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Boston Licensing Board

TERMS OF SERVICE: NEW REPEAL

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted November 30, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

As of today, Boston is the only city in Massachusetts that cannot decide for itself how many liquor licenses shall be in circulation within its borders.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 1933, Ayanna Pressley, Bars, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Licensing Board, Haley Hamilton, liquor license disparity, liquor licenses, Repeal Day, Restaurants, Roxbury, service industry, Terms of Service, The Hunger Games

A MAVERICK APPROACH TO LIQUOR LICENSING

Written by KAREN MORALES Posted September 8, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

This is what happens when you give the neighborhood what it needs

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Licensing Board, development, east boston, eastie, Epicenter Community, equity, gentrification, Haley Hamilton, home-rule petition, Karen Morales, liquor license disparity, liquor licenses, Maverick Marketplace Cafe, Maverick Square, The Thirsty Games, Von Clauss

LIQUOR LICENSE UPDATE: THE THIRSTY GAMES CONTINUE

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted August 1, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After failed attempt to give Boston control of licenses, liquor laws still stuck in last century

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, BINJ, BLB, Boston, Boston City Council, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Licensing Board, cap, Charlie Baker, disparity, Epicenter Community, Haley Hamilton, liquor license, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, quota, Roxbury, State House

THE THIRSTY GAMES: ROUND II – AN EXPLORATION INTO THE QUESTIONABLE FUTURE OF BOSTON’S MODERN PROHIBITION

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted March 22, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Has the city’s complicated, problematic, and historically corrupt liquor licensing process guaranteed that Boston will never have a normal or equitable social life? Could lifting the cap on the number of licenses fix it?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: BLB, Boston, Boston Licensing Board, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dianne Wilkerson, Dudley Dough, Dudley Square, Epicenter Community, Erin Anderson, Future Boston, Hyde Park, liquor licenses, Malia Lazu, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Mission Hill, Mitt Romney, Non-fiction Tagged With: ABCC, North End, Ron Wilburn, Roslindale, Roxbury, Seven Star Bistro, south end

THE THIRSTY GAMES: ROUND I – AN EXPLORATION INTO THE SORDID HISTORY OF BOSTON’S MODERN PROHIBITION

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted March 17, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Boston’s liquor licensing quota was born out of elitism and has fostered a poisonous disparity over the past century. Can lifting the cap break the cycle?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ABCC, BLB, Boston, Boston Licensing Board, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dianne Wilkerson, Dudley Dough, Dudley Square, Epicenter Community, Future Boston, Hyde Park, liquor licenses, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Mission Hill, Mitt Romney, North End, Ron Wilburn, Roxbury, south end

THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR LIQUOR LICENSES IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 24, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

The Hub’s nightlife-less squares, at least for the time being, will remain as boozeless as they’ve been for decades.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Allston, Ayanna Pressley, BLB, Blue Hill Avenue, Boston City Council, Boston Licensing Board, businesses, Dudley Square, east boston, Future Boston Alliance, Hyde Park, Malia Lazu, Mattapan, mayor Marty Walsh, Restaurants, Roxbury

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