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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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Column: Newton gets high marks as a place where older adults stay active
Massachusetts has been tracking healthy aging trends since 2012, and the principal investigator, Beth Dugan, makes her home in Newton Highlands. So I turned to her for some local insight on our older adult population. As I spoke with Dugan about the 2025 Healthy Aging Data Report, I was intrigued...
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Boston Reparations Task Force mulls how to focus the project going forward
Members of the Boston Reparations Task Force are debating a path forward in the wake of the city’s move to drop a study of slavery in Boston that found itself mired in controversy. Historians and an archeologist who have examined Boston’s history with slavery discussed possible paths forward after...
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Connecticut Inmate Gets 3 More Years For Threatening Boston Court Clerk By Mail
John J. Moakley U.S. Courthouse — Site Of Clerk's Workplace And Sentencing. A federal judge in Boston sentenced Devin James Melycher to three years in prison on Nov. 3 for mailing threatening letters to a clerk at the city’s federal courthouse. The court also imposed three years of supervised release after prison. Melycher, who grew up in Connecticut, is already serving a 12-year federal sentence, according to The Boston Globe.
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Boston
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.
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Parking at 350 Rindge project may be tighter than thought, and loss of a grocery store causes worry
While an all-affordable apartment building proposed for North Cambridge was greeted warmly by Planning Board members on Tuesday, there’s a potential problem with its parking plan, and members of the public are worried about the multiyear absence of the area’s nearest grocery store and restaurant. The proposed 10-story...
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Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Eyes On the Street: Somerville’s New Protected Bikeways Around Porter Square
This fall, the City of Somerville is putting the finishing touches on a network of new protected bikeways that will link several bike routes between Porter and Davis Squares – a project mandated by the city’s 2024 Safe Streets Ordinance. The project renovated a 0.7-mile segment of Elm...
Dorchester Reporter
As coyote families move into Dot and Mattapan, students, researchers track their maneuverings
Copyright © 2026 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. This content may not be re-published or re-used without written permission. Photo: A coyote ran through a parking lot area near the Neponset River in Lower Mills earlier this year, one of the increasingly common sightings of the animals in the Lower Mills and Cedar Grove areas. Courtesy photo.
Dorchester Reporter
Spacious condo life awaits in a Four Corners Victorian
Copyright © 2026 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. This content may not be re-published or re-used without written permission. 11 Gaylord St. in Four Corners, built in 1910. Photos from Bayside Properties. By John P. Forry. Reporter Correspondent. A curved bay window and an arched foyer give the second-floor condo...
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East Boston Senior, 70, Fights No-Fault Eviction Over 38 Percent Rent Hike
Jose Velasquez has lived in his Meridian Street apartment in East Boston for 20 years, but the 70-year-old now faces a stark choice: accept a rent increase of nearly 38 percent or be forced out. His housing court case is headed to a jury trial set to begin next week, a fight that will decide whether he, his wife, daughter, and grandchild can stay in the only home they've known for two decades.
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Belmont resident receives scholarship for commitment to nursing
NORTON, Mass. — Adeline Takantjas, member of the Wheaton Class of 2029 and an aspiring nurse practitioner, has earned the 2026 Sturdy Health Nursing Scholarship Award. She is a resident of Belmont. Given annually to a high-achieving sophomore, this award includes a renewable $5,000 scholarship, an opportunity for paid...