Irish potato famine mold spotted in Brookline.

Earlier:
Beware the Phytophthora infestans.

Complaints from neighbors living near the Roadhouse restaurant in Brookline, on Beacon St near Washington Square, led city officials to meet with owner David Ciccolo, who also owns Publick House. Ciccolo told the building inspector that he was planning to shut down the smoker rather than pay the $25,000 necessary to buy equipment that would adequately block the smoky odors. After a rocky start on food quality, the Roadhouse seemed to be delivering better reviews these days. It will be interesting to see how well the barbecue remains rated if they're not going to use a smoker to cook it.

News via Wicked Local.

And tipped right over onto three or four cars behind Jae's Grill on Beacon Street in Brookline.

Photos; driver injured, but not seriously.

Finagle-a-Bagel in Coolidge Corner is now Fini-a-bagel.

Wicked Local Brookline updates us on a restaurant seeking a license for a location where there's already another restaurant - which says it has no intention of moving.

Wicked Local Cambridge tells us the story behind the recent closing of Shilla on JFK Street in Harvard Square. Added bonus: The guy with the great voice who owns Neena's Lighting is involved.

Erin reports on a visit to Shelburne Farm:

... This is the only time of year that you can get a strawberry that tastes so unbelievably heavenly. ...

Tammy went on a similar expedition to Allandale Farms on the Brookline/JP line:

... They were delicious ... succulent, sweet and had the most beautiful, solid red interior (not like the white center of those out-of-season grocery store strawberries!). We just ate them raw ... and enjoyed every minute of it. ...

First, Fox in Detox did NOT hit the woman who was just standing with her bicycle at Washington and Beacon in Brookline, blocking an entire line of cars who had the light. But she has a better understanding now of why somebody might have been tempted.

Ken Liss describes how the town coped during the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918-1919 - including the creation of an open-air hospital on Summit Avenue.

Wicked Local Brookline reports a deer was hit by a car at Beacon and Englewood on Saturday.

It has not been a good month for urban deer.