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Recap of Mayor Walsh’s Press Briefing from Tuesday, July 21st
Please see below for updates from Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s press briefing on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Case numbers: As of today in Massachusetts: 114,033 cases and [...]
Pine Street Inn will turn hotel into shelter at Mass & Cass
Pine Street Inn will lease the old Best Western Plus, located at 891 Massachusetts Ave, and turn it into a temporary homeless shelter. This area [...]
Cocktails to go legislation is now law!
Raise your glass Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation allowing restaurants to temporarily sell mixed drinks to go into law late Monday afternoon. The law makes Massachusetts the latest [...]
M Street Beach in the Hot Seat
We’ve seen the crowds at M Street Beach. We’ve seen the complaints on 311 and the community bulletin boards. M Street Beach seems to be [...]
Starbucks at L and Broadway approved
After a long drawn out battle, the City of Boston Licensing Board has voted on Thursday to approve the common [...]
Suspect in Sexual Assault Arrested
Police have arrested a suspected that allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in the South End early Monday morning. According to [...]
Licensing Board Defers decision about Starbucks
UPDATE: Licensing Board has approved the common victualler license for the Starbucks at L and Broadway! Yet another bump in the [...]
Starbucks hearing at City Hall
Starbucks is one step closer to opening at the coveted spot at L and Broadway in Southie. The first Starbucks [...]
Southie Starbucks Community Meeting in a nutshell
More than 100 people filled the cafeteria at the Tynan School in Southie to discuss the proposed Starbucks at the [...]
Pedestrian hit on Day Blvd.
A pedestrian was hit by a car on Day Blvd. in Southie around 7:50pm on Saturday. Â The pedestrian appears [...]
Starbucks at L & Broadway
The battle for Starbucks to open at the corner of L and Broadway is still in riot mode. Online petitions, both for and against, have [...]
Massport’s Cruiseport gets a new name
Congratulations to Ray Flynn - former mayor of Boston and US Ambassador to the Vatican for the rededication of Cruiseport Boston in his name! On Saturday, [...]
Fire on East Fourth Street
The Boston Fire Department announced the cause of a four-alarm fire that destroyed a house under renovation on East Fourth Street on Monday night. Investigators [...]
Gate of Heaven School – Off the Market
Looks like the Gate of Heaven School will stay exactly that for now. According to a post on social media from Kids Before Condos organizer [...]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Controversy…..again.
Yes, you’re reading this correctly, we are writing about the St. Patrick’s Day parade in August. It seems controversy has surfaced early and once again, [...]
Starbucks War Continues
So the first Starbucks battle may have been won but it appears that war is not over. Starbucks is still fighting to open at the [...]