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Venerable South End market closing; to be replaced by private school, but some residents already organizing protests February 3 Foodie's Market, open nearly 30 years on Washington Street in the South End, is closing in June, to be replaced by another location of the Croft School, which already
Boston cops who violently broke a man's arm while he was on the ground being arrested will have to answer for that in court, judge rules February 3 A federal judge says a man arrested on gun charges by officers responding to a report of somebody shooting a
Not even the Orange Line is immune as problems on all the T lines balloon February 1 Riders on the Blue, Red and Green lines had to deal with delays today. No delays (yet) on the Orange Line, but trains had to bypass Back Bay station due to smoke from
But first: The French Toast Alert level for Boston has dropped to just 2 Slices/Guarded, based on forecasts that now show the bombostorm on Sunday to pass far enough to our south and east that we don't get much snow (although we could get some coastal flooding)
It only seems like all UHub is covering these days is the rapid demise of Red Line cars. OK, it's true, but we managed to get a couple of other news items posted as well: Most Red Line trains are tired and old; they just don't
Fed up with the Red Line, one rider decided to try a Bluebike: Big mistake January 28 One intrepid commuter decided he'd try bypassing the mishegas on the Red Line this morning by hopping on a Bluebike - after all, they're now available at many locations
Judge orders regime to free immigrant who needs daily insulin shots - and to fly her back here from the Louisiana gulag it stuck her in January 26 A federal judge in Boston on Friday ordered the immediate release of a woman who requires daily insulin shots for her diabetes
A day like today calls for more than just a couple slices January 26 In a discussion on the Boston French Toast Alert Facebook group, Jen Kunze showed off her French-toast cassarole (with recipe and more French toast photos). Ad-hoc skating rink in the making in Readville January 25 The
It's time in for Time Out Market January 22 Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Samuels and Associates, which is a big Fenway landlord/developer, has worked out a deal with Park 401's owner to keep the Time Out Market dishing up food and drink with a
But first: French Toast Alert now at 3 Slices/Elevated. Looks like we will get snow Sunday. Won't be a Blizzard of '78 or Bombogenesis of '2015, not a lot of wind to create drifts high enough to jump into from the second floor (never a
Sports-betting outfit that gambled it could operate in Massachusetts without getting a state license lost that wager today January 20 A judge ruled today that the back-end mechanism might be different, but a New York company that lets people bet on sports outcomes and its refusal to apply for a
Two crashes on a Jamaica Plain parkway treacherous even in good conditions left several injured, shaken up as temperatures dropped January 19 A crash involving at least three cars on the Jamaicaway at Perkins Street around 10:10 p.m. left three adults and two toddlers shaken up enough to