The hotel and Unite Here 26, which represents workers, came to an agreement and workers voted today to ratify the new contract, the union reports. Read more.
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By adamg - 11/21/19 - 11:53 am
Equal Exchange, which specializes in selling coffee, bananas and other foods from small farms around the world, is close to an agreement to buy Jamaica Plain's two City Feed and Supply stores - the original "little Feed" on Boylston Street and the larger Centre Street store. Read more.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 11:30 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Castle Island Brewing plans to open a brewery and pub in part of the old Cole Hersee factory at Old Colony Avenue and Dorchester Avenue.
By adamg - 11/21/19 - 9:11 am
The Globe reports on a council vote yesterday for a new city cannabis board that would determine who gets licenses in Boston - with an emphasis on local, minority owners. It's the result of an agreement between Councilor Kim Janey (Roxbury) and Mayor Walsh.
Proposed ordinance (5.9M PDF).
By adamg - 11/19/19 - 11:04 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a recreational dispensary at 1292 Blue Hill Ave., between Fessenden and Evelyn streets. Read more.
By adamg - 11/19/19 - 10:07 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a proposal by Lee's Market on Commonwealth Avenue at Washington Street in Brighton to start selling beer, wine and spirits. Read more.
By adamg - 11/17/19 - 2:13 pm
A federal judge ruled Friday that the former owners of the Suffolk Downs racetrack provided evidence of possible wrongdoing by the company that won the Boston area's casino license - but failed to prove that was evidence of racketeering. Read more.
By adamg - 11/16/19 - 10:09 pm
Crew examines car turned white by material spewed by pipe. Photo by the Fort Pointer.
Update: The stuff included asbestos.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 99 Summer St., near Kingston Street, around 5:30 a.m. after "e steam leak earlier sprayed unknown debris in the area." Read more.
By adamg - 11/12/19 - 1:37 pm
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by the Playwright, 658 East Broadway, to expand its capacity and add residential units on floors above it - but board members said they are concerned by complaints from nearby residents about boisterious, often angry customers, especially at closing time. Read more.
By adamg - 11/12/19 - 11:47 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a plan by Lisa Fonseca-Depina to convert the current Eglise Baptiste les Sentinelles, 417 Adams St., into a six-seat nail salon called Glam Gawds. Read more.
By adamg - 11/12/19 - 9:55 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a one-year extension for a company that wants to open a medical-marijuana dispensary at 331A-333 Newbury St., so that it can finalize a formal "host agreement" with the mayor's office and win state approval. Read more.
By adamg - 11/9/19 - 1:45 pm
A local writer and a local book seller say they're going to bring a bookstore back to Roslindale Square. Read more.
By adamg - 11/8/19 - 9:15 am
The owner of the Incredible Shrinking Sears and KMart announced more closings yesterday, in a move that will mean eastern Massachusetts will be Kmart-free save for one remaining outlet in Hyannis.
H/t Ron Newman.
By adamg - 11/7/19 - 4:49 pm
The Fort Poin Boston Blog reports that Proctor and Gamble has started the early stages of a study of its Gillette plants in South Boston and Andover aimed at creating "new, world class, high tech production facilities, a cutting-edge innovation center and modern office space" - with an emphasis on a major continuing presence along Fort Point Channel.
By adamg - 11/7/19 - 2:19 pm
A lawyer who successfully argued his client was owed damages after biting into a tooth-destroying bit of bone in a hamburger at a Medford Wendy's went too far in a closing argument that urged the jury to strike a blow against big corporations everywhere and protect the little people, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today. Read more.
South End supermarket registers win over landlord in lawsuits over decaying, water-damaged warehouse
By adamg - 11/5/19 - 12:10 pm
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld a nearly $1.6 million verdict in favor of Ming's Supermarket on Washington Street in the South End in a rent dispute over an adjoining warehouse on East Berkeley Street that it used until February, 2015, when a pipe froze and then burst, flooding the warehouse and bringing in ISD, which declared the building unfit for occupancy. Read more.
By adamg - 11/4/19 - 12:47 pm
The State House News Service reports hundreds of Boston-area convenience stores will shut at noon on Wednesday - as owners rally at the State House - to protest the ban and "demonstrate the critical role they play providing vital resources to communities."
By adamg - 11/4/19 - 9:18 am
Going, going, soon to be gone.
The now closed Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain will become an auction house Wednesday morning. For sale: Most of the stuff on the walls of the now former neighborhood landmark, along with most of its tables, chairs, booths and kitchen and bar equipment. Read more.
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