--Boston cabbies want to increase fares, which would make a Boston ride higher per-mile than NYC, SF, and Chicago. Taxi drivers cite rising gas prices, yet do not mention large cell phone bills. [Boston Globe] --Since pedicabs aren't always nearby, more and more people are riding their bicycles around Boston. Local agencies to support the surge in biking by adding bicycle racks among other initiatives. [Boston Herald] --"Blackest" is poised to become the "new......

When celebrities come to town to make movies, they usually descend upon us in a flash, look pretty, drink our booze, eat our ice cream and zip back out again. But Ricky Gervais, who is making a movie in Lowell, is leaving us a little something special in his blog. After a rocky start in which Gervais made fun of the Lowell Sun and the Lowell Sun responded in kind, Gervais appears to be back......

The Lowell Sun is presenting a surprisingly thuggy side to an unlikely target--British actor Ricky Gervais, who is making a movie there. Via Pax Arcana, we hear that Gervais did a video about the Sun. In the video, Gervais comments on some lines in the Lowell paper about his upcoming movie: "LA meets LA--Lowell area, that is." Throughout the clip, Gervais' lip curls in a gesture of distate, and he catches a typo ("scoping" versus......