Fort Point to find out if duckpin bowling all it's quacked up to be
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the operator of the existing indoor golf-simulator joint near City Hall expand into a second location at 311 Summer St. in Fort Point and buy...
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The Boston Licensing Board deferred a vote today on a request from an East 8th Street market to let it sell beer and wine, so that board members can consider whether South Boston is on the verge of...
View ArticleSeaport residential development not dead yet; builder gets loan needed for...
Rendering by CBTBanker & Tradesman reports that the Fallon Co. has gotten the $215-million loan it needs to start construction of a 14-story, 130-unit luxury residential building as the final tooth...
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Bird watchers flock to South Boston for look at tropical sea bird rarely seen...
See it larger.Mary Ellen was among the bird enthusiasts who gathered on the beach between the Curley Community Center and Carson Beach today for a chance to photograph the brown booby that decided to...
View ArticleBoston booby has a new BFF
Hugmajest spotted our rare fly-in brown booby hanging out near Carson Beach with one of the local cormorants, in sharp contrast to yesterday's attempt by some of the meaner gulls to chase it off. Also...
View ArticleRestaurants in the Leather District, Seaport battle over the right to...
Savvor, a Caribbean and soul-food restaurant and nightclub on Lincoln Street in the Leather District, and SAVR, a "spirited American bistro" on Seaport Boulevard in the Seaport, are fighting in court...
View ArticleNot the elusive Roslindale bull, but group still sees something startling in...
Tony Ursillo was among the (fully clothed) people watching naked, half-naked and faux naked people riding down Northern Avenue on bikes, skateboard and, yes, at least one penny farthing last night as...
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Three-alarm fire in South Boston displaces eight
Photo by BFD.Boston firefighters responded to a fire at 587 East Broadway that spread to a neighboring house and went to three alarms before being brought under control this afternoon.The Boston Fire...
View ArticlePower goes out along Melnea Cass Boulevard
Eversource outage map; orange dot is for more than 1,600 customers.Eversource reports nearly 1,900 homes and businesses in a swath of Roxbury along and north of Melnea Cass Boulevard are without power....
View ArticleSouth Boston has room for at least one more market selling beer and wine,...
The Boston Licensing Board voted today to let an East 8th Street market begin selling beer and wine, but again cautioned they are going to put more scrutiny on any future requests from South Boston...
View ArticleDeveloper with a background in bartending gets OK to buy $600,000 liquor...
As Boston officials await word on whether the legislature will give last-second approval to more than 250 liquor licenses for the city, the Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by developer John...
View ArticleMiddle Eastern restaurant wins approval for dine-in service only at busy...
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved plans to replace the long shuttered Supreme House of Pizza at 313 Old Colony Ave. in South Boston with a new restaurant that would serve Middle Eastern...
View Article311 complaint of the day: Seaport overcompensators
A worried resident filed a 311 complaint this evening:There are two lamborghini’s ripping around seaport right now. Please put an end to this before someone gets run over by these idiots with...
View ArticleNew condos approved on F Street in South Boston
Rendering by Zephyr Architects.The Zoning Board of Appeal today unanimously approved plans by a developers to replace a triple decker and some vacant land with a nine-unit building at 175 F St. between...
View ArticleReal-estate office could make way for apartment building on East Broadway
Rendering by Sousa Design Architects.The owner of the Playwright bar on East Broadway in South Boston has filed plans to replace a neighboring building with a four-story 12-unit apartment building....
View ArticleThar be monsters, at least at some spots along Fort Point Channel
The Bay State Banner reports on an art installation in which binocularish viewfinder things along the water at the Children's Museum show virtual-reality monsters instead of the water or the...
View ArticleMassive redevelopment in the works for 31-acre Gillette site: Housing,...
Proctor & Gamble told the city yesterday it will soon file detailed plans for turning World Shaving Headquarters along Fort Point Channel into a new neighborhood as it moves its manufacturing to...
View ArticleMoakley Park gets a spot where kids can learn to ride a bike
Photo via the mayor's office.The city today formally opened a "bike town" at Moakley Park in South Boston aimed at giving kids a way to safely learn how to ride a bike in an urban setting.Looking like...
View ArticleCulture shift: Boston considering opening some streets to open drinking
GBH uncorks the news that City Hall is considering several "open container districts" where people could buy something adult at a local restaurant and then just walk around sipping like we're a common...
View ArticleWorkers at four hotels now on picket lines
Some 900 members of UNITE HERE Local 26 went on strike this morning at the Hilton Park Plaza, Hilton Logan Airport, Hilton-Hampton Inn Boston Seaport, and Fairmont Copley Plaza over wages and against...
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