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City Life

This Shady Landlord Just Doesn't Get It

Last summer, I wrote a story about the city’s new Problem Property Task force, an effort to identify troublesome homes in Boston neighborhoods and hold […]

City Life

Is Dwell Time The Hidden Enemy of Rapid Transit?

Transit riders love to complain about how long certain trips take. Why can’t trains, trolleys, and buses go faster? A lesser known factor making trips […]

City Life

Are Google Glasses Taking It Too Far?

Are Google Glasses Taking It Too Far? CBS’s Jon Kellar has a fair point Google Glasses becoming the next big thing for those jerkfaces who […]

Wellness

Last-Minute Tips from a Boston Marathon Veteran

If you’re running the Boston Marathon this year, congratulations. You might be one of the lucky people who qualified on your first try, or perhaps […]

City Life

Are Google Glasses Taking It Too Far?

CBS’s Jon Kellar has a fair point Google Glasses becoming the next big thing for those jerkfaces who text while driving or pushing a baby […]

City Life

Beware! Bears Want to Stuff Their Faces With Your Garbage

Safety first, Northampton residents. [NPR]

City Life

How Tweeting and Texting Help the Boston Police Department

The BPD, which has the largest number of Twitter followers of any police department in the country, has had an uptick in the number of […]

City Life

Now Deval Patrick Pats The Herald on the Back

Last week, the governor stopped just short of calling the tab the scourge of journalism — but not this week, the Herald reports. [Herald]

City Life

Red Sox: 1 Loss Down, 161 Games to Go

Baseball gods: Please, please, please, please, PLEASE let us get a win or two this weekend. [ESPN]

Style

Testing: BB Cream

When I saw BB Creams on the pages of my fave fashion mags, I’ll admit, it was love at first sight. Over the past ten […]