Two off-duty first responders and a third god samaritan rescued a three-year old boy who was drowning in Curlew Pond in Plymouth on Saturday. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Prior to Saturday's World Cup match, the most notable American-English tie battle happened 235 years ago today. [Telegram & Gazette]
The Commonwealth is getting serious about extending commuter rail service to Fall River-New Bedford area by purchasing 30 miles of track in the area. [Taunton Daily Gazette]
The Celtics won their 17th NBA championship two years ago today. [NBC Sports]
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The family of Mark Bavis, who died on September 11, 2001, says that there were some significant security lapses at Logan Airport on that day. The Bavis family is suing United Airlines and a private security company. While Governor Deval Patrick allocated $15 million to residents and businesses recover from the June 1 tornadoes, the Kraft family and the Patriot Foundation donated $100,000 to relief efforts. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Military veterans are challening the Boston Fire Department's plan to hire 15 Spanish-speakers firefighters as part of the next 50-person class. The Puppy Pipeline Rescue brought 40 puppies to the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem from Georgia shelters as the South recovers from a series of tornadoes. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Watertown Middle School has banned the "I love Boobies" bracelets designed to raise awareness of breast cancer. Paul Mueller, a former anchor at Channel 56 whose speech at a charity-event ended up on YouTube, resigned from his WGGB-TV anchor job in Springfield in order to get help for alcoholism. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
April 1 means street sweeping, and the related parking restrictions, is back in Boston. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is increasing rates, again, at the Boston Common Parking Garage. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Two nationally recognized names are coming to Boston: Julianne Moore and Whole Foods. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Cambridge Chronicle reports that Cambridge police are looking for a man with an alleged taste for feet. The fetishist reportedly accosted a woman outside of Whole Foods who was sporting a delicious pair of pumps before taking matters into his own hands—or at least his own tongue—and getting an unconsented to taste of instep. The man remains at large. He seems to have fancy tastes in feet, but Bostonist suspects that it won't be long before he succumbs to the fecal matter on the feet of a woman wearing flip flops. [Cambridge Chronicle]
Problems with getting real "local" food in Boston:
While sitting in traffic on your way to work, the last thing you'd expect to see as you look out your car window is a bigger-than-life basket of pears, grapes the size of your car tires, and... a giant bundle of asparagus? That is, of course, unless you live in Brighton and are on your way into Cambridge by way of Parsons Street: Then, friends, you are looking at history.
If you stop in to When Pigs Fly Sourdough Bakery’s new shop outside of Davis Square, be sure your stomach is empty—the friendly loaf slingers behind the counter have samples of every bread right out on the counter, and it’s hard to say no. Bostonist enjoyed all of the bread we sampled, but we really loved the banana pecan, maple, and brown sugar bread, especially smeared with a little bit of their own pumpkin butter… perfect for breakfast. The potato, roasted garlic, and onion bread was another favorite. The onion and garlic on the outside of the bread was soft and caramelized, and the loaf itself was tender and delicious. With about 20 different breads to choose from, each between 5 and 7 dollars, it’s definitely worth stopping by (and maybe picking up a treat from nearby Kickass Cupcakes while you’re at it). The bread isn’t baked on premises, unfortunately—the smell would be fantastic—but it is trucked in fresh daily from York, Maine. And if you can’t get out to Davis Square, several local grocery stores also carry the breads, including Whole Foods and Stop & Shop. Photo by Lisa Scanlon.
You are what you eat, so the saying goes. Well, this one old adage certainly rings true. Ask a vegan/vegetarian why they keep their diet, and health will be near, if not at, the top if their reasons. Putting healthy vitamin-rich whole foods into your body makes you feel better, gives you more energy, and helps to prevent against both short and long-term illness.
Josh Ritter Tuesday, December 11 Club Passim, Harvard Square 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., $35-$75 (SOLD OUT) When Josh Ritter closed his most recent Somerville show with a rambled monologue in which he dispensed impractical driving directions from Davis Square to Canada (via the Fresh Pond Whole Foods) and plugged his two upcoming benefit concerts at Passim, Bostonist jumped at the chance to see him in such a cozy, acoustic-friendly venue—and so did everyone...
This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the...
So, Gawker started up this feature on "The Poors," in which they ruthlessly mock media encounters with those of us who don't have trust funds. Gawker might be interested in a recent front-page article by the Globe about the South Bay Center, the big ol' mall that is apparently a crossroads of class conflict. The form of Sarah Schweitzer's article isn't the problem. Well, maybe the fact that the Globe put a story about a...
