The Gateway Center on Mystic View Road in Everett lost power Wednesday afternoon - and it stayed off until well in the night. Read more.
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By adamg - 5/7/18 - 4:08 pm
It might be a bit of a moot point now, given that Wynn Resorts has stripped Steve Wynn of his management responsibilities, but the Massachusetts Gaming Commission today formally stripped him of his right to be involved in management of the Everett casino that will now be called Encore Boston Harbor. Read more.
By adamg - 5/2/18 - 1:44 pm
A Long Island marketing firm called Spark451 is suing a Boston marketing firm called Agency 451 for trademark infringement. Read more.
By adamg - 4/25/18 - 9:50 pm
A company based in Tempe, AZ and one with principals and advisors who live in Roslindale said tonight they both have agreements to lease or buy buildings on Hyde Park Avenue just south of Metropolitan Avenue for possible medical-marijuana dispensaries. Read more.
By adamg - 4/20/18 - 6:53 pm
Well, at least it's no longer singling out one particular city councilor of being in the pocket of Big Hotel. But now the "home share" concern is accusing "Boston lawmakers" of being out to hurt low-income Bostonians.
By adamg - 4/20/18 - 12:16 pm
Ken's Foods, which makes the eponymous line of salad dressings, could wind up paying twice for shipments of tomato paste from California - first to a freight distributor that went bankrupt and now to the railroad that the distributor never paid. Read more.
By adamg - 4/17/18 - 10:24 pm
— Corwin Wickersham (@corwick4) April 14, 2018
Corwin Wickersham videoed the goings on at the Downtown Crossing T-Mobile store last week.
By adamg - 4/16/18 - 9:55 am
Jamaica Plain News reports the impending arrival of a new store on Centre Street that will specialize in chocolate and freshly roasted nuts. Cacao will open in the space between the Same Old Place and Chilicates.
By adamg - 4/13/18 - 10:38 am
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that Exxon Mobil has to hand over documents demanded by Attorney General Maura Healey in a probe of whether the company not only sat on information that proved the role of fossil fuels in climate change but actively tried to discredit the science of climate change to preserve its profits. Read more.
By adamg - 4/12/18 - 5:15 pm
Citizens Bank customers are flooding Twitter with complaints about the inability to access their money. Shortly after 4 p.m., the bank acknowledged a problem:
We're currently experiencing a technical issue that is impacting our ability to process certain transactions and access some online systems. Thanks for your patience as we restore service. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will post updates as they become available.
By adamg - 4/9/18 - 10:05 am
The Boston Business Journal reports the Boylston Street Marshalls is shutting down, possibly to be replaced by a brick-and-mortar version of the homegrown Wayfair online home-furnishings site.
By adamg - 4/5/18 - 6:00 pm
The Boston Licensing Board next week hears requests from a brewery that wants to open in Roslindale Square and a convenience store that wants to start selling adult beverages on VFW Parkway. Read more.
By adamg - 4/4/18 - 6:39 pm
A Boston health inspector found today that the Stop & Shop on Truman Parkway had cleaned up the mess from yesterday's overflowing floor drains and allowed the store to re-open for business.
By adamg - 4/4/18 - 12:16 pm
The Herb Chambers Companies have filed their detailed plans to replace Honda and Infiniti dealerships on Commonwealth Avenue near Harvard Avenue with three floors of Jaguar and Land Rover sales and service space. Read more.
By adamg - 4/3/18 - 7:03 pm
UPDATE, 4/4: Store passed a re-inspection and was allowed to re-open.
A city health inspector today shut the Stop & Shop at 1025 Truman Parkway after wastewater and sewage began coming up through floor drains in the bakery, produce and deli departments and meat and produce storage and preparation areas. Read more.
By adamg - 4/2/18 - 8:16 pm
City Councilor Matt O'Malley (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury) has had enough of storefronts and apartments that go empty - sometimes for years - in even the swankiest of neighborhoods and wants to begin looking at ways to prod landlords to rent the spaces out that could include "vacancy fees." Read more.
By adamg - 4/2/18 - 11:24 am
Vital Vegas reports that when the mega-casino in Everett opens, it will be named the Encore Boston Harbor, rather than than the Wynn Boston Harbor because it turns out that Steve Wynn might have had an even worse problem with women than Mario Batali, whose name also is no longer spoken of in the Prudential Center food court that used to have his name splashed all over. Read more.
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