A series of thunderstorms hit Massachusetts on Thursday, knocking down trees and wires and causing power outages. A casino bill compromise is in the works that would create three resort-style casinos and a fourth gaming site at a racetrack. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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A remnant from the brutal winter of 2010-2011, a pile of snow two stories high, is still hanging around on Ring Road near Shopper's World in Framingham. Masachusetts avoided the $4 mark for gas by settling at $3.94 per gallon. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Red Sox want to expand the sale of hard liquor at Fenway Park. The Globe described the sales as being done "at a limited number of stations." Mayor Tom Menino has concerns about it. A week after a sample of rainwater contained a small amount of radioactive iodine from Japan, no radioactive iodine was found in Massachusetts' drinking water supplies. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Snow. Friday. Really. A Rhode Island man died after testing positive for salmonella. A total of 39 people are ill from eating pastry from DeFusco's Bakery in Johnston, R.I. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
An $830 million budget that closes several schools and cuts 200 jobs was approved by the Boston School Committee last night. The Red Sox are worth $912 million and the Yankees are worth $1.7 billion. Forbes said so. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Secretary of State Bill Galvin released corrected state census data this afternoon that showed Boston and Springfield added to their populations in the past decade. There will be more math required for high school students who want to go to any state college or university in Massachusetts beginning in 2016. The new requirement is four years of mathematics. Look for more snow on Wednesday and Thursday. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Our snow may actually melt. Buckner filmed will be on an episode of HBO’s "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
It's going to be very cold this week and that means the snow is going nowhere. Except in Marblehead. Their snow is going into the ocean. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A visit to WBZ's website gave us some new things to fear, both weather related. WBZ gave us a new term to consider: Urban Avalanche. They've also begun talking up the threat of flooding from all of the snow we have.
H1N1 is back. Roofs are still dropping. More snow is coming. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
As the onslaught of snow continues unabated, we have a third example of snow rage to contemplate. A Hyde Park man was arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon after a dispute over shoveling.
Snow! Remove it! Drive slow! Fly away from it? Good luck with that! Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Channel 5 calls our current storm "menacing" and says it will last for two days. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The next storm, or storms, are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Channel 5 says Tuesday brings snow. It switches to a snow-mix rain and reverts to snow on Wednesday afternoon. David Brown said it is a "long duration" storm. Great. The only good part is that Western Mass. may get more snow than us.
It feels like the snow is here for good. It's not, fyi. We are getting more snow, around six inches, soon. That means we'll have snow for a while.
Snow continues to take its toll on us all today after an almost endless amount of it.
Troops from Massachusetts are headed to Iraq. Commuting to and from Boston is harder in the snow. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Snowstorm. Drive Carefully. Protect Your Roof. Avoid gigantic mounds of snow. There's also a picture of Boston from 1860. No snow in it, though. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
According to weather reports, temperatures will break into the 20's on Tuesday, ending a cold spell that featured temperatures so low that parts of the Bay State hadn't seen anything like it since 2005. The Patriot Ledger reported it was -6 below at 8 a.m. at Blue Hill Observatory in Milton. Temperatures dropped to -22 below in Orange on Sunday night. We'll swich to more snow on Wednesday and Thursday. We hope you all were bundling upbefore going out.
We're having a brutal winter. It's friggin' cold and snow is everywhere. More snow is headed our way. Where can Hub residents turn for hope in January? Beer. Where else? This great photo, courtesy of Paul Keleher, proves that we can always count on the beer guy to deliver, even in the wicked winter of 2010-2011.
Boston faced trouble on the highway and trains today. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Having to shovel snow is the great equalizer of 2011. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Did you enjoy driving on Wednesday? Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Snowstorm highlights: 30" in Western Massachusetts, 100,000 people without power, delays at Logan. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Yes, you heard right. We're getting another big snowstorm. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Another snowstorm is coming. The Krafts donated $20 million to Partners HealthCare. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Massachusetts is due to receive two more winter storms tomorrow and into Saturday. Friday will leave an inch or two, and Saurday's snow could be double that. Western Massachusetts will get more than the Boston area.