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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

TOO LEGIT TO QUIT: THE HUB’S UNLICENSED RADIO STATIONS SPIN THEIR WHEELS IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY

Written by BASIM USMANI Posted February 25, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

For people who are just starting in the Commonwealth, unlicensed frequencies offer programming that can’t be found elsewhere on the dial.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Blue Hill Avenue, BNN, Boston, Boston Latin School, Charles Clemons, clear channel, deejay dex, Haitian community, Hyde Park, ill neil, jam’n 94.5 fm, jeff2timez, junior rodigan, low-power fm, lpfm, Massachusetts, Mattapan, mayor Marty Walsh, radio, Radio Concorde, soca, team jerk, teleboston, Tom Wheeler, touch fm, unlicensed radio

MIDSUMMER SPECIAL: IT’S TIME TO TALK SLUSH PUPPIES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 26, 2015 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, Specials

I was probably nine years old, covered in trash, because back then we played in the dump behind my apartment complex.

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, Specials Tagged With: Del’s, Flushing, go clear, Hyde Park, Johnny’s, Marascio’s Market, mid-summer special, Night Market, Quincy Farmer’s Market, Richie’s Classic Italian Sluch, Slurpees, Slush King, Slush Puppies

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

PICS AND MOMENTS: BOSTON MAYOR TOM MENINO’S FUNERAL PROCESSION

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 3, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The day after thousands waited in the snow and cold for one last glimpse of Mayor Tom Menino, many more returned to Faneuil Hall for his Hizzonner's final send-off. As the media waited for the casket to be carried out, Bostonians scrambled for the few "Thank You Mayor Menino" signs available and rapped with dozens of police getting the route ready.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Angela Menino, Boston, City Hall, Family, Faneuil Hall, Funeral, Grove Hall, Hub, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Mayor Menino, procession, River Street, route, Roxbury, sitting state, Tom Menino, wake

FROM CITY HALL TO HYDE PARK: A WAKE TO REMEMBER AND A FINAL RIDE FOR MENINO

Written by TAK TOYOSHIMA Posted November 3, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sometimes you just have to suspend the fantasy that we live in a Utopian democracy, and bow to the king. Even if that king felt passionately that every individual should play a special role in their community.

 

Yesterday was such a time. Everyone who flocked to Faneuil Hall for the memorial service ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Angela Menino, Boston, City Hall, Family, Faneuil Hall, Funeral, Grove Hall, Hub, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Mayor Menino, procession, River Street, route, Roxbury, sitting state, Tom Menino, wake

MAYOR MENINO WE MISS YOU ALREADY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 30, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

With news that Tom Menino passed this morning, Charlie Baker now has a reason to cry, as do millions of Massachusetts residents who the longest-serving mayor in Boston history impacted through the years.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 71, Boston, Cancer, Hyde Park, mayor, passing, Tom Menino

A RHYME CAPSULE FOR THE TIME CAPSULE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

But days before historians revealed the big find / They asked how we’ll be recalled by mankind

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Back Back, boston neighborhoods, Brookline, charlestown, Hyde Park, mayor Marty Walsh, old state house, Roslindale, South Boston, south end, time capsule

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