The State House News Service reports the governor wants to sell the Hynes off for redevelopment and use the money to expand the South Boston convention center.
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By adamg - 9/16/19 - 2:14 pm
The left wall in the bowling alley at Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream and Bowling in Hyde Park has featured a large cartoon-like cutout of a guy bowling for several years now. Nancy Glazer Pearl, who does social media for Ron's, found the actual Mike, and his pal Bill, at the lanes the other day.
By adamg - 9/16/19 - 8:35 am
Cambridge Day reports Out of Town News will close by Oct. 31. The writing's been on the wall for awhile now; the city wants to turn the former entrance to the Harvard Square subway stop into a visitor center.
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By adamg - 9/14/19 - 12:48 pm
Michael Moniz enjoyed the view from the Roslindale substation towards Adams Park this morning after Historic Boston, Roslindale Village Main Street and Turtle Swamp Brewing formally dedicated the new windows that replaced decades worth of plywood on the Washington Street side of the former trolley substation in Roslindale Square.
By adamg - 9/13/19 - 12:40 pm
Roving UHub photographer Mary Ellen spotted an odd thing in the parking lot of the Star Market on Spring Street in West Roxbury this morning: A home-delivery van from rival Roche Bros. at the other end of Centre Street.
By adamg - 9/13/19 - 11:01 am
A Haverhill man who drives for Uber has filed what he hopes will become a class-action suit to force Uber to treat its Massachusetts drivers as employees - which means ensuring they get paid at least the state minimum wage and overtime and that they get reimbursed for their car and phone expenses. Read more.
By adamg - 9/13/19 - 10:56 am
The Supreme Judicial Court today dismissed a lawsuit by a Revere lawyer challenging the way Boston gave the Red Sox permanent access to Jersey Street, saying he was not directly harmed by the sale and so had no "standing" to sue. Read more.
By adamg - 9/13/19 - 9:48 am
Bickerstaff explains his role in a proposed Roslindale pot shop at a community meeting in March.
By adamg - 9/11/19 - 11:05 am
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today the city of Boston was wrong to try tax Veolia Energy's network of steam pipes through Boston Proper, ruling that, collectively, they are parts of a "great integral machine," which have been exempt from taxation since an 1866 ruling. Read more.
By adamg - 9/8/19 - 2:59 pm
The city holds a meeting tomorrow on a proposed marijuana establishment at 3995-3997 Washington St. - better known now as the bodega with the giant cat mural on the Archdale Road side. Read more.
By adamg - 9/5/19 - 11:26 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Fresh Pond Market, open since 1922 on Huron Avenue, will be closing for good on either Sept. 14 or 15.
By Ron Newman - 9/4/19 - 2:51 pm
The Somerville Kmart will close by mid-November, the Globe reports. It is the last store remaining from the old Assembly Square Mall, which opened in 1980.
Kmart is also closing stores in Brockton, Palmer, and Webster, as well as many other places throughout the country. The nearest remaining Kmarts (probably not for much longer) will be in Acton and Billerica.
By adamg - 9/4/19 - 11:12 am
Doc's Place back in the day.
The Library of Congress's John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive includes a couple of photos of Doc's Place at the corner of Northampton Street and Harrison Avenue. Read more.
By adamg - 8/30/19 - 10:50 pm
Shamus Moynihan spotted the Lenox Hotel lit up in Pride colors, with a Pride flag flying out front tonight. Hmm, why would a Copley Square hotel want to show off Pride colors tonight? It's a wonder.
By adamg - 8/28/19 - 2:08 pm
Workers have been busy this week installing a $30,000 set of glass panes to replace the plywood boards that long blocked light from getting into the front of the old trolley substation at Washington Street and Cummins Highway in Roslindale Square. Read more.
By adamg - 8/27/19 - 9:56 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a plan by the owners of the Verb Hotel to add ten rear units along Van Ness Street in the Fenway for people who have always wanted to stay in a mobile home without worrying about getting carried away by a tornado. Read more.
By adamg - 8/24/19 - 10:46 am
Atlas Obscura follows Dave Hebb, a "commercial archaeologist," on a quest to find local small-business signs made by a single manufacturer, signs you've probably never paid any attention to but the style of which you'll instantly recognize.
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