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4 days ago · A developer has filed plans for a three-story, three-building condo development at 65-79 Seattle St. that would include things most Boston projects don't get, including plantings that will include nut trees and a "woonerf" - a sort of combination plaza, driveway and shaded area that is popular in the Netherlands and which could ultimately be connected to a local "greenway" path once Harvard ...
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Feb 25, 2024 · I've been slowly playing around with upgrading UHub to the next (by like three generations) version of the underlying software. In addition to important stuff like better display on mobile devices (fun fact: Most people now look at UHub on their phones, by like a 2-1 margin over desktop browsers) and ongoing support for security fixes, the new version will allow emojis (who doesn't like emojis?).
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Oct 30, 2024 · Scott Van Vorhis reports a possible deal between Mayor Wu and the heads of area businesses and local commercial property owners on a plan that would let Boston temporarily increase taxes on commercial property to minimize the amount city homeowners would see their bills go up because of the Covid-related decline in property values downtown - just by a smaller amount than Wu had originally ...
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Oct 11, 2024 · Tom Leonard spotted the aurora right over his house in Lower Allston - looking west on Athol Street - around 7:20 p.m. Kevin D. Jordan spotted the lights around the Needham TV towers - and he reports that unlike last time, they were definitely visible with the naked eye, even if only briefly: Read more.
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Oct 14, 2024 · Date Type Street Neighborhood; 10/28/24 - 2:48 am: Early morning Franklin Park reveler came with a loaded gun, police say: Illegal gun possession
The T - Universal Hub
Oct 21, 2024 · The driver of an outbound trolley that derailed just past Lechmere at the start of the afternoon rush hour on Oct. 1, sending seven passengers to the hospital with minor injuries, barreled through the equivalent of a red light at more than three times the speed limit and derailed on a switch that was still shifting into place to get the train to a new track, the National Transportation Safety ...
Big Battery gets closer in Chelsea | Universal Hub
Oct 4, 2024 · The Chelsea Record reports the city Planning Board has approved a proposed industrial-strength battery complex on Eastern Avenue that will use two floors of batteries to store electricity for the local grid for times when it just needs some more juice. Flatiron Energy's proposal now goes to the city zoning board. Flatiron says it's also working with the Chelsea Fire Department on emergency plans.
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Oct 30, 2024 · The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by the McDonald's at 500 Geneva Ave. in Dorchester's Fields Corner to extend its current midnight closing time to 3 a.m. - but only for pick ups by third-party delivery services, so burger-mad night owls will have to punch in their orders at home.. Nobody objected to the plan at a hearing yesterday. The franchisee at the location already operates ...
Owner of Roslindale hardware store seeks to add three floors of ...
Oct 16, 2020 · Josef Porteleki, owner of the Ace Hardware store on Washington Street at Metropolitan Avenue, goes before the Zoning Board of Appeal next week for permission to add 14 apartments in three floors to what is now a one-story commercial block.. At a hearing slated for 1 p.m. on Tuesday, the board will consider whether to grant variances for the proposal, which otherwise would violate the area's ...
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Oct 18, 2024 · Mary Ellen spotted a different kind of creature on her morning walk around Millennium Park this morning: This little lost sheep. Little Bo Peep, or perhaps Shari Lewis, will find Lamb Chop on a railing along the lower path, just past the first bridge into the woods heading towards the kayak launch and the lower parking lot.