Insults across the Mystic over proposed soccer stadium
Mayors trade barbs across the Mystic as anger rises over proposed Kraft soccer stadium
August 4
In the morning, Boston officials led by Mayor Wu and Charlestown residents decried what they said was the lack of seriousness the Kraft-own Revolution was taking their concerns about the impact of a large soccer stadium just on the other side of the Alford Street Bridge.
Audubon Circle rat the size of a bunny bites woman on the heel
August 4
WBZ reports.
Pop goes the weasel
August 4
Mary Ellen reports she and Dolly the wonder pup were on their morning walk at Millennium Park in West Roxbury today when Dolly ferreted out a pair of long-tailed weasels, one of which popped up long enough to get its face covered in a spider web before
Judge dismisses trademark lawsuit against Allston restaurant after considering the reasoning skills of 'reasonably prudent novelty dessert purchasers'
August 4
A federal judge today dismissed a trademark lawsuit by a Florida-based chain of ice cream joints called Sloan's against a restaurant with a cocktail program on North Harvard Street in Allston called Sloane's, concluding there's no chance anybody would ever confuse the two.
DA: Man charged with attacking teen in Nubian Square - by placing a handkerchief doused in an unknown chemical over his mouth
August 4
A Dorchester man is charged with allegedly dousing a handkerchief with an unknown liquid, then putting it over the mouth of a 14-year-old boy standing on a Nubian Square street corner last week, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Old sole Roger Berkowitz not just floundering in retirement
August 4
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the former Legal Sea Foods owner goes before the Boston Licensing Board on Wednesday for permission to open Roger's Fish & Chips at Logan's Terminal A.
Somerville cafe owners hope to fill Allston bagel hole with new eatery
August 4
The Boston Licensing Board last week approved plans by Jennifer Park and Tucker Lewis to open a combination bagel and ice-cream shop at the Allston Labworks complex, 280 Western Ave. in Allston.
Apple Computer wants to take a bite out of a Walpole-based chain of Apple Cinemas for trademark infringement
August 4
Apple Computer last week sued a Walpole company operating a series of "Apple Cinemas" theaters, saying the concern is trying to leach off its "world famous" name.
Man shot to death on Dudley Street in Roxbury
August 4
Boston Police report a man was shot repeatedly at 289 Dudley St., near Mt. Pleasant Avenue, in Roxbury around 11:55 p.m. on Sunday.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Say howdy to the Texas House Democrats in town
August 4
Although most went to Chicago, Jessica Montoya Coggins of the Texas Signal reports that some of the fleeing Texas House Democrats trying to block an even more extreme gerrymandering are in Boston.