With the warmer weather, we found ourselves thinking of ice cream. Of course, we could always go for Toscanini's or JP Licks, but we've been waiting for a treat to show up in our grocery freezer - the Stephen-Colbert-inspired Ben & Jerry's flavor "AmeriCone Dream."
Oldways will talk about Setting the Oldways Table at the Brattle Theatre tomorrow, Wednesday, March 28, at 6:00pm. A reception will follow at Casablanca Restaurant. Tickets for the event are $3, and tickets for the event and the reception at Casablanca Restaurant are $55. Tickets are available at Harvard Book Store and by calling 617-661-1515. Some of us have neither the time nor the money to eat well. Often, Ramen or Campbells are considered food...
At least the Whole Foods stores in Cambridge. Today, Tuesday, January 9 the Whole Foods Markets in the three Cambridge locations will be donating 5% of their sales to Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund. Whole Foods runs these five percent giving days (they call them CommUnity Giving Days) to benefit local charities from time to time, but it's great when the benefit helps to even the playing field a little bit. Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund (CHAF) provides housing assistance and counseling to help break the cycle of homelessness. Anyone who's got an apartment in the Boston area knows that first and last months rent and a security deposit can add up quick, leaving little (if anything) left to go into subsequent months. CHAF reports that over 95% of the families they've assisted are out of shelters and have been in their homes after a year. Tomorrow, January 10 the Boston locations of Whole Foods will be donating 5% of sales to Pathways to Wellness "a non-profit organization located in the South End Community Health Center and committed to providing equal access to high quality holistic care including acupuncture, shiatsu and Chinese herbs."
think. It just made us wonder: if it were up to the -ist-a-verse, what would we be voting for?
The $3.5 million dollar question on the ballot this November is if supermarkets will be allowed to sell wine in their stores. Currently weird restrictions remain for grocery stores selling wines. Chains are only allowed to sell wine in no more than three their stores. For instance, Trader Joe's is only allowed to sell wine in their Brookline, Cambridge, and Boston locations. It forces Back Bay 'Joe consumers to take a ride on the Green...
Celebrate Ben Franklin's 300th birthday with the Bikini Bandits and Phillyist! (NSFW). Speaking of Mr. Franklin, send in a picture of Ben (or Ed Rendell) with a red tongue and win a free t-shirt. And they might have the next YearlyKos in Philly. You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater. LAist's sex advice column on...
Hey, have y'all been using our new "Recommend this" feature at the bottom of each post? This week we're bringing you the "Most Recommended" posts from across the -ist world, as well as recommending some of our own. Phillyist thinks that readers recommended this post the most because "most of our quieter readers (probably) agree with us that rude commenting sucks." Know what else sucks? Philly's not getting the Olympics, but they are getting thinner....
San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks....
There is exactly one kind of shopping that (this) Bostonist loves: grocery shopping. Every aisle seems to burst with possibilities for new and exciting dishes (or for making old, forgotten favorites), and the processed food makers of this great nation never cease to amaze us with their crazy new innovations. In the past, we have told you about our favorite places for groceries, and one of our not-so-favorite places. But for all our anti-Whole-Foods ranting, Whole Foods is too upscale and weird even to count as a proper grocery store, so it can't win the title of least-favoritest. Shaw's, on the other hand, gets no such allowance. As we were reminded Monday evening, we do not like Shaw's.
Hey Bostonist, I'm Adam, and I'm a food writer for your sibling to the south, DCist. I'm making a trip up to Boston for St. Patty's to visit friends and will likely be the one cooking the big dinner we won't eat at either 'noch's or Harvest. What I'm looking for is the best cheesemonger in Boston, as I'm planning my menu around the cheese course. I figured you guys would have the goods. Please...
We often forget about our friends headquartered over on Mass Ave. The Christian Science Monitor brings the love for Valentine’s Day today throwing some statistics. Let them count the ways. The stats are all pretty tame, but we do find it hard to believe that only 16% of yearly candy sales come from Valentine’s day. We’ve already eaten a bag of NECCO “conversation hearts” and several handfuls of red, pink, and white M&M’s, the Sampler is still sealed – at least until after lunch. But prices go up, expectations are expressed, and it seemingly is a thankless holiday. Bostonist goes for the homemade card for those we truly love, but apparently the average cost to men is $136, almost double the $69 spent by women. We have to think that it’s those showmen that purchase the tennis bracelet for Valentine’s Day averaged with the red-foil wrapped snickers we bought for $0.59.