Morning Updates: Gronk takes on Siri, MBTA reveals depths of cost for repair
Good morning, Boston. Gronk just became a (boring) voice option on the Waze app, Boston renters begin their annual move, the MBTA needs help figuring out why it needs help, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
It’s finally here! The end of Deflategate! No, really! (Maybe): “We’ve reached the climax in this summer’s Theater of the Absurd, a mere 10 days from the beginning of an NFL season that comes wrapped in bows of incompetency and ribbons of duplicity. Two hundred twenty-five days into the trite derangement of Deflategate, a resolution, a decision, an end-game of at least some measure is certain to arrive by week’s end, when Judge Richard Berman will ultimately put everybody out of their misery.’’ (Boston.com)
The move-in extravaganza that is September 1: “Tis the season for hand-me-down furniture gathering bugs on street corners, double-parked U-Hauls as far as the eye can see, and a swarm of youths flocking to their cramped apartments. Confused? Here’s a guide to understanding the phenomenon of Allston Christmas, the day half of Boston moves and the other half finds new decor for their homes.’’ (Boston.com)
The Allston Christmas results so far: “‘I’ve been finding a lot of good stuff. I’m a picker. I’m picking all year long, but this is my favorite time of the year,’ [Edson DeAndrade] said, after dropping a box full of shoes and boots into the back of his truck. ‘Last year I found a lot, but this year I found more. There’s a lot of good stuff.’’’ (The Boston Globe)
Shaken baby murder charge dropped: “In a stunning reversal, prosecutors Monday dropped criminal charges against Aisling Brady McCarthy, the nanny accused of murdering a Cambridge infant in her care in 2013, after the medical examiner’s office said it could no longer stand by its ruling that the child’s death was a homicide. … ‘I believe that enough evidence has been presented to raise the possibility that the bleeding could have been related to an accidental injury in a child with a bleeding risk or possibly could have even been a result of an undefined natural disease,’ medical examiner Katherine Lindstrom wrote.’’ (The Boston Globe)
How did the Green Line Extension get so expensive? No one knows, yet: “Brian Lang, another member of the board, said [hiring a consultant to research this] could be useful not just for the T, but for other agencies—including the Federal Transit Administration, which offered grant money for the project based on the previous estimate. ‘One of the things I’m perplexed by is that, this was vetted by federal agencies and a number of different agencies,’ he said. ‘It’s mindblowing to me that so many could have looked at it and said, ‘Yeah, this makes sense, the numbers line up,’ and for it to go so far off.’’’ (Boston.com)
Watch your back, Siri: “You can now get directions from Rob Gronkowski on the Waze app, along with suggestions to visit the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts. … So we took it for a spin. I honestly didn’t know what to expect. But something more than what I got. My quick circuit around Morrissey Boulevard and Kosciuszko Circle featured no jokes, no chest-beating, and no references to ‘deez nuts.’’’ (BetaBoston)
The Goodbye: Boston move-in day used to be a ton of fun.
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