Malden
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Smoke Depot Applying for All-Alcohol Package Store License
The Smoke Depot located at 371A Centre Street is applying for an all-alcohol package store license. The Smoke Depot (according to its signage) currently sells lottery tickets, cigars, cigarettes, vape, and tobacco. If it received an all-alcohol package store license it could sell any alcohol that is legal in Massachusetts.
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insidelowell.com
Underused Downtown Lot Transformed into Community Gathering Space for PupFest
An unused parking lot in the heart of downtown Lowell came alive this past Halloween, as hundreds of people and their four-legged companions gathered for the second annual Lowell PupFest, organized by local nonprofit Project Merrimack. Held Saturday, October 31, at 40 Market Street, the free festival transformed the space...
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Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A former Boston city official pleaded guilty to receiving a fraudulent government loan during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reuben Taylor, 40, the former director for the Boston Municipal Protective Services, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 2008, Taylor began working for BMPS, an unarmed security...
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What Milton’s Special Town Meeting decided on the $11.75M Labouré campus, and upcoming Special Election
Town Meeting approved the purchase at the October Special Town Meeting. Voters decide in a town-wide special election on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Milton’s plan to buy the former Labouré College campus at 303 Adams Street cleared its first major hurdle on Monday, Oct. 19, when Special Town Meeting voted 168–45 to let the Select Board buy the property for $11.75 million and borrow the money to pay for it. That is well over the two-thirds majority the vote needed.
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After the Storm – November 9, 2026 Cambridge City Council meeting
After the Storm – November 9, 2026 Cambridge City Council meeting. Now that a lot of that national stuff has been settled (perhaps), here’s some local stuff to chew on:. Manager’s Agenda #2. A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,452,018.24 from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Community Connections Grant to the Grant Fund Transportation Department. [text of report]
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Quincy Dumps Flock Cameras for a One-Man Startup No One Can Find
Quincy is tearing out its 50 Flock Safety license plate cameras and replacing them with a new automated reader system built on Axis Communications hardware and software called OdinEye — a switch Mayor Thomas Koch announced without any public input or competitive bidding process. The move comes weeks after the city council voted overwhelmingly to cut ties with Flock following sustained pushback from residents over the cameras' privacy implications.
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Daily Voice
Arlington Pipe Fitter With Wicked Deep Accent Is Logan Airport's New Voice
A Massachusetts pipe fitter with a voice made for radio and an accent that's wicked Boston is about to become the sound of one of New England's busiest airports. Chris Donisi, of Burlington, has won Boston Logan International Airport's "Voice of Logan" contest, earning the chance to record announcem…
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Winn Secures Financing for 116-Unit Community on Behalf of New England Homes for the Deaf
WinnDevelopment announced it has secured financing for The Waterhouse, a new mixed-income community that will provide 116 apartment homes for Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing seniors on the Danvers, MA, campus of New England Homes for the Deaf (NEHD). Funding for the $48 million construction effort closed October 20...
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Boston officials announce new housing proposals to entice developers
City officials announced a new plan on Monday to increase Boston’s housing stock by easing requirements for developers. Boston — like other cities across the Commonwealth and beyond — has struggled with increases in the cost of construction materials, high interest rates, and high vacancy in commercial buildings.
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Select Board hears financial update on Transfer Station
WINCHESTER - As the Select Board gears up to discuss Transfer Station fees (specifically sticker prices), members heard from Transfer Station Manager Nick Parlee and DPW Director Bob LaBossiere about revenues at the station over the past couple of years. The town managed to increase revenue by $140,000 while at...
BC Heights
Newton Farm Commission Could Be Abolished Despite Community Farm Success
Newton’s Farm Commission discussed the continued success of the Newton Community Farm on Thursday in what may be one of its last meetings, as the city plans to abolish the commission. The commission was established in 2005 in order to preserve Angino Farm, the last farm in Newton, as...