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Appeals court tosses Covid-era curbside-dining lawsuit by North End restaurants, but throws them one slim possible lifeline July 30 A federal appeals court today dismissed a lawsuit by North End restaurants (listed at the top of the ruling) and the neighborhood chamber of commerce that claimed Mayor Wu
The other day (before the rains came), Mary Ellen spotted a couple of American oystercatchers at Castle Island. Watch them in action. This newsletter sponsored by the Green Street Initiative: Former Boston zoning-board member has nomination for top Justice job rescinded, but not over his tweets, he asserts July
Man with sharpened chopsticks calls bomb threat into Tremont Street cineplex after ejection for harassing a worker, police say July 28 A Beacon Hill man who made "inappropriate comments" to a woman employee at the AMC Boston Common on Tremont Street - and then used a pair of sharpened
That magical time of year when the cones burst into full bloom July 27 A roving UHub photographer paused this morning to take in the beauty of a blooming cone on Commonwealth Avenue in Allston. Man charged with murder for the death of a scooter driver police say he rammed
New Battle of Bunker Hill erupts, this time over sweat July 26 Over in a subreddit devoted to national parks,, somebody posted a complaint today about the "Bunker Hill Monument Menace:" A man who exercises every morning by racing up and down the steps of the Bunker Hill
Blue Line train evacuated after overhead power line comes down on it July 23 Boston firefighters and MBTA workers responded to the Blue Line between Orient Heights and Suffolk Downs after something happened with the overhead power wire, it came down on a train and it briefly began smoking, around
Inspector clears South Station Starbucks to re-open July 23 On its third inspection in five days, a Boston health inspector on Wednesday found no rats, no mice, no other problems at the Starbucks at South Station and re-instated its food-serving license. Man with a metal pole charged
Patients warned to avoid Boston Medical Center last night because of major IT issues July 21 At least one community health center warned patients Tuesday afternoon to avoid Boston Medical Center in a medical emergency due to an IT outage. No surprise: Health officials say Charles River near Millennium Park
Orange-stained pardon can't keep cop-punching Jan. 6 doc from losing her right to practice medicine July 20 WWLP reports the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine won't let Dr. Jacquelyn Starer of Ashland, late of Brigham and Women's and Faulkner hospitals, renew
311 complaint of the day: Who left a pile of rotting fish behind a historic house in Dorchester? July 19 An olfactorily offended resident filed a 311 complaint about today about the growing stench behind the historic James Blake House, 735 Columbia Rd. in Dorchester ... Deer with its ducks in
But first, this morning dawned bright and early and full of storrowing goodness: Somebody in a rental truck ignored the "CARS ONLY" signs and did a 10-out-of-1o storrowing inbound at the BU Bridge around 5 a.m: Truck completely destroyed, roof peeled back and laying
The state Department of Environmental Protection forecast for today: "Wildfire smoke from Canada will continue to enter the region and influence particle pollution levels. Fine particle levels are forecast to average in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) range." And by "sensitive groups," they mean seniors,