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By adamg - 10/19/19 - 10:36 pm
Sign announcing the closing of the Boloco in Copley Square

Ron Newman spotted this sign at the Boylston Street Boloco today. Read more.

By adamg - 10/18/19 - 1:34 pm

WABC in New York reports that Barneys New York now plans to shut all of its stores as it sinks further into bankruptcy. Read more.

By adamg - 9/8/19 - 10:52 am

UPDATE:: Suspect charged.

Around 2 a.m. at Huntington Avenue and Blagden Street.

By adamg - 8/21/19 - 10:19 am
Copley Square bank-robbery suspect

The FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force has released photos of the guy it says held up the TD Bank branch at 535 Boylston St. around 12:50 p.m. on Sunday.

If he looks familiar, contact the task force at 857-386-2000.

By adamg - 7/18/19 - 12:13 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say tried beating up a BPL employee on Boylston Street last night after the worker asked him to leave the building for causing a ruckus. Read more.

By adamg - 7/10/19 - 12:59 pm

The MBTA reports Green Line delays of up to ten minutes due to a trolley with a dreaded mechanical problem at Copley.

By adamg - 6/26/19 - 2:18 pm
Wayfair worker holding sign reading Endless Detention is Torture

A couple of hundred workers at Wayfair, the online home-goods concern headquartered at Copley Place, walked over to Copley Square this afternoon to protest the company's contract with a contractor that runs border detention camps. Read more.

By adamg - 4/16/19 - 9:45 pm

Boston EMS Lt. Tony O'Brien worked Copley Square yesterday. He reports there were so many inspirational people yesterday, including the guy who crawled across the finish line, but this guy may have been the most inspirational: Read more.

By adamg - 4/7/19 - 1:27 pm
Greek Independence Day parade in Copley Square

Teddy Kokoros took in the Greek Independence Day parade in Copley Square today.

By adamg - 4/7/19 - 1:01 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man after they say officers watched him sell some crack on Boylston Street at Gloucester Street around 8 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 2/5/19 - 11:02 am
Brady jersey at zoning meetin

Zoning hearings went on this morning, but with a nod to events outside City Hall.

Chick-fil-A won permission from the Zoning Board of Appeals today to begin outfitting the Boloco at 569 Boylston St. as a two-story chicken-sandwich emporium. Read more.

By adamg - 1/28/19 - 7:01 pm

Chris Dempsey took in the fun at Copley, where dejected Riverside Line riders, no doubt their ears still ringing about the impending fare hike, had to get off a trolley because it no longer worked.

By adamg - 12/21/18 - 4:01 pm
Umbrellas in the trash in Copley Square

Roberto shows us the umbrella resting ground for people who try to get across Copley Square on a day like today.

By adamg - 12/5/18 - 12:12 pm

A federal judge today rejected arguments from the operator of a Back Bay garage that even if one of its employees left a large drain hole uncovered, it wasn't liable for a man's injuries when he tripped in it because the hole was so obvious the guy should've known to stay away from it. Read more.

By adamg - 11/15/18 - 10:52 am

When news broke last week that Chick-fil-A had an agreement to move into the Boylston Street location now occupied by a Boloco, it was news not just to fans and haters of the chicken chain, but to Boloco.

Boloco owner John Pepper says today: Read more.

By adamg - 11/8/18 - 3:47 pm

Biznow reports the chicken-on-a-bun chain has decided Tom Menino has not been mayor long enough and is looking to replace the Boloco at 569 Boylston St. in the Back Bay. Read more.

By adamg - 10/31/18 - 3:19 pm

UPDATE: Released on personal recognizance at his arraignment, Suffolk County DA's office reports.

Maybe he meant well, like other people at the rolling rally tossing beers up to Red Sox players, but whatever the intent, Boston Police report a Sandwich resident faces arraignment on charges that include assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for an incident during the parade on Boylston Street in Copley Square around 11:40 a.m.

Officers placed the suspect in custody after observing him throw an unopened can of beer at one of the Duck Boats, striking an adult male party on board. The victim was not injured as a result of the incident.

By adamg - 10/19/18 - 8:14 pm
Remains of an expensive car in Copley Square

Teddy Kokoros spotted the remains of a Lamborghini on Dartmouth Street between the BPL and the park this evening. Alert Page Boston reports it caught on fire. Read more.

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