20 years 1 month

Not just a user of Universal Hub, I'm the founder! Been doing Internetty Boston stuff for ages now (long enough that I started out with a gopher, and who remembers that?).

You can reach me at [email protected].

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2/16/25 - 6:59 pm Thanks for the nudge Building falls to pieces in Brookline; no injuries, but one car crushed 11
2/15/25 - 8:10 pm It gets even better Boston man who was in charge of keeping the Veterans Administration Web site safe from hackers is fired by Musk regime 19
2/15/25 - 4:54 pm I think ... Bad doge, bad 12
2/13/25 - 11:46 pm Anonymous Do you think the pigeons at Back Bay could be infected with Bird Flu? 13
2/13/25 - 7:20 pm The Justice Department statement Trump officials say they will obey a judge and not immediately slash research grants 4
2/13/25 - 6:28 pm May 23 deadline Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses 24
2/13/25 - 6:25 pm At their hearing ... Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses 24
2/13/25 - 3:27 pm Ayup, I had to double check that Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses 24
2/13/25 - 3:25 pm List updated Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses 24
2/13/25 - 3:06 pm Apologies for not explaining how the process works Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses 24
2/13/25 - 2:51 pm Would let them add dinner service Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses 24
2/13/25 - 12:18 pm They weren't rejected Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses 24
2/12/25 - 10:43 pm Statement by Ed Flynn Flynn blocks immediate acceptance of $14-million transportation grant from federal department that vows to shift money to places with high birth, marriage rates 33
2/11/25 - 11:54 pm Start with the complaint, specifically, paragraph 6 Massachusetts church group, Unitarians, other religious organizations sue over ICE plans to bust into places of worship in search of immigrants 19
2/8/25 - 6:11 pm Thanks People sue government for deliberately misidentifying them on passports 27
2/7/25 - 3:22 pm Um, OK Newton father of four charged with groping teen girl in the seat in front of him on a flight from Puerto Rico 14
2/6/25 - 11:32 pm An officer found the second Charlestown houseboat murder victim identified, has nearly identical name to man murdered a month earlier 14
2/6/25 - 6:07 pm Fixed Today's profiles in courage: Charlie Baker, Harvard and UMass Boston 62
2/6/25 - 6:06 pm You're probably not trying to be funny Quincy sues to block bridge to Long Island 42
2/5/25 - 8:16 pm Tennis Road Man shot to death on Tennis Road in Mattapan 4
2/5/25 - 4:11 pm That went away with the new software, but ... Slowly making progress on commenting text-box issues 15
2/5/25 - 1:49 pm Comment counts Slowly making progress on commenting text-box issues 15
2/5/25 - 12:10 pm Also semi-borked Slowly making progress on commenting text-box issues 15
2/5/25 - 9:44 am The difference between Chicago and Chestnut Hill Kraft jumps in, calls for quasi-rent control, halt on construction of new bike and bus lanes 55
2/5/25 - 12:24 am Some more info on the Northeastern bro Two of Musk's junior-grade government destroyers are students here in the Hub 56
2/4/25 - 8:06 pm Ayanna Pressley today Two of Musk's junior-grade government destroyers are students here in the Hub 56
2/3/25 - 11:45 pm Actually hasn't been self-registering for awhile Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/3/25 - 11:43 pm Thanks, and good ideas Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/3/25 - 11:42 pm Added to the to-do list Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/3/25 - 4:22 pm Afternoon update Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/3/25 - 4:11 pm You're right Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/3/25 - 3:39 pm It means ... Boston looks to require registration, insurance for third-party food deliverers in bid to curb roadway, sidewalk mayhem 57
2/3/25 - 9:37 am My site agenda for today Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 10:34 pm How about now? Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 9:24 pm Apologies Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 8:18 pm Fixed Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 8:08 pm There were a couple of issues I wrestled with Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 7:40 pm For now ... Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 7:34 pm Pretty much Times New Roman on the old version Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 6:35 pm How so? Welcome to the new UHub 80
2/2/25 - 6:19 pm Oh, good question Welcome to the new UHub 80
1/31/25 - 3:46 pm I like the sound of the word Kraft looking to hire Walsh campaign veterans 13
1/28/25 - 8:25 pm English is a fascinating language Canadian company gets FAA approval to have its drones fly over you in Boston 8
1/22/25 - 4:56 pm Aw, fan mail from a flounder Feds say stealing and altering checks wasn't enough for Mission Hill gang member; he's now also charged with fraudulently obtaining Covid-19 relief funds 4
1/21/25 - 2:33 pm Possibly Licensing board to consider rolling back closing time for Theater District clubs; says after-hours street parties getting out of hand 39
1/21/25 - 2:31 pm Oh, that came up! Licensing board to consider rolling back closing time for Theater District clubs; says after-hours street parties getting out of hand 39
1/20/25 - 7:02 pm Try now Police may have found the vehicle whose driver hit and killed a Fisher College student in Roxbury on Saturday 4
