By adamg on Fri., 3/27/2015 - 2:01 pm 
The copter in question. Photo by Eileen Murphy.
Specifically Roxbury and Dorchester with a jaunt up to Kendall Square. It's prep work for Monday's visit by the Obamas and Uncle Joe to Columbia Point for the opening of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate - next to the Kennedy Library.
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ah HA
By cybah
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 2:07pm
I saw someone's posting asking YOU what that was.. and then I saw your post regarding the VP and Obama coming.
So for the noise today we can just say
THANKS OBAMA!
Add to that
By roadman
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 2:22pm
THANKS KENNEDYS! After all, it's because of the K's arrogance and ego that we even have this "necessary and vital" Senator Kennedy Institute.
Absolute waste of money.
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:01pm
Absolute waste of money. Spending tax payer money to further the questionable legacy of one of the richest families in America.
welcome, trolls! what's next?
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 5:58pm
welcome, trolls! what's next? birther comments and gay bashing? f*ck off
In a few years when the
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:40pm
In a few years when the cenotaph to Senator Kennedy is in as much financial distress as the JFK presidential library the family will "donate" both to UMass to maintain rather than put a dime of their own money in.
How'd I end up
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:52pm
on the Heralds comments page?
UHub, to AdamG's credit,
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 5:17pm
UHub, to AdamG's credit, usually allows for fair and balanced comments sections compared to most online echo chambers.
Too late, anon (not verified)
By perruptor
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 4:08pm
The institute is already on the UMass campus.
I assume that means it will be funded by tax dollars. I cannot begin to tell you how thrilled I am at this "historic occasion." No, don't ask me, I just can't.
Took a field trip their with
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 4:58pm
Took a field trip their with my 8th grade civics class, we were sorta beta testers for their Senate simulation program. It was hands down the most engaging and educational trip I have done as a teacher. I'm thrilled to have it in Boston.
Your a teacher?
By markk
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 7:48pm
You're a teacher and you wrote "Took a field trip *their* with my 8th grade civics class?"
You're
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:13pm
You're welcome.
The only thing more annoying
By Kinopio
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:50pm
The only thing more annoying than people asking why is there a helicopter flying somewhere are the people who ask why there is traffic on major roads during rush hour in a major city.
why there is traffic on major
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 4:27pm
Answer: Because Obama is in town to give a small speech and attend a major fundraiser.
The other 250 or so workdays a year?
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:15pm
Too?
Really?
And here I thought it was that there were too many people driving too many cars at one time on a twice-daily basis.
Thanks Obama!
I can think of a few things
By Biggie_Robs
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 6:55pm
I can think of a few things more annoying.
Well I just can't wait
By Ann Weatherbee
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 2:35pm
to see it!
It must be Obama week
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:07pm
Malia Obama has been touring colleges this week over spring break, including Tufts and Harvard.
Sorry, but I think it's great
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 6:00pm
Sorry, but I think it's great that she's checking out schools around here. Obama week??? whatever.
I find the $16 admission fee
By anon
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 3:18pm
I find the $16 admission fee offensive. I'm also offended by the $2 discount for Massachusetts residents, even though I am one.
It's not open to the public until Tuesday March 31. There's no way of knowing this unless you try to buy a ticket online.
I think it's exciting when a
By ffcoppola
Sat, 03/28/2015 - 12:09pm
I think it's exciting when a helicopter flies overhead, just like heavy equipment
digging up a street. I feel like jumping up and down or doing the pigeon-walk.
I imagine that I'm in a movie or something, that the people in the helicopter are
looking at me, maybe filming me, like Apocalypse Now.
"Like Apocalypse Now"
By perruptor
Sat, 03/28/2015 - 3:08pm
I think you've forgotten what the people on the ground experienced when those helicopters appeared in Apocalypse Now. Unless you fantasize about having a napalm airstrike called in on you ...
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