An MBTA commuter rail train collided with a small boat left on the tracks of the Fitchburg commuter rail line between Cambridge and Belmont around 12:15 a.m. early Wednesday morning, Transit Police say.
Photos posted by MBTA Transit Police on social media show the small wooden boat with a gash in its port side at the Porter Square station.
Myself? I wanted to know what kind of boat was involved. The OP article was geofenced, the quote of kindly posted here only says "small wooden boat", but the transit cops OG public statement includes a few photos.
We might prefer public agencies didn't use commercial social media platforms for their public comms but thats larger conversation...
Awesome to see, I'll have add both of them to my list!
Not in Boston, but I had a chance to visit Barr Hill in VT a bit ago and it was fantastic! The cocktails were super inventive, their gin is to die for, and the bartenders were extremely friendly. The food was pretty average, but then again they're on the shortlist for their bar program, not their food.
There is one notable exception here, which is community suppliers. Lots of cities/towns in MA (more every year) and initiating programs that are basically group buys for the whole town. These plans never claim to guarantee savings but because they have much greater bargaining power they have so far saved everyone lots of money. The two key differences from these shady af private suppliers are that the community programs communicate really transparently (they are required to notify everyone when the plan is starting and also BEFORE any rate changes) and that you can leave at anytime without consequence.
Edit to add: because these are community programs and not private, profit-focused companies, they are obligated to pass along savings directly to the consumer, rather than adding bogus fees to make up the difference and skim off the top.
Yeah, we have these shyster bastards where I live, too. The entire thing is a scam. Think about it: The power lines are owned by the utility company. The generation facilities (at least where I live) are also owned by the same utility company. All of them. There are no third party options, there are no power stations that are independent entities. How then, in any possible way, could any middleman somehow make it "cheaper" to buy power from the vendor you're already buying it from and sell it back to you?
No points for guessing that they can't. All these guys do is get billed on your behalf from your same old power company, then charge you their own added bullshit fees on top of that. They haven't saved anyone in my region a single nickel, ever.
Now the tactic they use is admitting that you might pay slightly more, but they'll switch you to "more green" energy sources to prey on people's environmental sensitivity. Isn't that worth paying a little more for? Too bad this claim is bullshit, too -- There is a very low percentage of renewable energy generation in our region (which yes, is something that needs to change) but what little of it exists is already integrated into the regular power grid and is... you guessed it, owned and operated by the same utility company that already owns the lines and power plants!
The list is:
9. Boston national historical Park, i.e. the freedom trail
8. Saugus iron works, a park with foundry stuff
7. Cape cod seashore, an extended beach
6. Minute man
5. Lowell
4. New Bedford whaling
3. Adams national
2. Boston African American
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