-- Boston has been ranked the 6th greenest city in the US—behind NYC! WTF? [Sustain Lane] -- Before he becomes annoyed with our local purple food critic, a recent Chicago-transplant reviews the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival. [MenuPages Blog: Boston] -- If you volunteer to plant trees in Mattapan tomorrow, you can go to a Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) concert later in the evening for free. Or you can think about planting a tree and......

--A man died this morning after being stabbed in Savin Hill. [Boston Globe] --Another man was found dead of a gunshot wound early this morning on Stratton Street. [BPD News] --Also early this morning, in Brockton, a woman led police on a car chase and put a twist in the story by taking her baby along for the ride. A State Trooper pulled her over, but she took off. The car crashed, but no one......

Remember when two Boston College football players and a State Trooper got involved in a bar brawl that sent a software programmer to the hospital? According to Dave Wedge, a judge has thrown out felony assault charges against Trooper Joseph Boike, who also co-owns The Greatest Bar, where the fight took place in August. Boike was accused of using a bottle in the fight, but the judge didn't find evidence that Boike did that. However,......

--Yesterday evening, a woman was caught driving in East Boston Memorial Park--on a pedestrian path. The BPD Blotter writer, obviously thrilled to be back on the job after the recent technical difficulties, adds, "As the name of the path suggests, it is designed and designated for pedestrian traffic only." Yes, she was allegedly drunk. And in a Big Lebowski move, she showed officers a Liquor ID card when asked for license and registration. She was......

--Framingham Police had to deal with a perp so drunk and unruly on Sunday that they had to hold his head still when they snapped him for his mugshot. According to the MetroWest Daily News, Sandro Romero's wild night started when police happened upon Romero's friends, who were trying to take him home. Even though they got him home, the officer involved got called back due to reports of a "screaming man." While being booked,......

--John Edwards, the Harvard sophomore whose body was found yesterday at Harvard Medical School, committed suicide. People who knew him, such as a professor and his roommate are mystified. Eva Wolchover lists Edwards' many accomplishments. He was a top science student (and that's saying something around here), a stem cell researcher, and a guitar player. A Facebook group named "In Memory of John Edwards" has already been established. --Michele McPhee reports that a State Trooper......

--Some of the students who were arrested in the ALCS celebration have turned in the essays Judge Edward "Dredd" Redd requested of them, and one of students made quite clear that she felt she was arrested for simply not being able to move out of the way. [WBZ] --Also regarding the essays: Boston Daily provides post-essay analysis, and Universal Hub notes a comment the DA's office left at the bottom of its announcement reminding......

First base. Second base. Third base. HOME RUN! We're not talking baseball--we're talking sex. Laurel Sweet at the Herald has a lot of fun with her lede about Sox fans who are hoping to find some action during the World Series: Sure the Red Sox [team stats]’ bats are hot, but the boys are also a potent aphrodisiac for swinger fans itching to have sex while in the throes of watching the World Series. Bostonist......

Joseph President, a 23 year- old from Rozzie resident, pled not guilty on charges of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute. He showed up to the Suffolk County courthouse on what the Globe reports was "court business." This really could be anything from paying a fine, contesting a traffic ticket, or filing a complaint of some sort. When he passed through the security check at the entrance to the courthouse a court officer......

The MBTA Police Union is seeking a merger with the Massachusetts State Police. Back in 1992 the state dissolved the Massachusetts Registry Police (enforcing registration and inspection) as a separate entity. Registry Police duties were included in the responsibilities of the State Troopers. We don't have immediate access to data supporting whether or not the initiative was effective – but anecdotally we definitely see more State Police cars than we ever did Registry Police. Today's......

Fighting the good fight, a State Trooper was handing out citations in Cambridge yesterday to a team of solar powered car operators. The Tesseract, a solar electric powered vehicle, was being taken out for a spin by some students who work with the Solar Electric Vehicle Team at the Edgerton Center at MIT. The vehicle, call it a car, was being used to conduct driver training for the North American Solar Challenge next week. The......