The Orange Line will be shut between Forest Hills and Back Bay Oct. 8 - 20 for some more of the repair work the T couldn't get to - or discovered it needed to do - during that month-long shutdown back in 2022.
Shuttle buses, natch. The T also suggests commuter rail or, closer to town, the Green Line.
Roving UHub photographer Jed Hresko stopped for a moment on the Mass. Ave. Bridge to enjoy the sunset this evening.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday unanimously approved a marijuana dispensary at 297 Newbury St. in the Back Bay, granting a variance to let it open just steps from two other existing dispensaries. Read more.
The Charles in bloom and map of the affected area, by CRWA.
The state Department of Public Health yesterday confirmed that the Charles River from the Longfellow to the dam is now full of blue-green algae, which means you need to be especially careful to keep your dogs and young children out of it, the Charles River Watershed Association reports. Read more.
Jack Cohen uses the same tree to show three faces of fall in the Public Garden.
The US Attorney's office last week charged a man with violating national defense airspace for allegedly sending up a drone near the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15 - but also filed an agreement to drop the charge after a year in exchange for a $5,000 fine - and for the government to keep the drone. Read more.
Update, Dec. 4, 2024: The bar voluntarily dismissed its suit.
The Black Rose bar on State Street today sued a Westborough bakery - which now has an outlet on Newbury Street - for also calling itself Black Rose. Read more.
Smith reports on a minivan turned sound truck roaming around the South End last night, "imploring me to vote for Roy Owens in November." Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Dani's Queer Bar opens tonight at 907 Boylston St. in the Back Bay, in the space where the Pour House used to be.
Specifically: The Prudential Tower, Center Plaza, Atlantic Wharf, 100 Causeway, 100 Federal St., 1 Lincoln St., the amphitheater at 40 Water St. and the UMass Boston Integrated Science Center.
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 staffing and service cuts.
Roving UHub photography Molly Lanzarotta took in the Boston Landmarks Orchestra's final show of the season at the Hatch Shell this evening - under clouds that looked ominous but otherwise behaved.
Turkey. Grass. Sidewalk.
Somebody who apparently does not live in a Boston neighborhood in which turkeys normally flock has filed a 311 complaint about the "loose" turkey that's been hanging out on the Common - a couple days after somebody filed a 311 complaint about a turkey in the Public Garden (maybe the same turkey, if it's learned how to cross Charles).
CommonWealth Beacon reports the owner of the Earl of Sandwich kiosk on Boston Common has had enough of all the money it keeps losing and so is closing it down at the end of next month. The city plans to look for a new operator for the one-time men's room, with beer and wine a possibility, although that would add more than $100,000 to the initial costs, given the state Legislature has once again refused to give Boston more alcohol licenses.
Chart from BPHC July 28 report.
The amount of Covid-19 viral particles in Boston sewers - an indicator of the virus's presence in the community - soared in July, when levels were 163% higher than in May, - still way lower than numbers around New Year's and especially two years ago - the Boston Public Health Commission said today. Read more.
First up, we have the Globe's Brian McGrory, who argues Boylston Street bike lanes are a major mistake, that even pedestrians love the sheer exuberance of a traffic-clogged thoroughfare full of life and the essence of Boston, and man, who doesn't love just driving down the boulevard looking up at all the tall buildings and it's where the Marathon bombings were and besides, there are bike lanes on parallel streets, leave Boylston Street alone! Read more.
The Berkeley Beacon reports Emerson College has reached a deal to house some Boston Architectural College students in its Little Building at Boylston and Tremont streets this fall.
BAC will continue to provide all academic and student support for its students, but those living on Emerson’s campus must abide by Emerson’s policies, the announcement said.
Roving UHub photographer snapped minibikes on Boylston about to be hauled away.
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