The Bruins won the banner raised tonight in June. Watertown-based New England Flag & Banner made it. [Boston Herald] Cam Neely and Charlie Jacobs brought the Stanley Cup to Beacon Hill today. We think the Cup is taller than Governor Deval Patrick. [Boston Herald] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Over the weekend Mother Nature got angry at homes, cars, power lines and trees across the state. [Boston Channel]
Firefighters and Mayor Menino are still arguing about the contract awarded by the arbitration that the Mayor initiated. [Boston Globe]
If you're wondering whether New Englanders are working on the oil spill in the Gulf, they are. [Boston Globe]
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Local weathermen acknowledged there wasn't a snow emergency after all. [Boston Herald]
And the City of Boston is really sorry about ticketing or towing you yesterday. [Boston Channel]
Maybe ducks aren't welcome in Cambridge, but Waltham may allow poultry as pets. [Daily News Tribune]
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A court decides that gambling on the World Series with furniture is not illegal. [Furniture Today]
The Middleborough Indian casino project may be in trouble, because the tribe never lived in there. [Boston Globe]
Deval Patrick says he was also harassed by the police once. [Boston Globe]
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Results tagged “weather”
We know it rained a lot this morning. But, did it rain that much? Yes, we realize it's Walden Pond.
If today wasn't hot enough, tomorrow's temperatures could reach 100 degrees. With the temperature rising today, Springfield opened five cooling centers for residents. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Natick's Daniel Shupert, 9, saved a fellow third-grader by using the Heimlich maneuver. Boston, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, and Massport spent $1 million for 19 new street signs. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A bomb scare turned out to be nothing of the sort as the supected bomb turned out to be laboratory materials intended for a Kendall Square address.The Cambridge Police Department bomb squad detonated the package on Monday morning. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Usually, if you see the word "weather" on Bostonist then its a bad thing. Endless snow, heavy rain or cold temperatures. Now, it's floods. Yes, rain and mild temperatures combined with melting snow has caused the National Weather Service to declare a flood watch until Monday morning in the Bay State - it began at 1 p.m. today. Depending on where you live, you can look for anywhere from an inch to 2.5 inches of rain.
While the NFL delayed a decision on its contract squabble with the players, local businesses on Route 1 in Foxboro are also concerned about a possible lockout. Theodor Seuss Geisel otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904. The Springfield Museums celebrated his birthday today. Boston's harsh winter is on hiatus this weekend as we experience milder temperatures. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Snow has stopped - for now - and temperatures are rising. So are the number of flu cases. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Change came to Bostonist in 2010. More is coming. We hope to be better in 2011. We know we didn't include everything in our list. Please tell us what news mattered to you in 2010.
The National Weather Service's monthly climate data confirms what everybody already knew: July was the sort of summer that inspires overdramatic commercials about central air conditioning. But was it the hottest July the city's ever seen?
It may have rained cats and dogs this weekend, but our last official aquapocalypse involved boiling water; before that, there was Quincy sweage and incessantflooding. Tonight, our dismal adventures with water continue as some serious rain (up to 2-3 inches per hour) may give rise (ha, ha) to potential flash floods. Buckle up your galoshes, break out the umbrella, and maybe even take stuff off your basement floor if you're nervous like that. We're not sure if Jay-Z will make an appearance.
- Citing the layoff this week of 23 Lawrence firefighters, the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts is asking for "a public safety state of emergency" in the city from Gov. Deval Patrick. [Lawrence Eagle Tribune]
- DeLuca's Market on Charles Street in Beacon Hill was damaged in a fire Thursday. The market has been in the same spot for over 100 years. Pictures. [Boston Globe]
- Bars in Provincetown might be open for business until 1:45 a.m. if the Provincetown Licensing Board gets its way. [Cape Cod Times]
- Sandwich is dealing with having what is apparently considered a funny name. [Cape Cod Times]
It's not really news to anyone, but it has been raining a bit these days: enough to, as we suggested yesterday, set a record. We've now had more than 11 inches of rain in March, more than we've ever received in this month previously. [For comparison, we received only 3.11 inches of rain last March (PDF).] The rainfall has officially become a major disaster, making us eligible for assistance such as rental payments on unlivable spaces and low-interest loans to cover uninsured property. The National Guard is on hand to help protect us against from the rain, expected to continue through Wednesday. The D Line will likely be shut down again, but the MWRA hopes to avoid releasing more sewage into Quincy Bay. For enough rainfall data to keep you busy the rest of the day, check out the precipitation database at the DCR. [Globe]
It rained a fair amount last week, but it rained like a bastard the week before that, too. Now, meteorologists are forecasting up to a foot of rain over the next three days. That's floodwatch all over again, not to mention the possibility of setting a record: we've already received 9.97" of rain in March, close to the record of 11 inches set in 1953. (For comparison, March has already brought us more rain than Arizona or Nevada get in a year.) The good news? April is forecast to arrive with over 60 degrees of warmth, even hitting 68 over the weekend, with (hopefully) enough sunshine to dry us out. Let's hope the sunshine forecasts don't prove to be April Fool's jokes.
- With a pothole in Everett and a damaged dam in Freetown, storm photos are dominating the Internet. [WCVB]
- Thursday's storm turned a fire in an empty hotel into a blaze that torched an entire block in Hampton, New Hampshire. [MyFoxBoston.com]
- Thirty state legislators aren't running for their seats again in 2010. [Boston Globe]
Thursday, we had a heat wave. Tonight, we could get up up to seven inches of snow, according to the Globe. Guess the world is making up for the weirdly warm winter thus far, huh? If we look a little closer, though, we see that only a small part of Central Mass is predicted to get more than 6 inches (6.6, to be exact), and the Boston area is slated for fewer than five inches. No emergency is expected, but it is the first real snowfall of the season, so be sure your boots (and warm, fuzzy socks) are ready.... to be filled with candy! (And snow.)
You wouldn't have known it from the brief torrential downpour that hit exactly as this Bostonist was walking into work this morning, but you probably noticed it sometime today: it's freaking nice outside. We broke a temperature record established in 1932 by hitting 67 degrees at 5 in the morning at Logan. Sadly, the sunshine may continue, but the sixties and seventies won't. Snow is expected on Saturday, so we suggest you knock off work early and enjoy the last hour of daylight on what might be the last extremely nice day of 2009.
Looks like Phil was right, and we'll be getting blasted with winter again soon. It's pretty innocuous out right now, but the city has declared a snow emergency beginning at 10pm tonight. We may get up to 14 inches of snow, an unfortunate addition to the more than four feet we've already received this winter. Remember to move your cars, shovel your walks, and above all tweet away!
- The city closed off the Old Granary Burying Ground because of a sinkhole. [Universal Hub]
- Stocks fell again after the bailout announcement. [Globe]
- People don't like the idea of a gas tax increase. Because driving is a right we deserve, not a privilege we pay for! [Herald]
Thunderstorms are on the way, with a chance of hail. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for "urban areas and small streams in Norfolk County, including the cities of Weymouth, Quincy, and Franklin," reports the Globe. Plymouth County has a flood warning as well, and Norfolk and northwestern Bristol County have severe thunderstorm warnings.
Today's scary thunderstorms also produced quite a flood in Somerville's Union Square. No word on whether any cars actually floated away on Lake Street, which certainly lived up to its name today. The flood apparently went down after the rain ceased. Video from AC.
--More fire department turmoil: A panel of union firefighters determined that the alcohol and drugs found in the bodies of firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne in August's Tai Ho Restaurant blaze did not cause their deaths. But the fire commissioner begs to differ. [Boston Globe, background: Bostonist]