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Tag Archives: Boston Herald
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Parsons Brinckerhoff Edition)
From Thursday’s Boston Globe: Big Dig firm to help run T project Board initially leery of hiring company; will aid MBTA on locomotive deal Parsons Brinckerhoff is back! The folks who gave you shoddy Big Dig construction, massive cost overruns, … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Howard Bryant Edition)
The hardworking staff has met author/ESPN senior writer/former Boston Herald columnist Howard Bryant on several occasions, and he always struck us as a decent, thoughtful, accomplished journalist. So it was distressing to learn of his arrest this past weekend for … Continue reading
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Tagged assault and battery, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Buz Eisenberg, ESPN, Howard Bryant, SportsLog, Veronique Bryant
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When A Society Forgets Its Own Clichés . . .
. . . it’s just plain sad. But that, apparently, is what’s happening in America these days. From our Mangled Phrases desk: In Saturday’s Boston Herald, Hillary Chabot reported that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is “under new fire from … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Three-Daily Town (BRA Edition)
Real estate development in Boston is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get . . . approved. (Although Boston Mayor-for-Life Tom Menino does. Just ask Don Chiafaro.) Regardless, there is some real estate activity underway … Continue reading
Who’s More Ridiculous: Robert DeLeo Or The Boston Herald?
From our Late to the Party desk: Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Broken Ankle) has decided to goose his profile by cracking down on welfare abuse. To wit (via the Boston Herald): A frustrated House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo is cracking … Continue reading
Ads ‘n’ Ends (JesusHatesObama Edition)
Question Time in the House of Common Sense: 1) Does JesusHatesObama Really Have $3 Million? Via The Huffington Post: Fox Rejects Super Bowl Ad From JesusHatesObama.Com Fox has rejected a proposed Super Bowl ad from a conservative comedy site called … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Hi-Lo Foods Edition)
Everything you need to know about the difference between the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald is encapsulated in their respective ledes about a new supermarket replacing a neighborhood fixture in the Hyde Square section of Jamaica Plain. From Thursday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hi-Lo Foods, Hyde Square, Jamaica Plain, Whole Foods Market
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Paul Levy Edition)
Saturday’s Boston Herald front page: Saturday’s Boston Globe front page: Nuf ced.
Why We Need ‘Penelope’s Law’
Friday’s Boston Herald buried the story in its News in Brief section: Snake on a train? Watch out, Charlie Where’s Samuel Jackson when you need him? The MBTA halted service on a Red Line train yesterday afternoon as a passenger … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Melissa Moorhouse, Penelope's Law, WBZ
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (City Hall Plaza Edition)
In Thursday’s Boston Herald (and not in Thursday’s Boston Globe): Hub planners envision more vibrant City Hall Boston’s Government Center Plaza, reviled as an eyesore for decades, could be transformed into an oasis where skaters could frolic, cosmopolitan strollers could … Continue reading
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