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Why Massachusetts Should End the Film Tax Credit
There’s a state commission that’s currently examining all the so-called “tax expenditures” that the state offers. The commission has said it wants to review the […]
No Blood at Occupy Boston
I don’t know why everyone thought the BPD would show up with billy clubs at midnight last night and beat the Occupy Boston protesters into […]
Seat Belt Use in Massachusetts Among Lowest in U.S.
Seat Belt Use in Massachusetts Among Lowest in U.S. Combine that with yesterday’s news that texting while driving is up 50 percent over 2010, and […]
Why Is Everyone Posting Football Videos of their Four-Year-Olds?
Why Is Everyone Posting Football Videos of their Four-Year-Olds? First it was this maladjusted Philly fan who has a thing or two against Tom Brady, […]
Massachusetts House Moves to Keep Liquor Stores Open on Dec. 26
Mass. House Moves to Keep Liquor Stores Open on Dec. 26. “This is one of the quirks in the Blue Laws we never fixed,” said […]
Think Before You Catcall
While walking into the BARCC offices for rape crisis counselor training, I was telling a fellow volunteer about the launching of Hollaback! Boston and how […]
Student Pleads Guilty in Kidnapping Scheme
Chinese national Zhenpeng Hu pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping, putting an end to one of the year’s most bizarre crimes. […]
Bobby Valentine Takes The Obvious Road To Red Sox Fans' Hearts
Bobby Valentine Takes The Obvious Road To Sox Fans’ Hearts. “I hate the Yankees,” he said. “I don’t want to waste this valuable time talking […]
Opinion: Reasons to Consider a Per-Mile Road Tax
Opinion: Reasons to Consider a Per-Mile Road Tax. Michael D. Meyer, who was the director of Transportation Planning and Development for Massachusetts in the 80’s […]
Tasty Burger to Bring Second Location (and Booze!) to Davis Square
Last month, we told you that David DuBois, owner of Tasty Burger, Citizen Public House and The Franklin restaurants, was planning on expanding his Tasty […]
Talbots: Searching for a New Identity … Again
So that whole “we’re going to reinvent ourselves” thing that Talbots was doing in an effort to save their brand? It doesn’t seem to be […]
Sheldon Adelson: Coming to Massachusetts?
Hey, so where’s Sheldon Adelson? The Dorchester-born casino magnate has been awfully quiet so far. Back in 2007, when Governor Deval Patrick first proposed a […]
Five Steps to Surviving the Boston School Lottery
It’s school preview season in Boston, and you know what that means: Lots of stressed-out parents of 3- and 4-year-olds. To help soothe your pain, […]
A Peek Inside Siena Farms' Brand New South End Store
All photos by Leah Mennies Until recently, if you wanted to take home some of the expansive variety of produce from Siena Farms—a Sudbury farm […]
A Threat to Boston’s Strip Clubs
In the documentary film, Happy Endings?, we see a a sex worker greeting a client in a therapy room. Both seem unaware of the hidden […]