Multi-car pileup shuts two lanes on 128 southbound in Waltham
Just north of Trapelo Road, the state advises.
View ArticleLawsuit: Car dealer's service department to blame for fire that damaged two...
The insurance company for a Waltham condo trust has sued car dealer Herb Chambers, charging a sloppy service job on a BMW led to a garage fire that damaged two condos.In the lawsuit, filed in US...
View ArticleSorry, Rudolph, but we've replaced you with a robot from Waltham
Boston Dynamics, the company that gave us robot horses that fling cinder blocks, wishes you all a merry and non-nightmarish Christmas.
View ArticleArea soft-drink maker uncorks trademark lawsuit against West Coast wine company
Spindrift Beverage Co., which makes high-end sodas and seltzers in Waltham, is suing an Oregon wine company with a line of wines called Spindrift Cellars for the right to keep using the name.In a...
View ArticleWhen Polaroid was king: Edwin Land surveys his Boston-area empire
A travelogue of sorts from 1970, narrated by Edwin Land himself, that concludes with him walking us around the plans for a new Polaroid factory in Norwood. Around 12:00, he discusses the future of...
View ArticleBrandeis has a historic castle, but plans to tear most of it down
Brandeis University says it's time to tear down the bulk of a historic building that is the only one left from its 1948 founding.In fact, Usen Castle predates Brandeis and was originally part of the...
View ArticleSo that's how Skynet got started
Boston Dynamics posted this video to show off the abilities of its newest robot, but if you watch the whole thing, you'll see the poor automaton get tormented by some jerk with a hockey stick who winds...
View ArticleThe robot who loved boxes
Boston Dynamics is not winning fans with the way it manhandled poor Atlas the robot.Also see:Boston Dynamics robot is a typical Masshole (NSFW):No, Boston Dynamics robot speaks Cockney:Boston Dynamics...
View ArticleBoston motorist seriously injured when dump-truck tire bounces into her car...
State Police report two cars were hit when the rear wheels fell off a dump truck going south near exit 26 in Waltham around 11:10 a.m.A 27-year-old Boston woman driving north was taken to Lahey Clinic...
View ArticleSomerville man wanted for knocking over Waltham convenience store; considered...
Waltham Police report they are looking for Brian Hurley, 34, of Somerville, for the armed robbery of Kev's Kwik Mart, 909 Main St., on Monday.Police say Hurley, 5'10" and 160 lbs., could be on foot or...
View ArticleWaltham ice-cream shop to sell donuts filled with ice cream
Lisa Johnson gets the scoop: On Friday, Pizzi Farm will open its ice cream season with a one-day special: Cones made out of donuts, filled with ice cream.
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Mixed signals in Waltham
Back in the old days, railroads used to use semaphores to signal train engineers whether they could go forward and how fast. You can still see one of these semaphores where the old Boston & Maine...
View ArticleState Police say Waltham man is serial exposer along the Charles
State Police report they've arrested a Waltham man on charges he exposed himself to women along the Charles River in Waltham - and that they're now investigating his possible link to similar instances...
View ArticleRiders on one T bus departed en masse in Waltham this morning
This was Dani B's 70 bus just after it pulled into Central Square in Waltham around 8:30 a.m. Discretion proved the better part of valor for riders.
View ArticleKinda nuts: Squirrel shorts out power in parts of Waltham, Watertown
WBZ reports Eversource is blaming a squirrel that "came into contact" with some of its equipment for a power outage this morning. The power, if not the squirrel, came back in about an hour.
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