Dunk's swigging Emerson; Swan Boats return; shots fired at South Bay
Patriots Day runs on Dunkin', at least in Concord
April 19
Most Dunkins look pretty much the same on the inside. The one on Thoreau Street in Concord, though, dares to pose the question: What would Concord have been like had the chain been around in the 19th century?
Swan Boats once more gliding around the Public Garden Lagoon
April 18
As they've done since the 1870s, the Paget family today launched the Swan Boats in the Public Garden Lagoon. Boston College's Burns Library posted this photo of a Swan Boat from sometime in the late 1800s or early 1900s.
Shots fired at South Bay; police release photos of scooter suspects
April 18
Boston Police report they are looking for "several individuals captured on surveillance footage" related to gunfire outside the South Bay Panera on Allstate Road in Dorchester around 8:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Court decision well rooted in judicial field of inquiry
April 18
A ruling by a federal appeals court in Boston is a defeat for a Massachusetts company that makes mulch coloring, but a victory for scholars who like to see how many puns a normally staid three-judge panel can put in one decision.
Nike takes down Marathon sign that impugned people who just walk
April 18
GBH reports on the chain's decision to get rid of a large sign in its Newbury Street store that declared "RUNNERS WELCOME. WALKERS TOLERATED." Chain said: Oopsies, yeah, that sign "missed the mark."
Changes at Faneuil Hall: Venerable bar closing, new brewery/distillery might be moving in
April 18
The Globe reports that Clarke's on Merchants Row is closing after 50 years. Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Tree House Brewing Co. is looking at moving into the space where Mija used to be, with a brewery, a distillery and an outdoor beer garden. Tree House once considered moving into the Pru, but didn't.
Councilor wants city to help fill potholes on hundreds of private ways in Boston
April 17
City Councilor Brian Worrell (Dorchester) thinks it's time people who live on private ways in Boston get the same level of pothole filling as residents who live along roads that are owned by the city. - although he'd still charge them something for the work.
311 complaint of the day: Wireless mystery zone near Agganis Arena
April 17
A motorist with no signal files a 311 complaint about the dead zone on Commonwealth Avenue in the area of BU's Agganis Arena:
BU issues Marathon advice to students: No Animal Housing in the GAP and for God's sake, stay away from parties at BC if you can't handle your liquor
April 17
Boston University is out with some pre-Marathon advice for impressionable young Terriers, and much of it is common sense (in fact, the subject line is "Sense and the City" - will the young'uns get that?): Don't overdrink, have a plan on how to get home in a city split in two by the race route, and the like. But also ...
We might be about to find out what happens when ICE disregards a judge's order to release an immigrant it's locked in a cell
April 17
ICE is blaming "an administrative oversight" for the way it failed to comply with a judge's April 14 deadline to either release an immigrant it had thrown in a cell or to get him before an immigration judge for a bond hearing.
Lesley professors approve strike if no progress made in contract talks
April 17
The Cambridge/Somerville Independent reports and adds that, given what's going on in western Mass., are now seeking contract clauses...
