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Breakfast Cereal Brawl

Coco Crisp charged the mound the other night to start a bench-clearing fight.  I was walking within a mile of Fenway Park at the time.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbfQEs6tWAE[/youtube]

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Read Full Post | June 07 2008 | Local News and News and Happenings | No Comments » |

Red Line: Longfellow Bridge Work

For the past couple of weeks, Red Line trains have been ordered to slow to a crawl while crossing the Charles River, due to concerns over railroad tie deterioration on the bridge. I’m a bit nervous about this, especially since the T has decided to make emergency repairs (without calling them that).

Pesaturo said the ties were scheduled to be replaced during the rehabilitation of the Longfellow Bridge, “but MBTA staff has decided to accelerate the schedule.”

[From the Somerville Journal.]

I’ve seen how slowly the trains have been running from the Harvard Bridge (Mass Ave), but hadn’t actually ridden one until yesterday.  They really are crawling.  The “accelerated schedule” means the Red Line will be shut down on June 14-15 and 21-22.

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Read Full Post | June 06 2008 | Local News and Transportation News | No Comments » |

D Branch Crash

Two trolleys crashed on the D Branch of the Green Line this evening. The operator of one of the trolleys died. Pretty scary stuff…

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Read Full Post | May 29 2008 | Local News and Transportation News | No Comments » |

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