UPDATE, 3 p.m. State Police report all travel lanes are open again.
State Police reports the crash, just south of the Winn Street exit, has shut all four travel lanes. The breakdown lane is still open. Injuries, but not clear of number and extent yet.
Burlington Police are looking for whoever lopped the head off a statue of the Virgin Mary - and the cut the hands off two other statues - at St. Margaret Parish on Winn Street overnight. Read more.
Keurig Green Mountain, which is actually based in Burlington, MA, is suing competitor Touch Coffee and Beverages for patent infringement - before Touch can sue Keurig for the same thing. Read more.
UPDATE: State Police reported at 7:22 a.m. that all lanes had reopened.
State Police report somebody drove the wrong way down Rte. 128 northbound around 4:20 a.m. just before Rte. 3 in Burlington, causing a crash that shut all lanes northbound. They estimate the road could be reopened by 7:30 a.m. WBZ reports two taken away in critical condition.
Burlington Police report arresting a pair of Burlington teenagers on charges they vandalized the Islamic Center of Burlington sometime late Saturday or early Sunday. Read more.
Burlington Police report they are looking for two white men in a white Crown Victoria who pulled up to the Islamic Center of Burlington overnight to spray-paint "USA" repeatedly and throw eggs at the walls. Read more.
The Library of the Royal Irish Academy wants to identify the people in the photograph below. Please contact the Library if you recognize any of the subjects. The Library can be reached via Twitter @Library_RIA, or by email at www.ria.ie/library/contact, citing "8 May Photo Query Tweet."
If more information regarding the location, subjects, time, et cetera, of the photograph become available, I will update this post.
Smashed windshield. Photo by Burlington FD.
The Burlington Fire Department reports firefighters responded to a condo project at 54 Villagewood Dr. around 9:15 a.m. to find:
A female patient, located inside a motor vehicle, with a large piece of ice sticking out of the windshield. The ice had fallen from the roof of her residence.
The large piece of ice broke the windshield and both side mirrors.
The woman was taken to the Lahey Clinic and is expected to survive, the department says. Chief Steve Yetman adds:
UPDATE: Kickstarter campaign now live.
The 128 Business Council thinks it has a way to get more city people out to jobs along Rte. 128: Build an online system to match people who've gone as far as they can on the T with a squadron of mostly private shuttle buses that already flit along the highway.
Avid Technology of Burlington, which makes tools for managing movies, audio tracks and other media files, says a California file-sharing company not only poached some of its employees, it's illegally using its proprietary software.
In a lawsuit filed this week in US District Court in Boston, Avid accuses Gobbler of copyright and trademark violations and of violating the non-compete agreements four former Avid employees signed. Non-compete clauses are legal in Massachusetts, but not California.
We need to stop litter and keep Massachusetts clean by spreading the word about the Yes on Question 2 campaign.
The Bottle Bill is the most effective recycling tool we have. Eighty percent of bottles covered by the Bottle Bill’s 5-cent deposit are recycled. Yes on Question 2 would add a bottle deposit to water, sports drinks, tea, juices, and other drinks that were not included in the original bill because they were not popular when the law was passed in 1982.
We need your vote on November 4 to update the Bottle Bill.
Burlington Police report they are looking for a woman who walked out of the Burlington Mall with a Parrot AR Drone 2.0 Elite quadricopter. In addition to the drone, she's noted for "several tattoos on her back."
State Police report they are looking for the driver of a dump truck that lost a mattress on Rte. 128 southbound in Burlington yesterday, causing a chain-reaction collision that ended with a woman dead.
State Police say the vehicle is a large dump truck with a white cab and possibly black netting or a tarp covering the bed - out of which flew the mattress.
The bed is reported to be dark in color, with wood along the sides
The truck was carrying additional mattresses and was occupied by two men.
Burlington Police report a guy is going around local gas stations stealing cars whose owners have left the keys in during trips to the stations' convenience stores.
He's struck seven times since Dec. 13, police say, adding:
Revere PD was involved in a pursuit with one of these stolen vehicles and the occupant bailed out of the vehicle and continued to flee on foot. They were unable to locate him.
Mike passed the flaming remains of an apparent rear-end collision around 3 p.m. just before the off ramp from Rte. 3 south to I-95 north.
A woman who bought a $249 emerald ring at the Burlington Jared says it was defective and now she wants the company to pay her and 10,000 other customers more than $5 million in recompense.
In her suit, filed last week in US District Court in Boston, Catherine O'Connell says the value of her ring "is worth substantially less" than what she paid for it because the emerald was treated to make it look good in the store and now she'll have to keep treating it somehow to keep it looking nice.
Burlington Police report a pair of guys, possibly from Montreal, are using counterfeit credit cards to buy expensive items at Boston-area jewelry stores, most recently, a $7,000 Breitling watch at a store in Burlington.
Jewelers who encounter suspicious customers who say "eh? a lot should contact Det. Gary Burdick at 781-505-4912.
Nearly 50 years after it was remodeled, the Circle Cinemas has fallen on hard times. While the building itself is likely to make way for a new development, some people think the sign itself is worth saving.
Read what the Globe has to say about the Long Live Circle Cinema project:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2013/07...
Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders at our annual Summer Party held outside in the heart of Provincetown, MA on Saturday, July 27 from 4:00-7:00PM. Enjoy the view of the harbor, mingle with other GLAD supporters and learn more about our ground-breaking cases.
Tickets are $75 online | $85 on site | $30 student
Purchase at www.glad.org/events.
Don't miss our amazing auction and celebrity auctioneer Kate Clinton. You don't have to be present to win. Travel packages, restaurants, massages, and much more - something for everyone!
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