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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Green Line Service Restored After Morning Fire

Firefighters and T workers were able to isolate a smoldering electrical wire in Arlington station. The loss of Green Line service and an unrelated Red Line incident wreaked havoc on the morning commute.

The MBTA restored Green Line service late Wednesday morning after an electrical fire at Arlington station shut down portions of the service. According to the Boston Fire Department, the station was shut down because of smoking electrical wires. "The power had to be shut down to de-energize the smoldering cable. This caused the closing and evacuation of Arlington & Copley," fire officials wrote on the department's official Twitter account. The offending cable was identified just before 10 a.m., according to the fire department.  The evacuation and shut down affected all Green Line branches. And an unrelated incident on the Red line further complicated the morning commute during one of the coldest days of the year.  MBTA Green Line service …

Friday, November 9, 2012

Residents Push for Grocery Shuttle as Johnnie's Closes

The Charlestown store is expected to shut down for renovations by Nov. 19.

With Johnnie’s Foodmaster reportedly closing by Nov. 19, Charlestown residents are urging officials to come up with a plan for shuttling people to supermarkets in Somerville or Chelsea. At the Charlestown Neighborhood Council meeting Thursday night, several people raised concerns about getting a transportation program up and running—especially with Thanksgiving exactly two weeks away. One council member said the decision of what to do “should have been made yesterday.” Danielle Fitzgerald, neighborhood coordinator with the Mayor’s Office, said that the mayor was working with City Councilor Sal LaMattina and the Boston Elderly Commission to come up with a plan to help residents get to a grocery store—likely either Market Basket in Chelsea …

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Owen

7:24 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012

This is a community in a capitalist country. Do you seriously think you're better because you chose not to live anywhere else? Do you seriously believe that anyone who didn't grow up in the area is some rich snop here to destroy this fantasy world you have of a golden age where everyone loved everyone and did everything for each other?   more ›

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