Massachusetts and other New England states are in various stages of recovery from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. People without power, now estimated at 180,000 by MEMA, are frustrated. We felt the same until power was restored to us. This morning, National Grid reported 160,000 customers without power today, along with 84,000 NSTAR clients.
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Although convicted of bribery, Chuck Turner is ready to get back to work on the City Council. [Dorchester Reporter]
The priest who stalked Conan O'Brien says he's fine and wants to get back to work, but the Boston Archdiocese is on Team Coco. [MyFoxBoston]
The contractor working on the exploding house has a record of safety violations. [Boston Channel]
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Two artists with local roots have been nominated (again) for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [Boston Herald]
Amtrak's new high speed rail plan could offer a trip to NYC in 84 minutes -- in 30 years when we'll all have flying cars. [WHDH]
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Charlie Baker is polling neck-and-neck with Gov. Patrick with about a month before the elections. [Boston Globe]
A Massachusetts man is planning to build an orphanage in Haiti to be named in honor of his daughter who died in the catastrophic earthquake. [WHDH]
A 3.1 earthquake, centered in New Hampshire, was felt around New England. [WMUR]
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Instead of selling their museum's art collection, Brandeis will rent it out to the highest bidder. [Boston Herald]
The University of Vermont still needs the milk, but they're selling the cows. [Burlington Free Press]
As if being a fisherman in New England isn't difficult enough, federal regulators have been questionably fining more than any other area and they got to spend the money. [Boston Globe]
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Remember the Rhode Island school district that fired all the teachers? They're probably going to rehire all of them back. [Providence Journal]
Israel has barred MIT professor Noam Chomsky from entering the country to speak at a Palestinian university. [NY Times]
If a Harvard student hadn't been caught hacking into his teachers' grading systems, he probably could've had a brilliant career on Wall Street. [WBZ]
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President Obama was talking about health care in Maine today. [WCSH-TV]
Then he's visiting Boston with floods and fundraising on his mind. [WHDH]
The off-duty security guard who saved a doctor at MGH will not face any charges for fatally shooting the attacker. [Boston Herald]
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Life is good for gold medalist Hannah Kearney. On top of a Fenway invitation to throw out a first pitch, she's probably getting a Ben & Jerry's flavor named after her. [Business Week]
Congrats to snowboarder Scotty Lago for grabbing a bronze medal for the Granite State. [Seacoast Online]
Ostensibly Scott Brown's kids are celebrating the election by selling crap to fill his campaign coffers. [Fox News]
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The days are getting longer now. [Boston Globe]
The "Annoying Dorm Resident of the Year" award goes to a freshman at Green Mountain College who is suing to change the bathrooms. [Burlington Free Press]
Football players are being encouraged to donate whatever's left of their brains to BU. [Washington Post]
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Republicans at Brown fight to celebrate Columbus. The ghosts of thousands of slain native Americans were unavailable for comment. [Providence Journal]
Tom Cruise stopped the traffic on the Zakim without special Scientology powers. [WHDH]
Powerball is coming to Massachusetts. [Boston Herald]
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The 17th case of measles in Massachusetts in 2011 was traced to a 17-year old from Vermont who volunteered at the New England Aquarium on May 19 and May 22. The Boston Public Health Commission warned visitors to the aquarium on those days about possible exposure to the measles. Those who my not be immune to the measles were advised to avoid "public activity" for 21 days. Massachusetts has reportedly had 12 cases of measles since May 1. The city said the outbreak is caused by people traveling outside of the country without immunizations.
Wayne Leduc of Milton entered a not guilty plea to multiple charges, including drunken driving, today Quincy District Court and was held on $1,500 cash bail. Leduc was arrested on Sunday for allegedly hitting a state trooper on I-93. The trooper was identified as Brian Berry, 43. He was treated at Boston Medical Center and already released. [Globe]
The unidentified driver of the Tour World charter bus loaded with University of Massachusetts at Amherst students that crashed on Vermont's I-93 highway in Putney yesterday was supposed to be released from the hospital today. The students were headed to Quebec on a ski trip. The bus held 44 students and 16 were treated and released from area hospitals on Friday. Only the driver was held overnight. The driver said he didn't feel right and tried to pull over before the crash.
-- Former Big Dig boss Matthew Amorello, 52, pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges from an August 7 crash. He was released on personal recognizance and can't drive until his next court appearance on September 30. [WCVB]
-- Lynn Police are investigating vandalism over the weekend at Julia F. Callahan Elementary School. [Globe]
--Nantucket antique dealer David Place was charged with the alleged illegal importing and trafficking of sperm whale teeth on Friday. Place was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on multiple counts of conspiracy and violating a federal law that prohibits trading in illegally captured wildlife.[Boston.com]
-- Passive aggressive notes from BC are "great practice for when you are living alone or with your husband." [Passive Aggressive Notes]
Last week, we wondered "WTF, Vermont?" when we heard the news that Governor Jim Douglas planned to veto the bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. Well, he did. But, in a dramatic show of awesomeness, the Vermont House of Representatives voted to override the veto, 100-49. Vermont is the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage and the first to do so through an act of legislature.
Despite overwhelming House and Senate votes in favor of the it, Governor Jim Douglas is poised to veto Vermont's marriage equality bill. In the meantime, the Green Mountain State was beaten by freaking Iowa, which became the third state in the U.S. to allow everybody to marry the person whom they want to marry. The other two, of course, are Massachusetts and Connecticut.
We’d just like to remind you of how lucky you are to be living in New England. Why, you ask? If it’s not the weather, the traffic, or the football team, whatever could it be? Well, the beer, naturally. For whatever reason—possibly the weather and the traffic—New England has a high concentration of amazing breweries and brew pubs. You can hardly finish a drunken stagger without falling over one.
--A three-alarm fire broke out at an apartment complex in Framingham yesterday afternoon. Three firefighters and three residents of the complex went to the hospital for minor injuries. [Boston Globe]
The battle over global warming is escalating and it's being fought all over the cultural map, most recently in a three state struggle for the "right to dry."
In the midst of our fleeting lives, one sometimes feels called to take a stand. A meaningless but symbolic stand.
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