What was described as a bomb or an earthquake by the Goodridge family of 115 Boston Street was a box truck slamming into their house yesterday. The Dairy Witch ice cream stand is adjacent to the house. The city's building inspector was investigating any structural damage to the house.
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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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Nothing says "happy birthday" like sending a nose-hair trimmer to a professor that's mistaken for a bomb. [Boston Globe]
Psst. Check out these anecdotes about people smoking pot in public and not paying the fines. [Boston Herald]
A Madoff victim based in Salem is covering his employees' 401(k) plans out of his own pocket. [WHDH]
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Either Salem's warlocks are squibs, or Charlie Sheen is really screwed. The Coven of the Raven Moon in Salem performed a ritual on Sunday to cure Sheen and prevent his warlock abuse from continuing. The spell failed because Sheen got fired on Monday for "moral turpitude." If that wasn't enough, he brandished a machete on the roof of a Beverly Hills building. Machetes are nothing new to Bostonist.
Sunday night can't come soon enough for the warlock community. As you know, warlocks everywhere are outraged that Charlie Sheen mocked their beliefs by describing himself as a warlock in some of his recent rants and they want to "magically bind" him in response. Apparently, the binding ceremony is planned for Sunday in Salem. Local warlocks and witches like Christian Day and Laurie Stathopoulos, called Lorelei, will perform a ritual at 3 p.m. at Crow Haven Corner at 125 Essex Street to stop his negative use of "warlock," and also help Sheen solve his problems. "We want to try save him, as well as not have ourselves slandered,” said Stathopoulos, a former fan of Sheen's show, Two and a Half Men."
Charlie Sheen calling himself a warlock is funny enough. A real-life warlock - yes, we meant to type that - is now mad that Sheen called himself a "Vatican assassin warlock" during his campaign for mayor of crazytown.
Two Bay State soldiers were killed in action in Afghanistan last week.
Yes, a Salem dad pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon on Tuesday in Salem District Court. On Thursday, he allegedly shot a paintball gun at 7, 9, and 11-year old girls who were playing outside. The girls identified the shooter. He told police his daughter was the shooter, and said he drank up to four beers before the incident. The daughter told police she told her father not to shoot at the girls. All charges alleged until proven under law. [Boston Herald]
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.
Charlieontheradio has kind of a moody shot of Salem looking over from Beverly, fitting for this time of year we think. With blue hues dominating, and lots of depth in the clouds, you may miss the warm glow of the sun low on the horizon.
-- Neil Entwistle was convicted on two counts of first degree murder today. He shot his wife and 9-month-old daughter. The defense, and Entwistle's surviving family, maintain that he is innocent. The minimum sentence in Massachusetts for first degree murder is life imprisonment without parole. Luckily for the Herald and Globe, who can't seem to find any other juicy crime story, Entwistle's case will undergo an automatic review by the Supreme Judicial Court. [Globe]
--Governor Deval Patrick is so lucky. He's in Miami right now. Meanwhile, the AP is wondering why he's leaving the state so much. [AP/Boston Herald]
-- Four Salem High School students have pleaded not guilty to charges that they raped a teen girl in a Lynn home late Friday night. The four boys, three 17 year-olds and one 18 year-old, were arraigned Tuesday on charges of aggravated rape. The alleged victim reported the incident to police Saturday morning. [Globe; Herald]
--A man died this morning after being stabbed in Savin Hill. [Boston Globe]
--A new bill that limits--but doesn't ban--skin-shock treatments at the Judge Rotenberg Center was under discussion yesterday at the State House. The bill would "allow shocks to stop students from hurting themselves or others, but would prohibit shocks for more "minor" acts such as swearing, shouting, or failing to complete a task." And maybe employees could be a little more questioning instead of serving shocks whenever anyone calls up and asks for one. [Boston Globe, background: Bostonist]
The drawbridge between Beverly and Salem has been stuck as wide open as Elly May's top blouse button since 7:15 this morning.
--Boston NOW made a little boo-boo. [Boston Daily, Universal Hub, everyone but Boston NOW]
A barge busted up a bridge so there is no MBTA Commuter Rail service between Salem and Beverly. Newburyport/Rockport line that is.
--Someone made a scary discovery in the Harvard Medical School's new research building. Here's the Herald: According to Fire Capt. Pat Nichols, firefighters were called to the scene because a jar of possibly toxic chemicals was found near the body. The man’s head was also wrapped in a plastic bag, he said. The Crimson has identified the individual as a Harvard sophomore, John B. Edwards of Wellesley. --A woman's body was found in a minivan...
Art House Silent Art Auction Thursday, November 29, 7:00 pm Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, $15 More info The Brattle Theatre is holding its fourth-annual silent art auction so you can do some good for local culture and make your apartment less ugly. Bids start at $35, which is pretty cheap for getting your foot in the door as an art collector. The Brattle has previewed some of the works so you can glance at them ahead...
--The man who was robbing people in the South End by impersonating a police detective has been arrested. The DA's office says that Anthony Burney, 32, of Lynn, was charged with "two counts of unarmed robbery and single counts of impersonating a police officer, kidnapping, and larceny over $250." Burney forced one man he was robbing on a trip through the subway system. From the DA's office: That victim described a long and bizarre trip...
--Don't eat the yellow pills: "Mixing cough syrup, Vicodin or Lipitor with cat litter is the new advice on getting rid of unused medications. Preferably used cat litter." [WCVB] --Another BPD (pardon us, ex-BPD) officer has pled guilty to protecting shipments of cocaine. Unfortunately for him, the people shipping the cocaine were undercover FBI. [Boston Globe] --A boiler explosion in Salem sends three people to the hospital. [WCVB] --A huge sinkhole in the middle of...
Have the local witches lost their powers or something? They used to be hardcore. They withstood trials and hangings. But now they have to rely on flinging around raccoon carcasses to get their points across.
Our mothership, Gothamist, interviewed author Sarah Vowell this week. In that interview, Vowell revealed the topic of her new book – the Puritans! She's been hunting in our own backyard for information about Puritan history in the 17th century.
--We've heard of "road rage," but "boat rage"? Apparently that's what happened in Danvers late yesterday afternoon when some alleged bonehead got ticked off and rammed a motorboat with his pontoon boat. Twice. According to the Salem News, the drivers began wrestling each other. The person who got rammed had bite marks on his arm.