After the Sensodyne defense didn’t work and he was sentenced to jail , State Senator Anthony Galluccio has resigned . “My decision today is not out of hopelessness but rather one of hope and opportunity,” Galluccio said in his resignation letter. In response to the resignation, Senate...

After the recent underage sandwich party bust, you wouldn’t expect a pre-teen to try getting into a cougar bar. Oh, how absurd to imagine a kid being rescued after leaving his dog leashed up outside of Drink or Cuffs ! The real story—far more tragic—concerns a boy in the Boston Bar...

Image by hmmlargeart from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Despite a determination by the National Park Service that the Nantucket Sound can be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Obama administration signaled a resolution to the nine-year dispute over the Cape Wind...

— We didn’t know anyone paid attention to the First Night parade, but Jewish and Palestinian activists do. [ Solomonia ] — The Bruins scored after “Sweet Caroline”, but you weren’t alone if you asked, “What the hell was with Dennis Leary and his buddy?”...

Public domain bacon Do you like bacon? How about some bacon-flavored beer… with a side of chocolate-covered bacon? Watch City Brewing Company in Waltham’s got what you need, in the form of “Smokey Joe Brown.” This cask Rauchbier (smoked beer) is flavored with Benton’s bacon...

Image tagged Bostonist by Ho Yin Once again, the Bostonist ship needs more bloggers on board. Help us sail through the murky waters of the internet, pointing out important landmarks along the way and anchoring the site’s snarky yet informative take on Boston. We need people willing and table to...

Flickr photo by Michael Femia; this is just a statue and NOT a Han Soloesque carbon freezing of the great man and an innocent little boy. We’ve learned a lot more than we ever wanted to know about the sad fate of Ted Williams’s cryogenically frozen head , which we last saw being used for...

But was it a booze sandwich? Cops broke up a New Year’s Eve party in Sandwich before midnight rolled around, rounding up several young folks who were illegally imbibing the booze, not to mention making too much noise. It’s a bummer not to make it to the new year, but that’s what an...

Our late-ish Redux today has been preempted by Wes Welker limping off the field after like three plays with an apparent knee injury. So instead, we’re going to gather all the rosary beads and rabbits’ feet we can find. We advise y’all to do the same. Read more: Sports Redux: NOOOOOOOO

Blotter siren — The year 2010 began violently with the city’s first homicide on Friday. A 25-year-old Hispanic man from Boston died from an apparent gunshot wound. The Boston Police Homicide Unit did not release any details or make any arrests. [ Globe ] — Boston Police responded to...