Councilors to consider city-owned grocery stores in "food deserts"
Four cops injured, 13 demonstrators arrested at pro-Palestinian march downtown
October 7
WCVB reports on the protest turned melee in the area of the Common and Park Street station around 7 p.m.
Judge orders immediate release of Brazilian immigrant grabbed by ICE when he showed up for a scheduled appointment
October 7
For at least the third time in a week, a federal judge in Boston has ordered the release of an immigrant shoved into prison by ICE because the regime illegally decided to ignore the section of immigration law that treats people who have been in the US for some time differently than people who get caught at the border....
A visit to the North End's zero-waste store, where nothing is packed in plastic and the straws are made of metal
October 7
The Huntington News introduces us to Uvida, 189 North St., which sells everything from toothpaste tablets and compostable toothbrushes to all natural detergent and soap. And, yes, metal straws.
Pedestrian dies under the wheels of a BU shuttle bus outside Boston Medical Center
October 7
The Daily Free Press reports on a crash on Albany Street in front of Boston Medical Center just past Massachusetts Avenue shortly before 8 a.m. yesterday.
Man sought as Lansdowne Street face puncher
October 7
Boston Police report they are looking for a guy they say punched somebody in the face, knocking them to the ground and unconsciousness in the area of Loretta's Last Call on Lansdowne...
Salem museums, attractions team up to fund re-opening of National Park Service center, restrooms
October 7
Destination Salem reports the City of Salem and several local sites, from the Peabody Essex Museum to the Salem Wax Museum, have raised enough money to re-open the National Park Service's Salem visitor center - including the all important restrooms - at least through Nov. 2, although they're hoping the Republicans decide to re-open the...
15 affordable condos approved on Hancock Street on Beacon Hill
October 7
The Zoning Board of Appeals today approved plans to convert two vacant lodging houses on Hancock Street on Beacon Hill into 15 affordable condos.
Some Boston councilors want to look at opening city-owned grocery stores in local 'food deserts'
October 7
City Councilors Liz Breadon (Allston/Brighton) and Ruthzee Louijeune (at large) want to study the possibility of the city opening and running supermarkets in parts of the city without ready access to large-scale, less expensive groceries....
Affordable housing, mosque, community center approved for Shawmut Avenue in Roxbury
October 7
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by the Society for Islamic Brotherhood for a six-story building at Shawmut Avenue and Williams Street in Roxbury that would include 38 affordable apartments, a community center, a food pantry, a bookstore, space for the restaurant now on the lot and a new home for the society's house of worship...
