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@universalhub.com Route 9 inbound, Chestnut Hill, by Wegmans plaza & Hammond Pond Parkway off ramp.

ONLY THE LEFT LANE IS OPEN to Route 9 traffic. There is also A GIANT POTHOLE in the left lane, right where everyone's forced to merge.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET FLAT TIRES HERE! #MassDOT

Congress Allocates $80 Million to Build Blue Hill Ave. Busway - Streetsblog Massachusetts Combined with existing pledges of funding from other federal, state, and local sources, the project is now fully funded for construction.

SCOOP: The Blue Hill Avenue center-running busway project, endorsed by @mbta.com and @mayorwu.boston.gov, is now fully funded for construction.

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Firefighters getting ready to get woman from under Red Line train, photo by BFD

Woman pulled out from under a Red Line train at Andrew
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#MBTA #Boston

Fire along house's roof line, photo by BFD

Two-alarm #fire displaces four in Roxbury
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#Boston #HestiaPark

Scary situation in Boston, as delivery driver falls 20 feet through road grate A delivery person fell 20 feet through a roadway grate near the Omni in Boston and had to be pulled out of the hole in the ground by firefighters.

Man plunges 20 feet through grating in a downtown alley
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#Boston

One side of Charles Street is fogged out on Google Street View

In a fog on Charles Street
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#Boston #BeaconHill #GoogleStreetView

@universalhub.com $150 to park? GTFO

Images of the four products in the recall from Trader Joe's website. Chicken Fried Rice – Best By Dates 03/04/2026 through 02/10/2027 Vegetable Fried Rice – Best By Dates 02/28/2026 through 11/19/2026 Japanese Style Fried Rice – Best By Dates 02/28/2026 through 11/14/2026 Chicken Shu Mai – Best By Dates 03/13/2026 through 10/23/2026

Trader Joe’s is recalling more frozen products due to the possibility that they may be contaminated with glass.

See the list here: www.cambridgepublichealth.org/trader-joes-...

@csindie.bsky.social @universalhub.com @cambridgemass.bsky.social

Boston had the right to fire a cop who refused not just Covid shots but Covid tests, judge rules
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#Covid19 #lawsuits

Fenway liquor store that dated to repeal of Prohibition to be replaced by smaller outlet with new owner
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#Boston #packies #licensing

🚨The current WH administration is trying to “gamify” war, using recent posts that include video‑game clips to frame real conflict.

War is not entertainment. Our service members are not avatars. are.

#Dignity #Iran #Military #War #UnitedStates #patriots #Boston #Reality

Strip-club owners hold up renderings of proposed new home: No neon, no uncovered windows

Chinatown residents tell strip club to stay off Stuart Street
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#Boston #ecdysiasts

Title page reading: The trial of the British soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday evening, March 5, 1770, before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Trowbridge, esquires, justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and general gaol delivery, held at Boston, by adjournment, November 27, 1770.

printed page with heading "Trial of the British soldiers"

Printed page with transcript of testimony of Ebenezer Bridgham

Otd in 1770, British soldiers in Boston fired on a crowd, killing 5 civilians. Surprisingly, when the soldiers went on trial, future US President John Adams defended them

We recently digitized a trial transcript, Read it for yourself here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/103271253

Man from middle of nowhere charged with animal cruelty for leaving two puppies in car while trying to break into a Mission Hill apartment with pockets full of drugs, DA says

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#Boston #crime #dogs

Downtown bar hit with one-day suspension for after-hours Patriots strippers-and-hookahs party in January
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#Boston #licensing

National Development, of Newton, MA, is currently storing ICE’s new $6.5M SUV fleet in ND’s parking garage at 800 District Ave, Burlington, MA.
Here is one row.

A storrowing? Or a near hit?

@universalhub.com

Crispus Attucks Day & Boston Massacre Commemoration Join Revolutionary Spaces on March 5, 2026 for Crispus Attucks Day & Boston Massacre 256th anniversary Commemoration.

If you're downtown today, there's a wreath laying at the Old State House at 10:30.

Closing alert, Boylston Street, Fenway. Surprised they didn't hold out at least till Opening Day, but maybe the very close (and much better) Blaze Pizza fills the need. @universalhub.com @marchurboston.bsky.social

RFK Jr. wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe - The Boston Globe The warning comes as Kennedy is leaning heavily into his agenda to improve American diets.

This moron has no idea how much of a third rail this is. If he goes through with a public fight with Dunkin he will never live this down. In the words of my people "fuck ya motha."

Angel's Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey neat at Aquitaine, South End, Boston, MA, USA. #boston #restaurants #bars @aquitaineboston

They need to figure out how they're implementing this though. I couldn't get them to reply re: BPD and BFD employees who express support of ICE:

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How do you like THESE apples, Mr. Madame Secretary, Sir?

BPS bus driver indicted for death of five-year-old in Hyde Park last spring
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#Boston #crime

This time, Boston City Council unanimously supports mayor's order banning ICE from city property
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Council unanimously supports the troops
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#Boston

Pothole displays its growing collection of trophies, um, car hubcaps, photo by Rob Adams

Giant pothole eating cars in East Boston
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One man lives on Hull's Peddocks Island. New film tells his story Tugboat captain Mike McDevitt is the only person living year-round on Peddocks Island off Hull. No frills. No utilities. See his life in new film.

One man lives on Hull's Peddocks Island. New film tells his story... www.patriotledger.com/story/news/l... @universalhub.com

Rendering of proposed six-story apartment building

Developer gets ball rolling to replace bearing plant in Allston with 'car-free urban living'
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#Boston #housing