be a tremendous addition to the midday repast. Any takers?