A Quincy man who used eBay to sell a Japanese amulet that dispenses bleach fumes faces up to a year in prison after pleading guilty to distribution and sale of an unregistered pesticide, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.
He walks in, writes a demand note, then pulls his mask up before going up to a teller.
The FBI has released photos of a man who held up the TD Bank branch at 323 Hancock St. in Quincy yesterday. Read more.
J.L. Bell recounts Abigail Adams's Thanksgiving in 1798, when husband John was off presidenting in Philadelphia (Thanksgiving then being just a New England thing, not a national holiday), her children were far away (sons John Quincy and Thomas Boylston being the farthest, in Moscow, where John was his father's minister to Russia and Thomas was along for the ride) and her nearby relatives were ill. Two neighbors did join her, as did Phoebe Abdee, originally her father's slave, who continued to work for the family even after she was freed.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Grumpy White's in Quincy will serve its last meal on Nov. 21.
Yes, it's come to this: Around 9 p.m., the MBTA reported delays of up to 15 minutes on the Braintree branch of the Red Line so that workers could remove a shopping car from the tracks at North Quincy.
The challenges faced by the Boston housing market have been well documented in 2020. The pandemic has caused massive shifts in urban population distribution in metropolitan areas all across the country, and Boston is no exception. It effectively took one of the nation’s hottest real estate markets and caused it to come to a grinding halt as apartment vacancies soar all over the city.
WBZ reports a worker at the Fruit Basket Marketplace on Granite Street tested positive for Covid-19 and so is asking anybody who shopped there between Oct. 2 and 11 to check in with the health department.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the owners of Pier 6 in Charlestown and ReelHouse in East Boston and Quincy's Marina Bay are putting the three into "winter break" on Nov. 1.
Lightning over South Boston and Boston Harbor. See it larger.
From a downtown aerie, Jonathan Berk was thunderstruck during the second wave of yesterday afternoon's storm. Read more.
Back in the day, politicians who'd won elections would often invite the press in the next morning to watch them bask in the glow of being a winner. Read more.
The city of Quincy is asking anybody might have eaten at Manet Lounge, 1099 Sea St. on particular days earlier this month to call the city health department, because a worker there has tested positive for Covid-19: Read more.
Kids: Don't stand under a "snow arch" in Tuckerman's Ravine in the middle of July. WBZ reports.
The MBTA is reporting 20-minute delays on the Red Line's Braintree branch due to a tree that fell on the inbound tracks at Wollaston.
Jennifer O had her choice of seats on a Red Line car between Quincy Adams and Quincy Center around 7 this morning.
Oh, wait a second! There aren't supposed to be any typical crowded morning commutes anymore - six feet, anyone? Ryan rode the bus, which goes from East Weymouth to Quincy Center around 7 this morning and was less than pleased:
222 right now. Ridiculous with 30 min headways.
WBUR reports on a visit by Army Chief of Staff - and Quincy native - Gen. James McConville to survey work by the Army Corps of Engineers and Army Reserve medical units to help build and staff the state's field hospitals in places such as the South Boston convention center.
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