Gov. Deval Patrick will announce plans for a $1.4 billion commuter rail link to New Bedford and Fall River on Wednesday, hoping to make good on an long-awaited expansion of the state’s public transportation system. The price tag for the project has risen from an...
I was at Borders, today, looking for magazines on watches (there were seven) and antique toys (sold out). So, I spent an hour there and was about to check out, but the line was like twenty people long. I returned the magazines to the carousel and was about to leave,...
So, I often cut and paste photos from other sites. Mozilla’s Firefox does a great job of resizing the photos. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer does not, at least old versions of its browsers. Use Firefox. Or, upgrade your IE. Okay? Back to Boston condos for...
Got this email on Sunday evening: The Globe launched a new blog Sunday to track the proposed property tax overrides taking place in many cities and towns this spring. The new blog will be called Override Central and can be found at boston.com/overridecentral. We hope...
How will the MBTA look in 10 years? Er, about the same. How about in 20 or fifty years? A local blogger has put together a map, based on plans announced by the MBTA’s management (although I think he’s added some of his own wishes). I love it. Back to...
Not much more to say about this, just a tip. As the length of time it takes to sell your home increases, many sellers are faced with the situation where they end up buying a new home and moving into it, leaving their old home empty, waiting for a buyer to appear....