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How the family-owned Wollaston’s Market became central to Northeastern culture
If you ask Northeastern students about their most frequented spots on campus, Wollaston’s Market is bound to be on the list. Wollaston’s Market is a staple of Northeastern’s Boston campus, offering convenient everyday essentials and more than 50 deli menu options beloved by students. With its two locations, Wollaston’s Market, colloquially referred to as Wolly’s, exists only on Northeastern’s Boston campus.
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Ed Flynn has a new challenger for his Boston City Council seat
Rachel Pearson, a community organizer and substitute teacher who lives in South Boston, is taking on Flynn. It may be a year away, but Boston’s 2027 election is already starting to take shape. Councilor Ed Flynn, a prominent and outspoken member of the City Council who has served on the body longer than any of his colleagues, has a new challenger.
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Cold Rain, Some Wet Snow
Clouds thicken through today with with some spotty showers northwest of Boston at times. The rain that falls tonight is light, so won’t amount to much, but overall it will keep a cool, damp feel to the air for towns and cities across northern Mass and NH. Highs range from the mid 40s northwest of Boston to the mid 50s south of the city.
Rhode Island Current
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Amtrak Tops Out Steel Structure for Boston M&I Facility
Amtrak topped out the steel structure for the new Maintenance & Inspection (M&I) facility in Boston. Amtrak says the building envelope is closing in with the placement of the final steel beam. The progress is an “important construction milestone at Southampton Yard,” and it reflects the collaboration between the contractor and Amtrak. The facility will support maintenance of the new Airo fleet that will debut in late 2027 on the Northeast Regional. Amtrak says more than 220,000 worker-hours have been completed since construction began.
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Suffolk Downs celebrates official lighting of the Lighthouse at Beachmont Square
The HYM Investment Group LLC (“HYM”) and the City of Revere recently celebrated the official lighting of The Lighthouse at Beachmont Square at Suffolk Downs. Located just outside the MBTA’s Beachmont Blue Line station at the site of the former Beachmont Roast Beef, The Lighthouse serves as a new visual landmark and gateway to Beachmont Square, helping to knit together the Beachmont neighborhood to the 161-acre Suffolk Downs redevelopment. The illuminated tower symbolizes the continued transformation of the historic Suffolk Downs site into a vibrant, connected, mixed-use community and will serve as a beacon for residents, commuters, and visitors of Beachmont Square. The design of the tower pays homage to the former structure that sat atop the Beachmont T Stop and served as a visual marker to commuters.
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Mayor Wu’s proposed zoning changes aim to flatten monetary, logistical barriers to development in Boston
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu proposed targeted adjustments to Boston zoning policies in an effort to reduce monetary and logistical barriers to development in the city. Generally, the changes simplify or reduce benchmarks set for developers in the mayor’s Inclusionary Development and Linkage policies. Specific adjustments would entail:. An extension...
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Sip, Socialize, and Support Fields Corner at Dotini on Saturday
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Head to Modern Party Art in Fields Corner on Saturday, November 14th, for Dotini, an art-filled evening bringing neighbors and local businesses together for a good cause. Hosted in support of Fields Corner Main Street, the event will take place from 6pm...
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Boston tops U.S. metro areas in return-to-office numbers, analysis finds
Boston led all major U.S. metro areas in October with the sharpest increase in return-to-work numbers from the prior year, coinciding with Fidelity Investments’ policy of requiring five days a week in the office. Boston office workers made 4.1% more trips to work in October, according to Placer.ai, which...
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Boston Reparations Task Force mulls how to focus the project going forward
Above, Attorney Joseph Feaster, chairman of the Boston Reparations Task Force. WBUR photo. Copyright © 2026 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. This content may not be re-published or re-used without written permission. Members of the Boston Reparations Task Force are debating a path forward in the wake of the city’s...
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Nuisance nor'easter moves out of New England
Today is a First Alert as we continue tracking a November nor’easter across Boston and parts of New England. We’ll likely see the height of this low-impact storm through this morning as periods of rain push over parts of eastern Massachusetts. In fact, it will mainly be a cold rain for most of us here in Greater Boston.
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Running is hard. These students love it anyway.
Sneakers collide with the pavement as a herd of runners rush down Huntington Avenue. Boston is a runner’s city, and this culture stretches to Northeastern, where athletes flock to Northeastern Club Running, or NUCR, and the Women’s Run Club. The city’s running culture stretches back over a hundred...