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Charlie’s Kitchen in Harvard Square to close for good, owner says
On a gray November afternoon in Harvard Square, the kind of light that makes brick look older than it is, people slowed in front of a darkened doorway they had walked past for decades. Menus were gone. The familiar clatter was gone. A handwritten note, already softening in the damp, told passersby what many regulars had feared since water rose through the lower rooms. Charlie’s Kitchen closes, the owner said, and this time the closing is permanent. For more than seventy years the room had been a place where students, cab drivers, professors, and people who simply wanted a burger and a beer could sit without performing Cambridge. Flood damage ended that run. What remains is the quieter question of what a neighborhood loses when a room like that goes dark, and whether anyone will bother to build another one that asks so little of the people who enter.
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Zhu Brings Glamorous Dim Sum To Back Bay's Boylston Street
A glamorous new dim sum restaurant has taken over a stretch of Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay, with a multi-level dining room, an open kitchen, and cocktails on offer. Zhu, at 903 Boylston St., serves dim sum, xiaolongbao, stir-fry dishes, and cocktails for business lunches, date nights, and group dinners.
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Charlie Kadlec biography, Part 1: Terror, resistance, achievement
As a young boy, Charlie Kadlec survived the holocaust with his family. Since arriving in Acton in 1964, Charlie has been a committed and engaged member of Acton’s civic life. Charlie’s contributions have improved both the services Acton provides to its citizens and Town Meeting procedures. This is the first of two articles about Charlie’s remarkable life story.
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City streets projects, after a hiccup, taking shape. But advocates remain cautious.
On a damp weekday morning near a school crossing in Jamaica Plain, traffic did not so much flow as hesitate. A parent shifted a backpack higher on one shoulder and waited for a gap that never quite felt wide enough. The signal changed. The cars kept coming. Scenes like that have become the quiet background to a larger argument about pace, trust, and unfinished work. After a pause that left neighborhood groups unsure what would move and what would wait, Boston streets projects are taking shape again under interim leadership. The question on the sidewalk is no longer only whether the city intends to act. It is whether the next months will look different from the last ones.
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Harvard and No. 14 Cornell Tie, Crimson Win Shootout
ITHACA, N.Y. – Harvard women's hockey split three ECAC points with No. 14 Cornell at Lynah Rink on Friday night playing to a 2-2 tie and winning the shootout after overtime. The Crimson and Big Red each moved to 4-4-1 overall and 1-3-1 in the ECAC. Box Score |...
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Fed's Collins says gradual rate hikes best to manage economic risks
BOSTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Saturday she supported a steady pace of modest interest rate increases because that path of action better managed economic uncertainties.
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Some work to take place in Wilmington: Eversource takes next step in filing notice of intent for Burlington Energy Project
BURLINGTON — Eversource plans to file a notice of intent (NOI) to file an application with the Energy Facilities Siting Board, seeking a permit to facilitate the construction of Eversource’s Burlington Energy Project. This project will include the construction of a new electric substation in Burlington on approximately...
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Somerville Cat Tour finds its floofiest, drawing 1,200 and a media frenzy
Twelve hundred tickets were claimed online for the year’s Somerville Cat Tour, capping out the event, but that didn’t stop people from direct-messaging via Instagram on Saturday morning to try to squeeze in. The tours pawed off at noon from Tandem Vet on Beacon Street, running every 10 minutes with 100 people per group.
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Boston's Enchanted Trolley Tour Turns 30, Hits 16 Neighborhoods This December
Boston's longest-running holiday tradition on wheels is marking a milestone this winter. Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment have announced the 30th Annual Enchanted Trolley Tour, which is expected to roll through 16 neighborhoods across the city on Saturday, December 5, and Sunday, December 6.