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ANOTHER COLUMN ABOUT PICKLEBALL

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 18, 2022 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Whatever it takes to get you exercising, consider it

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Boston, Dear Reader, Sports

THE FABULOUS BAKER PLOYS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 14, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Does anyone even care that the governor appointed the judge who overturned Boston’s moratorium?

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Charloe Baker, Housing, moratorium, Politics

SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM AND FLANK ALL YOUR FAVORITE CAUSES AT ONCE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 1, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Do you know anybody else training young journalists to write more than short blog posts?

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Dear Reader, fundraiser, Journalism

SHOPPING, IN THEIR WORDS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 18, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

“Maybe we’ll see readers come out of this with a reinvigorated interest in comics.” I sure hope so.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Dear Reader, holidays, local, shopping

AN ISSUE OF DIGNIFIED FOOD COVERAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 3, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

It’s also a labor story, following the plight of workers who sort through our trash for low wages.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Dear Reader, Food, restaurant, worker

DRINK LOCALLY, DRINK LOCALLY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 26, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

This is all particularly true for the products we frequently purchase, like alcohol. Do the math.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: business, Dear Reader, Drinks, local

THE LOCAL MUSIC LECTURE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 6, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

You could sell out the Garden, the same floor where only the top ballers and puck handlers play, and still completely suck.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: arts, Dear Reader, Music, Sports

POLITICS AND THE BOSTON LANGUAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 24, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

I usually look for a positive hook, to tie these columns up with a neat bow.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Annissa Essaibi-George, Boston, mayor, michelle wu, Politics

IS THE MASS CANNABIS SCENE A LOST CAUSE? HELL NO

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 9, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

I may be a cynical prick, but I’m also somewhat of an optimist, at least when it comes to the commercialization of cannabis.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: cannabis, Dear Reader, weed

WELCOME TO BOSTON. DON’T JOIN A CULT.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 25, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

“Unlike folkloric BU admin dicks, the last thing I want to do is cause irrational alarm over relatively small threats.”

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: boston university, cult, Dear Reader

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