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$50 Million Pizza Brand Will Soon Have a New Owner, and a Big Change Is Coming
Founded in East Boston in 1961, Papa Gino’s is, for many New Englanders, a name that’s virtually synonymous with pizza. Now a prospective new owner hopes to make wings a bigger part of that identity. Craveworthy Brands has signed an agreement to acquire New England Authentic Eats LLC...
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Memphis Candy Seller Dies After South Station Stabbing; Accounts Differ Over Dispute
Latavious Owens, a 29-year-old from Memphis who traveled selling candy, was stabbed at Boston’s South Station on Aug. 12 and later died at a hospital. The reported motive remains disputed: his family said an argument over a $25 cellphone bill preceded the killing, while the suspect’s mother said her son acted in self-defense. The Boston Globe reported both accounts.
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Roxbury Carjacking Suspect, 17, Caught by Arm Tattoos on Surveillance Video
Martin Luther King Blvd. & Walnut Ave. — Reported Site Of Driver Confrontation. A 17-year-old boy is facing four charges after prosecutors say detectives linked him to an armed carjacking in Roxbury by spotting distinctive tattoos on both of his arms during a review of surveillance footage. The teenager was ordered held pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Thursday, and his name has not been released because of his age.
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Boston Mayor Wu Scales Back Affordable Housing Mandates to Revive Stalled Construction
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday unveiled a package of reforms to the city's Inclusionary Development Policy designed to ease the financial pressure crushing the multifamily pipeline — without altering the percentage of income-restricted units developers must include in new buildings. The five-part proposal would temporarily raise the minimum...
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YOUR VIEW: Parking lot criticism ‘missed the mark’
Reasons offered in a recent letter in the Plymouth Independent questioning the addition of 90 new parking spaces at Nathaniel Morton Elementary School missed the mark. Limiting impervious surfaces and reducing the potential for contaminant runoff into the harbor is always beneficial. But adding shared parking spaces at this location won’t change society’s preference for large vehicles; it doesn’t argue for smaller (compact) parking spaces, and it won’t reduce harmful stormwater runoff.
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Quincy council OKs surveillance rules. Koch questions authority | Exclusive
QUINCY ‒ Mayor Tom Koch's administration is reviewing whether a new city council ordinance regulating police surveillance technology improperly intrudes on the police chief's authority, raising the possibility of a legal dispute over the measure after councilors approved it, 8-1, on Nov. 9. The council passed an ordinance requiring a public hearing and council approval before police can acquire or implement surveillance technologies such as automated license plate readers, facial recognition and other tracking technologies. Koch signaled a potential legal challenge to the limits the ordinance places on the police chief's authority. Quincy police are moving ahead with plans to replace 49 Flock Safety license plate readers in response to public concerns. It's unclear how the new ordinance will affect that process. Mayor questions city council's authority over the police chief Chris Walker, Koch's chief of staff, said Nov. 10 there is “certainly a legal question” about the difference between the council setting policy through an ordinance and “attempting to mandate specific operations of the Police Department and take that authority away from the Chief.” Walker said the city Solicitor's Office is reviewing the issue and expects to complete its analysis “in the coming days.” He also indicated the administration
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Quincy City Council Opposes Quarry Hills Lease Extension
The Quincy City Council on Monday urged the state legislature to reject any measure – be it a home-rule petition or another bill – that would enable Quincy and the operators of Granite Links to enter into a 50-year lease extension until an audit and analysis of the terms of the lease has been completed.
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Salt & Straw Lands in Boston's Seaport With Bug-Studded Ice Cream Flavor
Salt & Straw has opened its newest shop in Boston's Seaport, bringing a lineup of flavors that ranges from a hometown-inspired Boston cream pie to a matcha ice cream studded with actual chocolate-covered insects. The Portland, Oregon-born chain now counts 58 shops nationwide, each built around a rotating menu designed to surprise as much as satisfy.