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Spencer Buell

Staff Writer at Boston Magazine

Spencer Buell is a staff writer for Boston, covering news, politics, technology, the T, legal weed, french fries, bears, Brady, and beer. He used to be a news reporter for Metro Boston and the Arlington Advocate.

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City Life

Northeastern Dining Workers Say They’re Ready to Strike

They plan to vote on a strike for better wages.

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Massachusetts Police Can No Longer Cite Marijuana Sobriety Tests

They don’t work, the Supreme Judicial Court says.

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Sharks Are No Longer a Boys Club

Ten top female shark researchers are meeting in Boston this week.

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Rhode Island Will Pay DACA Filing Fees for All of Its “Dreamers”

In a show of solidarity, donors pitched in.

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A Huge Geyser Erupted on Boston Common

Water burst toward the heavens Monday morning.

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BC Students Were Attacked with Acid in France

All were released from the hospital.

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Jose Brings a Little Rain, but That’s All

It’s headed further east than forecasters thought.

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Harvard, Under Pressure, Reverses on Making Chelsea Manning a Fellow

It “was a mistake,” says the Kennedy School’s dean.

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CIA’s Michael Morell Is Resigning at Harvard Over Chelsea Manning

He’s protesting after Manning was named a Harvard Fellow.

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A BU Flute Thief Is On the Loose

Do you know this flute-stealing man?

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Sean Spicer, Chelsea Manning Will Be Harvard Fellows

The Institute of Politics is bringing them to Cambridge.

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“Racism Is as American as Baseball”

So says a banner fans dangled at Fenway.

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A Boston Common Shooting Left One Man Seriously Injured

Three people were taken into custody.

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Mass. Brewers, Distributors Square Off

They’re butting heads over a controversial law.

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Trump’s Ludicrous Voter Fraud Commission Meets in New Hampshire Today

It’s in the Granite State to discuss an illegal voting conspiracy theory.