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July Vacations for area restaurants
I'll start with info, that Craigie on Main is closed this weekend. I did a piece on their brunch that led me to check their July 4th status.
Group transforms vacant space into art showcase
His daily Hotline section reports on nightlife news around Boston. D uring Boston's gray and rainy spring, explosions of artistic color were added to an Allston intersection in an unlikely spot: a vacant storefront awaiting a new tenant.
TV's 'America's Biggest A**hole' casting in Boston
A just-for-men version of Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club" hitting reality TV? Yep. Casting scouts for the new Spike-TV reality show, "America's Biggest A**hole," are on the hunt for those who "have the charm of Vince Vaughn, Denis Leary and Stiffler rolled into one." Ouch.
Allston Brighton Community Blog
Local news, events, and regional issues that affect the quality of life for those of us living or working in Allston and Brighton, Massachusetts Harvard can't, but others can At the June 10 CWP meeting, the rationale that Harvard presented for not being willing to develop more housing on its vacant land in the Holton Street Corridor was that the ...
You can't put your finger on the type of food you're in the mood for, but you don't want it passed through a takeout window.
Former Allston-Brighton State Rep Goes to the BRA
Former State Representative Brian Golden will be named by Mayor Thomas Menino as the Executive Officer of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, according to today's Boston Globe .
Giving it to you straight. PRIMP Mitchell John Salon Blowout & Go Out What: Sip champagne, listen to dance music, and get a $25 blow-dry before hitting the town.
Punk rock creamery takes a stand
Page Masse and her husband, Derek Brown, managers at the Allston Herrell's, said they have decided to leave the ice cream chain to preserve their shop's brash style.
Allston Brighton Community Blog
Local news, events, and regional issues that affect the quality of life for those of us living or working in Allston and Brighton, Massachusetts New CVS coming to Brighton in October at the old CompUSA site on Market St, according to Chain Store Age .
Allston Brighton Community Blog
Local news, events, and regional issues that affect the quality of life for those of us living or working in Allston and Brighton, Massachusetts Commuter Rail meeting update Everett St and Cambridge St emerge at the most likely locations.
Boston assesses building that sold for $1.6 million as worth only $332,000
Harry Mattison reports on the decaying hulk that is the former Black and Decker building at the gateway to Allston on Western Avenue, says it hasn't decayed that much to drop several hundred thousand dollars in value in just one year, which means the city is losing out on several thousand dollars in tax revenue.
Skate Wing with Elastic Noodles
Allston's traditional Korean Garden cracks the combination. Korean Garden is doing the best version of hoe naengmyeon in the Boston area, says another_adam . To make the dish well, another_adam says the noodles have to be cooked and chilled quickly or they get mushy and stick together.
Six hurt when bus driver forced to slam on brakes near Forest Hills
If he/she hadn't stopped, we might have still had injured people AND a wrecked bus.
The stuff of nightmares on the streets of Allston
Like from some horrifying Thriller. Those rats should Beat It. You weren't kidding By adamg Wed, 06/10/2009 - 6:04pm Best rat video of the day.
Grecian Yearning after the fire. Photo by Jake Wolman . There are a large number of fire and rescue vehicles on Harvard Ave between Brighton Ave and Comm Ave in Allston.
Allston Brighton Community Blog
Local news, events, and regional issues that affect the quality of life for those of us living or working in Allston and Brighton, Massachusetts Everett St PaintBox Also on Everett St is the beautiful newly painted utility box at the top of the stairs near Lincoln Street.
The Harvard Allston Ed Portal offers students and mentors a two-way education
Bianca Calderon : 'To see the world through a child's eyes, where everything is new and fascinating.
It's not a sundae or a float. "Doesna t anybody make ice cream sodas any more?" asks SCP77 plaintively.
University Delivers On Allston Benefits
While fiscal constraints may have forced Harvard to slow construction of its Allston Science Complex, the University has thus far continued delivering the community benefits attached to the project, as outlined in Harvard's Cooperation Agreement signed with the City of Boston last April.
Allston Brighton Community Blog
Local news, events, and regional issues that affect the quality of life for those of us living or working in Allston and Brighton, Massachusetts "Amenity rich" needs a school The BRA talked more about the housing for the Holton St Corridor last night, and told us that the goal was to create an "amenity rich" neighborhood.