1/20/25 - 11:56 am Yeah, it does The speed-bumpiest road in Boston 35
1/20/25 - 11:39 am Have you been down Allandale Street? The speed-bumpiest road in Boston 35
1/19/25 - 1:35 pm Story updated Driver slams into two pedestrians, killing one, then takes off, on Washington Street in Roxbury 46
My articles
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2/17/25 - 2:04 pm A simple question
2/17/25 - 12:27 pm Boston then and now: When Rutherford Avenue was the place to get your horse shoed and harnessed
2/17/25 - 11:10 am A Massachusetts presidential campaign song
2/17/25 - 10:27 am Jamaica Plain's Ferris Wheels no longer eponymous
2/16/25 - 11:53 pm Fire erupts in Somerville marketplace
2/16/25 - 10:55 pm Jamaica Pond's Marble the swan is dead, likely due to avian flu
2/16/25 - 2:12 pm Building falls to pieces in Brookline; no injuries, but one car crushed
2/16/25 - 10:18 am Harvard should look to its own backyard before trumpeting clean-energy projects in other states
2/15/25 - 5:54 pm Firefighter injured in blaze on Monponset Street on Hyde Park/Mattapan line
2/15/25 - 4:40 pm Boston man who was in charge of keeping the Veterans Administration Web site safe from hackers is fired by Musk regime
2/15/25 - 1:35 pm Bad doge, bad
2/15/25 - 12:16 pm Rare four-legged gull spotted
2/15/25 - 12:08 pm Roslindale Square gets official city plan calling for more housing, possible realignment of key roads and a movie theater
2/15/25 - 11:01 am Gun groups sue because 19-year-olds can no longer legally own guns in Massachusetts
2/14/25 - 11:22 pm Down with fascists and broligarchs
2/14/25 - 6:09 pm Boston public-health nonprofit lays off half its staff after Musk shuts USAID
2/14/25 - 3:04 pm Randolph man was using Mattapan Square apartment to store guns, police say, adding they also found drugs
2/14/25 - 2:16 pm Oh, shucks: People who tried to overthrow the US government won't be able to speak in Hudson next week
2/14/25 - 11:13 am To conclude the owner of a building on Massport land has to pay Boston taxes, court first had to figure out if the legislature overrode a Bill Weld veto in 1993
2/14/25 - 8:54 am Mission Hill market gets OK to add hard liquor to its beer and wine
2/13/25 - 11:07 pm Man charged with fatal hit-and-run on Washington Street in Roxbury last month
2/13/25 - 6:18 pm Protesting Teslas in Boston
2/13/25 - 5:27 pm Judge who is familiar with the Constitution says children born here are Americans, just like the 14th Amendment says
2/13/25 - 12:31 pm Carry-out kabobs, curry coming to Roslindale
2/13/25 - 11:01 am Restaurants across Boston awarded first batch of new alcohol licenses
2/13/25 - 10:14 am Dorchester's giant-pear square to get late-ish-night halal fried chicken to go
2/12/25 - 11:06 pm Trump officials say they will obey a judge and not immediately slash research grants
2/12/25 - 7:46 pm Chick-fil-A looks to move into Dorchester, Mattapan
2/12/25 - 5:46 pm City Council tries again with residential tax relief after testy session at which accusations were hurled, faces may have been made and one councilor briefly broke into 'Ave Maria'
2/12/25 - 3:37 pm BU proposes Anti-Jenga building to house its international-studies departments
2/12/25 - 3:19 pm Kraft would reduce the amount of affordable units residential developers have to provide
2/12/25 - 12:21 pm Flynn blocks immediate acceptance of $14-million transportation grant from federal department that vows to shift money to places with high birth, marriage rates
2/12/25 - 12:05 pm Owner of Seaport restaurants that want to expand says he has fixes for loud music, screaming patrons; residents of building he's in are not so sure
2/12/25 - 9:30 am GBH meekly kisses the presidential ring
2/11/25 - 3:07 pm Developer wants to turn old Arborway monastery into 38 senior apartments and 85 condos
2/11/25 - 1:51 pm Judge approves extradition of teen to face charges in Turkey he killed somebody as he drove daddy's Porsche at five times the speed limit around a curve
2/11/25 - 12:29 pm Faneuil Hall bar admits it screwed up the night it didn't check the women's room at closing and so missed the woman passed out in a stall there
2/11/25 - 10:30 am Massachusetts church group, Unitarians, other religious organizations sue over ICE plans to bust into places of worship in search of immigrants
2/10/25 - 10:35 pm MIT, Brandeis, Tufts and other universities sue to block federal slicing of research funding
2/10/25 - 6:49 pm Judge blocks Musk regime from cutting federal research funds - and orders it to prove it's still paying out the money
2/10/25 - 3:11 pm Federal jury acquits former Chinatown Main Streets director on charges he spied on the local Chinese community for Beijing
2/10/25 - 1:12 pm Massachusetts, other states sue to block massive cuts to federal research grants - at least $1 billion worth here
2/10/25 - 12:58 pm Looks like somebody from Philly lives in JP
2/10/25 - 12:08 pm Three arrested at Jamaica Plain development after gunfire at Mission Hill development
2/10/25 - 10:34 am Cambridge City Council to vote on making it easier to build multi-family housing in the city
2/10/25 - 9:02 am Firefighters pull body out of the Charles near Mass. Ave.
2/9/25 - 11:46 pm Orange Line riders had reason to wail; bit of fire near Tufts along the third rail
2/9/25 - 1:10 pm Passenger, T worker injured when one Green Line trolley crashes into another in Somerville
2/9/25 - 11:21 am That kind of day
2/9/25 - 11:11 am Her year at the Cask