Walking along Elm Street, while police sirens approached, a mailman was unloading a dark green box: “Sounds like all hell is breaking loose.”
Pause, then as the Transit Police car passed us: “Hey, I PAID my taxes!”
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At the ATM in the Porter Square Cambridge Bank branch vestibule, a woman answered her cell phone: “Hi, […]

I suppose five days later is better than nothing. The article gives a bit more detail about the cause of the crash.
Four injured on coffee break
Cambridge Chronicle, February 16, 2005

I’ve been hoping to see some local-media coverage of this incident, but so far I haven’t turned up anything beyond blog posts and a few Flickr photos. I have to say, I’m grateful to those commenters who were either eyewitnesses or close to someone who was for sharing their stories.
The whole thing is distressing for […]

The good folks at Porter Square Books have posted an update on their website.

There’s a strange mood in the air today. A blizzard is on its way, and even though the sky has been bright and blue since morning, people are out in droves buying groceries and snow shovels, stocking up on DVDs, and speculating about how much snow we’ll actually get. I admit that my mood’s been […]