Hubway finally debuts today in Boston, two days after the originally scheduled start of the highly anticipated bike-sharing program. Some 200 of the 610 bikes will be involved in a ceremonial ride set to start at 11 a.m. at City Hall Plaza.
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Danvers High principal may be the most uptight administrator in country; bans the usage of a non-word from "The Muppet Show." [Salem News]
The skydiver who died in California yesterday was a Boston resident. [Press-Enterprise]
One worker was hospitalized after a scaffolding failure at Faneuil Hall. [My Fox Boston]
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A 19-year old West Roxbury man attempted to rob the McDonald’s at 1650 VFW Parkway in West Roxbury on Saturday morning, after first ordering hash browns. Perhaps he didn't like his breakfast. According to witnesses, the suspect entered the restaurant, made his order and then demanded money at gunpoint. He threw the register down and fled to the woods. The suspect wore one blue plastic glove. No court date was set, but the suspect faces attempted armed robbery, malicious destruction of property, and unlawful possession of a firearm charges. [WCVB], [BPDNews.com]
Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury voters are picking a new city councilor to replace District 6 City Councilor John Tobin in a special election. Voters can pick between two established candidates who survived last month's primary, James W. Hennigan III and Matthew J. O’Malley. Hennigan's father, grandfather, and sister have represented part or all of District 6. O’Malley ran for City Council twice already. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Boston can help you find where to vote. [Globe]
The Massachusetts arbitration panel voted 2-1 to possibly solve a three-year contract dispute between Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Boston Firefighters Local 718. The new contract includes a 19% raise over four years and mandatory drug and alcohol testing, which had been a sticking point in negotiations since two firefighters, one reportedly with cocaine in his system and the other allegedly with alcohol in his system, were killed in a West Roxbury fire in 2007. Menino said the award will cost an extra $74 million, and that he is "required by law" to submit the arbitration award to the City Council on Tuesday. Both sides return to arbitration if the City Council refuses to fund the raise. It's the biggest pay increase in any union contract with Boston. [Boston Globe, WHDH, WickedLocal Allston-Brighton]
Boston may not seem a likely epicenter for spicy, fermented cabbage, but, thanks to Alex Lewin, a "lactofermentation and pickling instructor," it will play host to the largest kimchi festival this Bostonist has ever heard of.
-- Two managers of Aggregate Industries NE, Inc. pleaded guilty to charges that they participated in a conspiracy to deliver substandard concrete to Big Dig construction sites. Gerard McNally and Keith Thomas were two of six men charged in the case. McNally and Thomas will testify against their co-defendents as a condition of their plea agreements. [Herald]
--"Clark Rockefeller" was sentenced to 4-5 years in prison just two hours after his conviction on kidnapping and assault charges. Judge Frank Gaziano's sentence matched what prosecutors recommended. [Globe]
-- It was a bloody weekend in Boston. Four people were killed in two shootings Saturday night and early Sunday morning in Dorchester. The first shooting, on Ogden Street, claimed the life of 26-year-old Okwudill Onujiogwie, whom police found shot dead shortly after 8 p.m. The second shooting, on Mount Ida Road, claimed three, Anthony Perry, 19, of Boston, Shacora Gaines, 20, of Brockton and Chantal Palmer, 20, of Brockton, who were sitting in their car outside of a party. A fourth passenger survived the attack. Police have announced no leads in either case, but the mayor's spokeswoman Dot Joyce said that "Boston police plan to monitor social websites, such as MySpace, more closely to look for the advertisement of parties." [Globe, BPDNews]
-- Casimiro Barros, 22, was convicted in the 2007 crossfire killing of Chiara Levin, a Kentucky woman who was visiting relatives in Boston. Levin was killed during a shoot-out outside of a Dorchester party. Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley had tried Barros on first-degree murder rap but was "satisfied" with the conviction on the lesser charge. [Herald]
-- A man was shot in broad daylight on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain this afternoon. The shooting took place around 1:30 p.m. near 319 Centre Street, which is between Jackson and Hyde Squares. The victim, a black male, suffered life-threatening injuries. His identity has not been revealed by police. No suspects have been nabbed, but police are looking for a man in a white Pontiac. [Herald]
-- A Cambridge man was charged yesterday in a double stabbing in a La Quinta Inn that left one dead and one seriously injured. Joseph Palmisano, 20, was arrested on homicide and assault charges after he allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Romeo Murray to death and left another man injured. [Herald]
-- Cops found an alleged "mother lode" of drugs in the Boylston St. apartment of Taghi Tajgardoun, a 28-year-old who now faces charges that he was the kingpin of a massive drug trafficking operation. Authorities say that they seized $90,000 worth of marijuana, $10,000 worth of cocaine, $25,000 cash, and four Iranian passports when they raided Tajgardoun's home. Among Tajgardoun's more legitimate businesses: real estate. Shocking. Police say that they began to suspect Tajgardoun when he allegedly received a package of weed from California through the U.S. mail. [Herald]
Overnight in West Roxbury, some drag racers got out of control and hit a 45-year-old woman at a crosswalk on Hyde Park Avenue and Eldridge.
