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Thoughts on crunch at South Station

Driving around South Station is never easy, with the routine crush of taxis, buses, limousines, and other vehicles converging on the transportation hub. And with a river of pedestrians flowing in and out of the station each day, it make sense that the ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Transportation Department

Watertown council president out; Melrose aldermen keep seats

Watertown voters ousted the incumbent Town Council president, electing Councilor at Large Mark Sideris over Clyde L. Younger by a 59 to 40 percent margin. Sideris, currently the council’s vice president, garnered 2,875 votes to Younger’s 1,936. Sideris, ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE AND TRAVIS ANDERSEN, Boston Globe,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Burger King,  Michael Marks

Arlington teacher gets job back

An arbitrator presiding over a long-running legal dispute between an Arlington middle school teacher and the school district says its former superintendent displayed “credibility problems’’ during the case and concludes the district violated its own ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  29 Oct 2009

Arlington teacher wins case v. town

More than two years after he was fired, a controversial Arlington middle school teacher won an arbitration case against the town yesterday. Charles Coughlin, who was seeking his job back, “got all he could get under the statute’’ from an arbitrator, ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  28 Oct 2009

Shining a light on ‘peculiarity’ in tunnel

A reader wants to know what’s happening with an ongoing road project in the Massachusetts Turnpike’s Prudential tunnel in Back Bay and why the lighting inside seems so erratic. “How does the Pike decide how to light the tunnel under Back Bay?’’ a ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boston Properties, Inc.

Town amasses $500k in legal bills

Arlington has racked up more than a half-million dollars in legal bills since June 2007, as the school system fights two legal battles involving a former middle school principal and teacher, along with other cases. The legal bills, obtained by the ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  17 Oct 2009

Three road projects slow Route 128 drive

Drive along Route 128 between Needham and Waltham lately, and chances are you’ve found the ride slower and more confusing than usual. The state Highway Department has three major road projects in progress on Route 128/Interstate 95 between Route 9 in ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  15 Oct 2009

For families, ride to school is long, costly

Shinivas Suddala of Waltham says he was pleased when his daughter Shrevya was admitted to the Advanced Math and Science Academy, a public charter school for middle and high school students in Marlborough. But transportation to and from the school has ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Ann Richards,  Danny Maguire

Aging infrastructure alarms motorist

Tipster Maria Vickers makes the daily drive from Malden to Marlborough along Interstate 495 and right past what she tells GlobeWatch is a “tragedy waiting to happen.’’ A concrete highway support structure on I-495 north at the junction of Route 3 in ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  10 Oct 2009

Housing officials: Lose pets or home

Since the flier landed in her mailbox earlier this month, Michelle Murphy says she and her children have been distraught, wondering what they’ll do now. The notice from the Arlington Housing Authority informed residents of Menotomy Manor, a housing ...

From CHRISTINA PAZZANESE, Boston Globe,  26 Sep 2009

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