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The "void" in the Big Dig tunnel will be filled with cement sometime next month by drilling holes around the area that will then have cement pumped through them. [Boston Herald] An elderly man from Raynham is the first Massachusetts resident to contract EEE in 2011. He became sick Saturday and was hospitalized Monday. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

• The Red Sox are going to move the Ted Williams statue farther down Van Ness Street in order to make a new statue in honor of "The Teammates, " the 2003 book by the late David Halberstam about Williams and teammates, Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr and the late Dom DiMaggio. Bostonist assumes Teddy Ballgame will be moved in one piece. [Boston Herald]

• FEMA is opening five Disaster Recovery Centers in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Worcester counties on Wednesday to help flood victims. [WBZ]

• Animals are on the loose in the Greater Boston area. Chickens parakeets, emu. Oh my! Bostonist had such creatures on the ark we built last week. [Universal Hub]

We've learned a lot more than we ever wanted to know about the sad fate of Ted Williams's cryogenically frozen head, which we last saw allegedly being used for batting practice in the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. more ›

Almost three weeks ago, Bostonist read about Ted Williams' head's starring role in the Alcor T-Ball Invitational. Still not over that. The Kid is in the news again, sort of, in a story that, while still negative, lacks that utter depravity of a man's severed head being hit with a wrench. A Canadian baseball card collector says a rare 1954 Ted Williams card was taken from his room in a New York hotel in October. The unidentified collector reportedly paid $5,500 for the card, which was one of a series of 20 issued by the Wilson Franks hot dog company. With the baseball card industry quickly vanishing, it's noteworthy that somehow would even try to steal one. more ›

One minute, you're a war hero, a national legend, and the greatest hitter in the major leagues. The next, you're dead and your cretinous son is producing a dubious document saying your final wishes were to have your head severed and put in a deep freeze in Arizona. more ›

--Fraternity brothers at MIT's Delta Upsilon are saying that Robert Wells, who died over the weekend, fell from his window in an accident. [Boston Globe] more ›

--New England Confectionery Co., aka NECCO, was sold to a company in Bethesda, Maryland. So, will the name be changed to Maryland Confectionary Company, or MACCO? We certainly hope not. [Boston Globe] more ›

Update: The Ted Williams tunnel has reopened. [WCVB] more ›

We did our best to spread the word on Sunday that Boston Police would be cracking down on debauchery outside Fenway Park during Game 7 of the ALCS, but let's face it: we're naturally curious. We wanted to see with our own eyes what the scene was like down by the ballpark, given the likelihood of stories running wild about who was going to take it too far: the crowd or the police. Police had... more ›

More standing room "seats" at Fenway are a fitting addition after the 2006 season. In 2004 the curse was broken. The oldest and smallest MLB park was outfitted with a new drainage system. In 2005 when the boys failed to repeat the 2004 feat the season was followed by a overhaul of the .406 club creating the open air posh seating now called the EMC club for a corporate sponsor (rather than to honor Ted... more ›

With everything that's gone on with the Big Dig since the project started it isn't surprising that yet another delay was announced by the Turnpike Authority in reopening connector tunnels. They announced that because of engineering flaws in steel brackets that hold up concrete panels aren't actually strong enough to keep them up. Due skepticism was given when it was discovered that the glue holding the bolts in place wasn't doing the trick – but... more ›

Just in case the prospect of death and destruction at the airport weren't enough, there's more news today in the ongoing saga of the route to the airport here in Boston. Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the contractor overseeing the Big Dig, has now announced that the bolts holding up ceiling panels in the Ted Williams tunnel - the ones that haven't already given out and caused a fatal ceiling collapse - may not be good for the long haul because the state's recent safety tests put too much load on the bolts. Color Bostonist cynical (and we're not alone in feeling this way), but when the same people who failed to provide a non-lethal tunnel say that the same thing that already killed one person may happen again and when it does it won't be their fault, we're more than a little bit skeptical. We'll just keep using the Callahan Tunnel for the time being, thank you very much. more ›

Boston awoke this morning to the news we dread, more Big Dig stories. Last night, sometime around 11 pm a large hunk of ceiling in the Turnpike connector tunnel came crashing down when a steel tieback let go. The three ton slab of concrete crushed a car; while the driver was rescued alive the passenger in the vehicle was killed. The stretch of turnpike connector to the Ted Williams Tunnel is closed until at least mid-day tomorrow. more ›

Bostonist has been a "bleacher creature" for years at Fenway Park...walking to the end of the park, up rows and rows to some seat with a view of Damon's backside. Well, recently Bostonist got its first taste of the finer side of Fenway when we watched a game from the .406 Club, the supposed V.I.P. section of the park. Named after Ted Williams' 1941 batting average of .406, these club seats were courtesy of a family friend, so we jumped at the idea to go; but after 9 innings in the .406, Bostonist was yearning for those bleachers and a Fenway Frank. more ›

While expecting to find lots of older women lunching along side Renoirs and Monets, the Museum was packed with lots of middle-aged men and their wives and/or kids; there are two male-friendly exhibits currently drawing them into the MFA. more ›