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High Tech in the Hub ,
I was walking through Quincy Market on way home from the Sigma Prime holiday party when the tree suddenly lit up. I’m thinking it was set for an 8 PM timer, but think the two women in lower left are convinced they...
Blue Mass. Group ,
Michael Levenson has the story for our paper of record:
Katherine Clark wins special election for US House
Democrat Katherine M. Clark cruised to victory Tuesday, capturing the US House seat long held by Edward J. Markey, in...
Boston Biker ,
Got this in the mail, looks like a fun time. Check it out below:
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The board and staff of MassBike invite you to our Annual Meetingon Thursday, December 19th, from 6-9 PM.
This year...
High Tech in the Hub ,
Last night I was on a panel on cost and performance optimization at the Boston Amazon Web Services Meetup Group. The event was coordinated by Mark Annati of Extreme Reach, and included Jason Fuller, Head of Cloud Service...
YourArlington.com ,
The $7 million lawsuit brought by two dismissed Ottoson employees was settled Tuesday,. Dec. 10, in U.S. District Court in Boston with a judgment favoring the defendants.
Counts brought by former Principal Stavroula...
Sustainability ,
Welcome to another installment of “10 Words or Less,” in which I ask brief questions of interesting people and request brief answers in return. I became interested in today’s participant via our mutual interest in the...
YourArlington.com ,
Arlington 360 at night, on the former Symmes site, as seen from Gray Street on Dec. 5. / Benn Craig photo
Arlington selectmen, backed by town counsel, thought they could discuss privately in 2011 issues about two key...
YourArlington.com ,
UPDATED: Town police have arrested a 36-year-old East Arlington man with a history of addiction in connection with a robbery in the middle of First Lights, the Chamber of Commerce promotion for Arlington holiday sales, at...
Blue Mass. Group ,
This strikes me as a stunningly bone-headed, tone-deaf move by the Brookline school committee, and one that hopefully will be promptly reversed. Whether it's hatred of the poor, as jamaicaplainiac contends, or just a...
YourArlington.com ,
ClarkAddinivola
The special election to decide who will represent the state's Fifth District in the U.S. House was held Tuesday, Dec. 10, and the winner was Katherine Clark, Boston.com reported.
Vying for the seat held...
Sustainability ,
Thanks to Hemi Weingarten at Fooducate for sharing his forum with me for a day. I used it to share 7 bullet points related to my having maintained a 155-pound loss for more than 20 years.
Blue Mass. Group ,
An interesting issue, and an interesting discussion occurs in the comments. Personally, I'd be less than psyched to see Linehan as City Council President, but then again, it maybe that Wu thinks she can build some capital...
YourArlington.com ,
Representative Jay Kaufman's award-winning, public-policy forum, Open House, explores a familiar topic, taxation without representation, in the fourth forum of the 19th season, to be held Thursday, Dec. 12, from 7 to 8 p.m...
High Tech in the Hub ,
Introductions
I’m still laughing at everyone who predicted that telcos will rule the cloud, so thought I’d try my hand at my own predictions. But unlike everyone else, I’m going to update this post in...
Blue Mass. Group ,
I think this is a pretty good idea. Among other positives, it makes a high-interest, high-stakes general election much more likely than under the current system. Compare our exciting and spirited general election for...
Boston Biker ,
And there was a fair amount of wind as well. But you know what, I rode my bike, and so did hundreds of other people. Because there is no such thing as bad weather, only poor clothing choices.
I had my rain pants on...
Media Nation ,
Many years ago I met the journalist Nate Thayer at a party. I congratulated him on his reporting on the trial of Pol Pot, one of history’s great monsters. The trial — apparently something of a sham, as it was conducted...
Media Nation ,
I could turn Media Nation into a full-time Howie Carr Watch, and I don’t want to do that. But it seems worth pointing out that Howie’s description today of Bill Ayers as “a convicted Weatherman terrorist...
Blue Mass. Group ,
Who turned the dogs out? Woof! -Charley
Consider this your Election Day Open Thread!
- promoted by david
Arlington is the Big Dog in the Fifth CD.
More than 10% of the total Democratic vote in the October primary came...
YourArlington.com ,
Diane Taraz, with dulcimer, in Civil War mode in September.
A Victorian Christmas with Arlington musician and singer Diane Taraz is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in the Community Room, Robbins Library.
The event is...
JimSullivanINK ,
Thurs. Dec. 12 It's Christmas-time so Chandler Travis is at it again, hosting his 9th or 10th annual Boston Christmas Cavalcade. = What that means is you'll get fun music up the wazoo: The Chandler Travis...
JimSullivanINK ,
Two pieces on Roy Orbison. He died 25 years ago, Dec. 6. The RocksBackPages link is an extensive takeout - you have to register and email and password to read. Contains the full text of his last interview. http://www....
YourArlington.com ,
Steve Jurgensmeyer surrounded by his CDs.
The Arlington design ace who has created album covers for rock legends has turned what he calls his "useless knowledge" about music into a fan-based website....
