Both at the South Shore Plaza, at least as of a couple hours ago. Both are on the first floor; one's a full-service restaurant, the other's a smaller ice-cream only place. Both now only take cash.

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Chateau, a chain of big ol' Italian restaurants, is opening its seventh location on the John Mahar Highway near South Braintree Square.

We go the one on Rte. 1 in Norwood sometimes. It's pretty cool in an Anthony's Pier 4/Ken's kind of way, only without the sad days-gone-by vibe you sometimes get in those places (plus, there's something relaxing about watching people practice their putting at the golf course on the other side of the picture windows).

The Patriot Ledger reports police had to bust down the door of the burning house because the woman had barricaded herself inside. Four officers were injured in the rescue.

David Parsons spent some time recently at Hingham Cemetery.

Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Two Marshfield residents are charged with beating up a customer at a Norwell KFC when he asked them to pipe down after they started swearing at the counter help because their food wasn't coming fast enough, Channel 5 reports.

Marshvegas Live:

Why do they call it Marshvegas?

The Patriot-Ledger reports the guy allegedly got up to 110 mph in an attempt to escape Weymouth police early Sunday morning.

The Coast Guard reports the rescue of a guy who decided to do a little ocean kayaking around 11:30 last night off Nantasket Beach - in rough waters and without a life jacket.

Of course, he capsized - but right near a moored boat to which he was able to swim and spend several hours.

The Coast Guard says it launched a search boat, and Hull firefighters began searching from shore around 4 a.m. - after a friend called to report the guy missing at 3:30 a.m.:

The missing man called out to the search party on the beach from aboard a moored boat he swam to after falling off the kayak.

The beach search party directed the Coast Guard boat crew to the man's location, where he was rescued and transported to shore where a waiting ambulance took him to South Shore Hospital.

Winds were 20-knots, seas 2-to-4 feet, and the water was 59 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Coast Guard advises against going out in bad weather in a kayak.

A “Voter Choice” initiative petition turned in to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office on Wednesday would give Massachusetts voters a chance to change to a voting system that lets voters rank their choices instead of voting for only one candidate. The change would apply to key races, including for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary and treasurer, among others, starting after January 2012.

Well, OK, the police charged the woman with following too close (and driving an unregistered vehicle), but the spider made her do it, Channel 7 reports.

The state Department of Conservation and Recreation is going to give it the college try: It's seeking volunteers to help pull the fast-growing invasive weed in Fowl Meadow, part of the Blue Hills Reservation, Jennifer Forman Orth reports.

She says some 40 acres of the meadow, home to several rare and endangered species, is now covered by our version of kudzu. There are pulling sessions this Thursday and Friday mornings, with more planned (call 617-981-0817 for more info). Bring gloves: The vine has barbed stems.