--A three-alarm fire broke out at a West Roxbury apartment building. One woman went to the hospital, 25 people are homeless, and someone will have to pay $1 million in damages. Part of the problem was "plastic sprinkler piping that melted before it could douse the fire." What is the point of having sprinkler piping that melts? [Boston Herald]
-- Police arrested the Dorchester man responsible for the February 27th lunch brawl at West Roxbury High School. Edwin Reyes, 39, surrendered to police yesterday. Police say that Reyes led a posse of four adults, including his two brothers and an unidentified woman, to assault a West Roxbury student who had allegedly beat up Reyes's son.
What's going on here? Not only are students afraid to ride the bus to school, but they also might be afraid to eat lunch.
Snow emergencies have been declared in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville. Here's the dirt on parking and getting around:
Google Street View has been available in several cities but has now made its debut in Boston, according to the Globe. The process allows you to take a 360 view of an address. If you want to use it, just go to Google Maps, type in a Boston address, and click on the little yellow man that pops up at the address. A new window will appear with a street-level image of the area. You...
--Where have all the gay bars gone? Robert David Sullivan writes that we should be concerned about their disappearance: "In the Boston area, many of Harvard Square's bookstores, Kenmore Square's student eateries, and myriad other places that guaranteed a diverse urban experience have closed their doors, replaced by a far more uniform lineup of bank branches, chain stores, and upscale restaurants." A must-read. [Boston Globe] --If you haven't noticed with the cold temperatures and long...
Manny Ramirez sure loves his cars. When he went on Leno, he seemed to want to talk about cars even more than the World Series. Putting car enthusiasts Manny Ramirez and Jay Leno together was risky because they might not have talked about the World Series at all. Fans got lucky, and the talk turned to baseball, but it might be safe to assume that Ramirez holds hot rods and baseball in similarly high...
--Police Commissioner Edward Davis has reacted to the information that corruption in the Boston Police Department might have extended beyond former officer Roberto Pulido and his sketchy crew. He even put a video on YouTube declaring that he will investigate the allegations. He said, "I will continue to press for the strictest sanctions against police corruption so that the excellent police work that I see every day from our officers will not be tarnished."...
View Larger Map During today's "Rolling Rally," be sure to thank Jacoby Ellsbury for stealing a base and earning everyone in the nation a free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco. If you are looking for a taco after the rally, your best bets are the Taco Bells on Comm Ave, at Cambridgeside Galleria, and in West Roxbury. Even if the promotion is somewhat absurd, at least according to the transcript of Royce Clayton and Coco Crisp...
--Mike Mennonno writes a wonderful post about the power of the Polaroid. Photo of the Day fans, take note: "It's hard to say whether the fleshiness of polaroids is an illusion of their application or inherent in the process, but Warhol's polaroids capture that same sinuous, sensuous seediness polaroids seem made for. You don't get that with digital, with its sharp focus and white light." --Newton Streets & Sidewalks had another encounter with a turkey....
--Walter Tyler, 27, disappeared on Monday while riding a ferry between New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard. Tyler is a Navy vet, and his family says that a) he's a good swimmer and b) he didn't seem like the type to jump off the ferry. --In Plymouth, a man and a woman were taken to hospitals last night after the Jeep Grand Cherokee they were in drove off a boat ramp and into Plymouth Harbor. They...
--Police found where cars go to die. Or at least stolen cars, anyway. Police discovered cars sleeping with the fishes in the Merrimack River. Police have found 15 cars in the river near Dracut. Some of the cars are from the 70s.
The city is still reeling from the deaths of firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne in West Roxbury on Wednesday night. Residents expressed their thanks to Cahill, Payne, and the other injured firefighters by bringing flowers and cards to the West Roxbury fire station. Cahill and Payne were, by all accounts, men who were devoted to their jobs. Cahill discovered his life's passion when he became a firefighter at age 40. Payne had EMT...