MBTA buses to start snapping bus-stop blockers; New East Boston hotel denied liquor license for now
New Irish pub in Adams Village will feature Irish music
September 24
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Frank Delaney and Teresa Murphy to replace Scobie's, 782 Adams St. in Dorchester, with the Session House, which will feature Irish pub grub accompanied by Irish seisiún music - much of it by local musicians.
MBTA next week turns on bus cameras to catch motorists who block bus stops and lanes
September 24
The MBTA says that on Oct. 1, it will turn on bus-based cameras that can mean tickets for miscreant motorists who don't respect bus stops and bus lanes enough to stay out of them.
New East Boston hotel denied liquor license for now, not because it was an eyesore for a decade but because board wants to consider all the applicants for licenses in the neighborhood
September 24
The Boston Licensing Board today deferred any action on a request for an "all alcohol" liquor license from the operators of what is supposedly the nearly completed Cambria Hotel Boston Logan at 155 Porter St. in East Boston, so that it can consider other applications for liquor licenses from 02128.
Man dies in fall from scaffolding several stories up in Forest Hills
September 24
MassLive.com reports on the fatal plunge on Hyde Park Avenue at Weld Hill Street around 2:45 p.m. The man fell roughly 30 feet.
Beacon Hill cocktail bar gets OK to stay open an hour later on weekends after owner agrees to get workers to quietly put out empty bottles instead of tossing them into the trash
September 24
The Boston Licensing Board today gave 89 Charles, at its eponymous address on Beacon Hill, permission to extend its closing time from midnight to 1 a..m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Everybody talks about porch pirates; Boston city councilors want to see if they can do anything about them
September 24
Boston city councilors agreed yesterday to study ways to curb the growing problem of package thefts from people's porches and lobbies, although not to the point of putting out camouflaged glitter bombs as bait.
Orange Line riders in distress: Commute all morning was a mess
September 24
This morning's Orange Line motto: If it's not one thing, it's another.
New owner of West Roxbury Blanchard's says basically the only thing that will change is the name, to Kappy's
September 24
The Boston Licensing Board today approved the sale of the venerable Blanchard's at Lagrange and Centre streets in West Roxbury, after the lawyer for new owner Bhavin Patel said the store will be basically run the same as it has been for decades, save for the name change to Kappy's Fine Wine & Spirits.
Green Line question of the day: Who fixes the fixers?
September 24
Bright and early, at 4:55 a.m. to be exact, the MBTA announced shuttle bussery between Haymarket and Boylston on the Green Line due to "the derailment of a track maintenance vehicle at Park Street." That was later extended, we think, to Copley (the exact T advisory was "Shuttle buses are replacing service between Copley and Back Bay").
