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Court axes demand by owner of Lizzie Borden's house that coffee shop next door stop calling itself Miss Lizzie's immediately
A federal appeals court yesterday took several whacks - possibly as many as 41 - at the company that runs a B&B in Lizzie Borden's old home in Fall River, denying its request for a temporary ...
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UMass Amherst urges international students going home for winter break to return to campus before Jan. 20
UMass Amherst is telling foreign students and faculty they probably want to be back on campus before the change of administration in Washington - and will provide housing for any undergraduate ...
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Outrage in South Boston over the idea of increasing the number of bike-rental stations
The Huntington News reports on a community meeting in South Boston last week about plans to add more BlueBike stations, which some residents boisterously declared would hurt families, young children, ...
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Man convicted of murder in parking lot of Dorchester bowling alley in 2019
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Brian Joyce, 30, of Dorchester on a charge of first-degree murder for gunning down Marcus Dunn-Gordon, 27, of Randolph in the parking lot of Boston Bowl, ...
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West Roxbury gospel-concert organizer sues gospel performer and his talent agency for backing out of an arena concert at the last minute
Boston Mega Praise, headquartered in an office park off VFW Parkway in West Roxbury, today sued gospel performer Phil ...
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311 complaint of the day: One historic artifact in the Back Bay needs to go
A concerned resident files a 311 complaint about this relic of the time before everybody had their own personal communications device: Read more.
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Red Line riders brace for latest subway shutdown
The MBTA is reminding riders that it's halting Red Line service between Harvard and Broadway at 8:30 p.m. this Sunday and continuing through Nov. 23. Well, actually, Nov. 24 - when service will be ...
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On Orange and Green, there were woes we glean
The MBTA reports the day started with a switch problem near Wellington on the Orange Line and a dead trolley at Chestnut Hill on the Green Line. Both problems since fixed.
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There are only so many grilled-cheese sandwiches Allston can eat
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Roxy's Grilled Cheese on Cambridge Street in Allston will fling its last cheesy comestible on Nov. 24. The outlet in Central Square in Cambridge, though, will ...
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NYC bans rental broker fees, can Massachusetts be far behind?
New York City has banned rental broker fees. It will be interesting to see if Massachusetts follows suit.
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State attorney general braces for Gaetzlaw
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Adherent of religion that believes Satan created the earth allowed to continue suit against Boston College for Covid-related firing
A federal judge ruled yesterday that a fired landscaper at Boston College can continue his case that his 2021 firing for refusing Covid-19 shots violated his religious rights under the First Amendment ...