Two Things We Missed

Away for the weekend, we missed these two things:

First, and it's probably a little too late, but Councilor Dean Tran's sex offender residency initiative hits the council floor tonight. It has a couple of votes to go, but we assume it's a go until we hear otherwise (and if it goes awry, we can't wait to hear what Tran has to say about that).

Second, check this one out from The Boston Globe Real Estate section on Sunday. We'll keep it short: It's good that the city is getting stories like this. Really, this is a great story for Fitchburg, and the photo doesn't hurt. But you can figure out from reading it where spin is separated from truth. Someday, we hope, the whole thing is pure truth.

Lastly, like a lot of other folks, we hopped back on the commuter rail today after enjoying summer's lack of traffic. Let's say it wasn't an all-star performance.

The morning ride was fine, but North Leominster needs to get that broken ticket machine fixed. We barely made it on time, but there were 8-10 people left in line needing to decide between maybe getting a ticket or missing the train. Bad times.

This afternoon was tougher. The train was late, and because there is only 10 minutes between trains just after 5, very crowded. The MBTA really needs to get its act together.

Remember, 7 a.m. tomorrow, WEIM.