Blue Mass. Group ,
Republican wins CD-5. Oh, the horror. Don't let the nightmare become reality.
- promoted by Bob_Neer
I’m not sure why we didn’t have this election on, say, Election Day, but Tuesday it is.
Does anyone else...
Media Nation ,
Note to Howie Carr: When mocking someone for misspelling a state legislator’s name, try extra hard not to misspell the name of a congresswoman. It’s Kuster, with a “K.”
Blue Mass. Group ,
Don't forget to vote!
- promoted by Bob_Neer
Even Jim Braude looked bored and disheveled on Broadside tonight in what was described as the only CD-05 “debate” before the special election on Tuesday, December...
YourArlington.com ,
A Dorchester man has been charged with indecent assault and battery after a 15-year-old Ottoson student was reported missing from school on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Jose Alexis Rodriguez-Laboy, 35, of 43 Wilbert Road, was...
Blue Mass. Group ,
Borowitz:
ISSA ACCUSES OBAMA OF TRYING TO MAKE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WORK
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an explosive accusation, the House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-California) today charged...
High Tech in the Hub ,
Work from home Friday just hit a snag: last log is on the fireplace, and cord not arriving until next week.
Blue Mass. Group ,
It's hard not to laugh at this nonsense. But it was totally predictable, right? Polito's (previous) views, though perhaps mainstream in the small and merrie band of registered Massachusetts Republicans, are woefully out...
Blue Mass. Group ,
There’s been a fair amount of facepalming in my enviro Twitter feed about Jeff Jacoby’s latest spew of global warming denial. Suffice it to say that Jacoby’s been saying the same silly stuff for years, and...
Media Nation ,
Since learning of Nelson Mandela’s death a few hours ago, I’ve watched:
The New York Times’ excellent video overview of his life.
The speech he gave after his release from prison.
A report from WGBH-TV...
Blue Mass. Group ,
Gotta say, this stinks to high heaven. What could Crosby possibly have been thinking by even accepting the job, never mind voting on his old pal's business venture? And beyond Wynn's application, how can he, say, take a...
Media Nation ,
Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. Few Americans know more about the great South African leader than Danny Schechter. Ironically, Schechter wrote about a new Mandela biopic earlier today.
Blue Mass. Group ,
An extraordinary life ended today. Has anyone else in recent history done more to change the world for the better? Off the top of my head, not coming up with anyone.
Blue Mass. Group ,
A candidate for Governor weighs in.
- promoted by david
I am running for Governor because sound government needs to rest on a foundation of economic and social justice. With that in mind, I am supporting the ballot...
YourArlington.com ,
Poet Emma Romeu of Arlington plans to read from "Renovación de la luna" (Renovation of the Moon), bilingual edition, with the participation of translator Michael L. Glenn, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at Schoenhof’s...
Blue Mass. Group ,
Welcome to the race, and thank you for posting here!
- promoted by david
Just a few short weeks ago I announced my candidacy for Attorney General of the Commonwealth. I took this significant step because I believe the...
Media Nation ,
Long before I decided to write a book about the New Haven Independent, I knew who Paul Bass was. The New Haven Advocate, like The Boston Phoenix, was one of the crown jewels in the world of alternative weeklies. Bass, who...
Blue Mass. Group ,
Credit where credit is due: Shirley Leung wrote a pretty good column on casinos in yesterday’s Globe, in contrast to the awful one that she wrote a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday’s column mercifully stays away (...
YourArlington.com ,
Henry Bear’s Park, operating toy and bookstores in Arlington, Brookline and Cambridge, has a new owner.
Kas Sharma has purchased the 37-year-old business, which went on the market in June. The sale was completed the week...
YourArlington.com ,
Patriots Day fund-raiser
Support the Arlington Patriots Day Parade next April by attending the breakfast fund-raiser set for Sunday, Dec. 8, at the American Legion Hall, 370 Mass. Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon.
Join the...
YourArlington.com ,
After Lexington selectmen approved LexFarm’s lease of town-owned Busa Farm land for a community farm, beginning Jan. 1, those involved are holding a meeting set for Wednesday, Dec. 11, to answer questions about the farm...
High Tech in the Hub ,
I think I am having seasonal light affective disorder. This is too early in the afternoon to look like this.
Media Nation ,
This article was previously published by the Nieman Journalism Lab.
The New Haven Independent, which launched eight years ago amid the first wave of online-only community news sites, may soon expand into radio.
The...
Boston Biker ,
This is going to be awesome! Greg (friend of the blog) is going to be giving his talk about getting the MBTA to help out with the Midnight Marathon ride, go just for him, stay for the rest!
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Blue Mass. Group ,
This is so ridiculous, isn't it? Warren and those close to her have been saying FOR MONTHS that she is not running for president in 2016. Yet people keep yakking about it. So today, she makes her most definitive...
YourArlington.com ,
UPDATED: Arlington's tax rate is expected to rise 18 cents in fiscal 2014, after selectmen voted, 5-0, following a hearing Monday, Dec. 2. As the board has done consistently over the years, members continued a single rate...
