Posts Tagged ‘boston-herald’
Bite Size News, November 5: Transactions Edition
Image by kmacgray from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Edaville Railroad in Carver is for sale and could close if the owners can't find a buyer. Haverhill is opposed to plans to tear down the St. Gregory The Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church and replace it with a Burger King. Take a [...]
Bite Size News, November 3: Politics and Food Edition
Image by jeff tamagini from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Deval Patrick says a priorty in his second term will be dealing with the loss of $110 million due to the repeal the alcohol sales tax. It's National Sandwich Day today. Army Spc. Jonathan Curtis, 24, of Belmont died Monday in [...]
Bite Size News, November 1: Post-Halloween Edition
Image by buelow from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. It was a relatively peaceful Halloween in Boston and Salem. It was a scary Sunday for dozens of gourds at BU's annual pumpkin drop. In a twist on the recent bullying stories, a bully at Groton School committed suicide after being asked to [...]
Bite Size News, October 29: Race/No Race Edition
Image by gossammer9 from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . New polls show the governor's race is very close. U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano is the only incumbent Democratic Congressman in Massachusetts running unopposed. State Trooper John Ciszek coached a couple through their child's birth [...]
Bite Size News, October 27: Unenrolled Edition
Image by flowerego from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Most voters in Massachusetts aren't members of either major party and are registered unenrolled. Parents and teachers protested a Boston Public Schools plan to close or merge eight schools on Tuesday. Boston expects a $50 million budget [...]
Bielat, the Herald and Stephen Colbert
AP Photo/Steven Senne God love the Herald. The paper highlighted reader comments from last week's Friday Throwdown on Bostonherald.com. To nobody's surprise, Boston Herald readers seem to not support Barney Frank. They back Sean Bielat. Stunning! We were surprised at how polite the contributors [...]
Bite Size News, October 26: Got Tickets? Edition
Image by .scott.williams. from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Some Red Sox ticket prices will increase 2% for 2011. That equals a $5 change on 30% of seats. Tickets for tonight's Celtics season opener against the Miami Heat are crazy expensive, costingas much as $2,838 for a seat near [...]
Bite Size News, October 25: Home Stretch Edition
Image by historygradguy from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. Tonight is the final debate for Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates. A Democratic candidate in Rhode Island won't be getting any love from President Obama after saying Obama can "shove it." The main witness in Chuck Turner's [...]
Bite Size News, October 19: Fightin’ Facebook Edition
Image by photographynatalia from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Rep. Ed Markey wants more information from Facebook on how to keep private information private. The town of Norton banned teachers from listing students as friends on Facebook. The Boston Athletic Association says the 26,800 [...]
Shaq on a Segway
Shaquille O'Neal visited Salem on September 25 and got to ride on a Salem Police Segway. Salem taxpayers must be thrilled. The Sudbury Patch has video of this indescribable event from a Salem cop. Priceless! Guess we have to start reading the Patch. Original post: Shaq on a Segway
