Customers help flooded barber shop; Council has to put off resolution on restricting ICE
Burst pipe heavily damages Brighton barber shop; friends, customers chip in, benefit show set
February 12
A pipe burst in an apartment at 408 Market St. in Brighton Center over the weekend, flooding Matt Charette's Matt's Barber Shop.
Boston City Council doesn't go on record in favor of banning ICE from city property because one councilor has questions
February 12
A resolution by one city councilor to support Mayor Wu's recent executive order barring ICE from city buildings and property was shuffled off to a committee yesterday after another councilor said he first wanted to learn more about how exactly municipal agencies, including first responders, would enforce the measure.
Man sues over his overturned conviction for a Mattapan murder
February 12
A man who had his first-degree murder conviction for a fatal 2018 shooting in Mattapan overturned - after he'd spent five years in prison - today filed a wrongful-conviction suit against the state.
Failed South End oyster bar's liquor license to go to landlord, who will use it to find a new restaurant for the space
February 12
The Boston Licensing Board today approved Barbara Lynch's plan to hand over the liquor license of her shuttered B&G Oysters on Tremont Street to her landlord to settle her outstanding rent bill.
Mexican/Salvadoran restaurant approved in Roslindale Square
February 12
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by the operator of a small chain of Mexican/Salvadoran restaurants to buy the building and liquor license of Napper Tandy's, 4195 Washington St. in Roslindale.
Back Bay's holy beanblowers make their triumphant return
February 12
Aline Kaplan reports on the uncovering, after a seeming eternity of renovation time, of the top of the First Baptist Church's bell tower at Commonwealth and Clarendon, featuring friezes bracketed by holy beanblowers, um, angels heralding what angels herald atop Henry Hobson Richardson's first church work.
Boston councilors want to consider zoning changes to make some housing easier to build, but harder for strip clubs to move
February 12
The Boston City Council yesterday agreed to look at possible changes to the city zoning code to make it easier to build multi-family housing by easing the zoning requirements in more parts of the city - but harder for the city's two remaining strip clubs to move to new locations.
Four-story apartment building proposed for North Harvard Street in Allston
February 12
A developer has filed plans for a four-story, 43-unit apartment building at 263 North Harvard St., at Eaton Street, in Allston.
