Chinatown residents say no to Stuart Street strip club; judge says no to ex-cop fired for refusing Covid shots, tests
Chinatown residents tell strip club to stay off Stuart Street
March 5
A Chinatown community meeting about a proposal by one of Boston's two remaining strip clubs to move from its alley to the more prominent Stuart Street last night went about as you might expect ...
Boston had the right to fire a cop who refused not just Covid shots but Covid tests, judge rules
March 5
A federal judge today dismissed a suit by a now former Boston Police officer who sued the city because of the way he was put on leave for refusing not just Covid-19 shots but to even take tests for the disease - and then fired when the pandemic waned, the city ended its vaccination-or-testing requirement and BPD ordered him back to work but.
Downtown bar hit with one-day suspension for after-hours Patriots strippers-and-hookahs party in January
March 5
The Boston Licensing Board this morning ordered Estella, 49 Temple Pl. downtown, to shut for one day for letting Patriots players, their retinue, a DJ and strippers set up an ad-hoc post-game victory party with hookahs and pot that continued well past the state mandated 2 a.m. closing time on Jan. 27.
Fenway liquor store that dated to repeal of Prohibition to be replaced by smaller outlet with new owner
March 5
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a package-store license to Tushar Patel to open Symphony Wine & Spirits at 295 Huntington Ave. in the Fenway, formerly home to Huntington Wine and Spirits, which had gotten one of the first packie licenses Boston issues after the repeal of Prohibition - but lost it last year...
More restaurants, cafes get alcohol licenses
March 5
The Boston Licensing Board today issued 12 new "neighborhood" alcohol licenses as part of the 225 total licenses the state legislature gave the city to dole out starting in 2024 - and one similar license from a batch granted the city in 2006. Read more...
Man from middle of nowhere charged with animal cruelty for leaving two puppies in car while trying to break into a Mission Hill apartment with pockets full of drugs, DA says
March 5
A man from Webster, MA faces charges for the cocaine and 390 Ecstasy pills police say they found on him in the area of Annunciation Road Monday evening - and for the two German shepherd puppies he allegedly left in his car while he and a pal tried to break into an apartment there, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports....
