Judge issues new order to keep Postal Service away from running mail-in voting
The same Boston federal judge who ordered the Postal Service to deliver mail-in ballots even in states that refuse to kiss the ring of the Short Fingered Vulgarian in Chief only to have the Supreme Court rule she acted too soon because the regime had not published formal rules for its election-interference plans on Thursday issued a new order to keep the regime away from mail-in voting now that the regime has formally published its rules to grab control no matter what the Constitution says. Read more.
Developer proposes turning long vacant Chinatown office building into affordable apartments
August 27
Beacon Communities says it will soon file plans to convert the eight-story 79 Essex St., between Oxford Street and Ping On Alley in Chinatown, into a building with 47 income-restricted apartments and ground-floor retail space.
Boston's first women's sports bar aims to open by year's end
August 27
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by organizers of the Sports Bra, 1 India St. downtown, to buy the current Tiki Rock's liquor license and re-shape the space into a bar where the TVs will always be tuned to women's sporting events.
Man to get life for orchestrating 2023 murder on Geneva Avenue
August 27
A Suffolk Superior Court jury this week convicted Patrick Harland on charges that included first-degree murder for his role in the shooting death of Curtis Effee at 417 Geneva Ave. in Dorchester shortly before 1 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2023, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Dreaded sickly-green cyanobacteria expands grip on Charles River basin
August 27
Public-health officials have expanded their warnings about toxic cyanobacteria in the Charles River basin, now advising people to keep them, their kids and their pets well away from the river, from BU's Jenga building all the way to Boston Harbor.
Italian place to replace Mexican place that replaced steak places that replaced the waving-chicken place in West Roxbury
August 27
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Leonardo's Bar Ristorante will move into the space at 1430 VFW Parkway at Spring Street in West Roxbury that is still lit up as Mission on Fire, which is where Sofia used to be and before it Vintage and...
Newton public-housing honcho agrees to quit post in deal to avoid prosecution for dunning his former employer to refinish a bathroom at his Norwood home
August 27
Michael Lara, currently executive director at the Newton Housing Authority, but formerly the executive director of the Watertown Housing Authority, has signed a deal with federal prosecutors in which he will avoid prosecution for billing Watertown for refinishing his Norwood home's master bathroom - by quitting his Newton job and repaying ...
Sushi and fried chicken after midnight approved in Brighton - and that includes sushi push pops
August 27
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Brighton Sushi and Fry, 67 Washington St., just off Comm. Ave. in Brighton, to change its closing time from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Giddy up, buckaroos: Cowboy bar approved in Maverick Square
August 27
The Boston Licensing Board today approved Joseph Skoczylas's plans to transform the old Eddie C's at 34 Maverick Sq. in East Boston into what would be the neighborhood's first cowboy bar, with a closing time of 2 a.m....
Report: BPS wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars on questionable, likely illegal expenses; figured out how to let one employee evade city residency requirement
August 27
WBUR provides the highlights from a report by the state Office of the Inspector General on $857,000 worth of ...
