@mbta.com Can anyone explain why you would run 4-car redline trains during rush hour?
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Street-level rendering of proposed Friend Street residential building

Developer of unbuilt life-sciences building on Friend Street wants to put up a taller residential building instead
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#Boston #housing

Emergency protests are happening very soon in Ashland and Worcester today.
Anyone else know of protests in MA today?

Rendering of what would have been large ad decals on pedestrian hamster tube over Huntington Avenue

Zoning board rejects Times-Squarification of pedestrian skybridge in the Back Bay
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#Boston #zoning

City council holding hearing on BPD protocol for releasing bodycam and dashcam footage. Councilor Culpepper begins by expressing his disappointment that no BPD officials showed up.
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Car parked in protected bike lane on Boylston Street

Car parked in protected bike lane on Boylston Street

We need solid barriers to keep drivers from parking in the bike lanes. @streets.boston.gov

Family of man fatally shot by police in Roxbury hires civil-rights lawyer
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#Boston

Dr. Strangelove - Ending YouTube video by Laurenan69

For some reason, can't get this out of my mind this morning.
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Snow falls on cedars, um, pines.

Florida consulting firm latest to sue South Boston developer Andrew Collins
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Record number of Mass. residents don’t have enough healthy food to eat More people than ever in Massachusetts say they don’t have enough food to eat, according to the latest Massachusetts Food Access Report from the Greater Boston Food Bank and Mass General Brigham. The ...

More people than ever in Massachusetts say they don’t have enough food to eat, according to the latest Massachusetts Food Access Report from the Greater Boston Food Bank and Mass General Brigham.

Light snow expected Tuesday in parts of New England A few snowflakes may fly today. They’ll mix with the rain showers at times, but don’t let it get in your head. We’re not expecting any accumulation.

Fair warning: A few snowflakes may fly today. They'll mix with the rain showers at times, but don't let it get in your head. We're not expecting any accumulation.
on.nbcboston.com/V66GQ78

Hoping today’s hearing proposing a ban on e-bike use by 3rd party food delivery drivers includes a panel of venerable pros from City Hall and independent orgs.

So many battles regard issues that have been well-researched and tested. IMO these decisions should be informed by data and expertise.

Classical Music Commentary: Boston's Lost Opportunity - How the BSO Board Chose Charles Munch over Leonard Bernstein - The Arts Fuse In Boston, Leonard Bernstein might have sustained Serge Koussevitzky’s bold adventure—and changed the course of American classical music. Today’s Boston Symphony is adrift

Joseph Horowitz's commentary looks into a consequential decision by Boston Symphony Orchestra leadership that has never been scrutinized. Had he been selected as Music Director, #LeonardBernstein might have changed the course of American classical music.

artsfuse.org/327004/

Yes, it's April 7 in Boston and yes, it's snowing. This is why we don't put shovels and things away until May 1.

Mass. House set to vote on bill to ban cellphones in schools, limit teen social media use The state Senate passed a bill last July that would ban cellphones for students throughout the school day. The House plans to vote on a bill Wednesday that would go further, also banning social media ...

Stepping beyond the reach of a Senate-approved bill, the House plans to vote Wednesday on legislation prohibiting social media use for children under 14, requiring platforms to obtain parental consent for users ages 14 and 15, and banning students from using cellphones in schools.

Good morning from Boston where it is actually snowing right now. 🌨

BREAKING: BU temporarily halts enforcement of outward-facing signage policy Boston University President Melissa Gilliam announced in an email Monday that she is “temporarily pausing” a University policy enforcing the removal of outward-facing signs. The decision comes weeks a...

BU president is temporarily halting policy of ripping down Pride flags and other less-than-saccharine messaging on "outward facing" windows, doors and walls
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Lucy Parsons Center North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) is currently facing a critical funding gap due to cuts by the federal government and other funders. This comes at a time when NAICOB's employment, socia...

Fellow Bostonians, help the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) stay open!

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That was also when the Supreme Ct. issued its ruling (involving a Cambridge man during a smallpox outbreak) that allowed the govt. to mandate vaccinations in a public-health emergency. So, so many anti-vax suits during Covid lost because of the precedent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobso...

Dark reddish purple hellebore flower.

Chionodoxa, little periwinkle-blue star-shaped flowers.

#FlowerReport from Newton Massachusetts

A tiny hellebore sprang up & put out a tiny purple flower 🥰 and chionodoxa are now opening everywhere

“Sell the team” chants have broken out at Fenway. 😬😬

New DHS Secy Markwayne Mullin, in an interview with Bret Baier, says he wants to consider pulling Customs out of international airports in “sanctuary cities,” which would effectively shut down a huge amount of international travel to the U.S.

LA, NYC, BOS, SF, Chi, SEA, Miami, DEN, Phil, SD….

Villa Mexico in Downtown Boston Is Going to Remain Open Last week, it was reported that a Mexican restaurant in downtown Boston was facing a possible closure, and now we have learned that it will ...

Some great news to end the day -- Villa Mexico in downtown Boston is going to remain open. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2026/04/vill...

#boston #restaurant

Downtown, Chinatown spring leaks
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#Boston #glubglub #WaterMains

Developer seeks to turn Fort Point office buildings into 145 apartments
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#Boston #housing

Two stabbed in Readville
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#Boston #HydePark #crime

Update: Fenway Johnnie's won't have to serve its suspension on account of it went out of business last week (something similar happened with the Dugout - it was ordered to serve a suspension, but then up and closed first).

Two Fenway bars ordered shut for several days later this month after getting caught serving minors; at one, the kiddies paid bouncers $20 each to be let in

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Anyone know a good locksmith who has a collection of skeleton keys for a 1920s house for sale in the greater Boston > North of Boston area?

Trying to find keys for my 100 year old doors, I know the general maker that I need but there are apparently 6 options that could work

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