Ready to mingle: Unique Valentine’s events for Boston singles

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18th century-style chocolates, a bar crawl, and, yes, a Justin Timberlake tribute band

Hire a Boston Wingwoman: She’s classy, she’s confident, she’s better at hitting on women than you are

Jan. 8   Leave a Comment  

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Move over, token wingman!

Davis Square’s Saloon offers comfort food, unique cocktails in an ‘old timey’ setting

Jan. 3   1 Comment  

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Brown liquor, local beer and food intended for sharing

Ring in New Year’s Eve 2012 at one of Boston’s hottest parties

Dec. 19, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Champagne, disco balls, James Bond and more!

Boston Latin Academy student dies of likely Meningitis case

Nov. 22, 2011   Leave a Comment  

A series of meningitis infections have appeared in various areas of Massachusetts. An unnamed seventh-grade student at Boston Latin Academy died today from a probable case of bacterial meningitis, as well as 64-year old Russell Marcoux, the town manager of Bedford, on November 10. A staff member of Hopedale Junior-Senior High also fell ill on [...]

Getting to Know: Boston band Mean Creek

Nov. 10, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Locally rising stars

Adele’s throat expected to heal

Nov. 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Massachusetts doctor treated singer

Adele being treated for throat injury by Boston-based doctor

Nov. 1, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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The singer needs surgery, but is expected to be “fine.”

It’s Official: Theo Epstein has resigned as Red Sox GM, named president of the Cubs

Oct. 21, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Theo Epstein, the general manager who assembled two World Series championship Boston Red Sox teams, has officially resigned and will depart for the Chicago Cubs, where he has been named president of baseball operations. The move comes after an epic September collapse and one of the most disastrous endings to a season in Boston sports [...]

District attorney: Most arrested Occupy Boston protesters will not face criminal charges

Oct. 11, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Dozens of the protesters arrested during Occupy Boston’s expansion into a renovated portion of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway on Monday will not face criminal charges if they pay a $50 court fee and accept a civil infraction. This was done at Boston Municipal Court this afternoon the request of the prosecutors in the office [...]

141 arrested in Occupy Boston protest

Oct. 11, 2011   3 Comments  

A protester is arrested during the bridge rally (Blast staff photo/John Stephen Dwyer)

Yesterday, thousands of people swelled the ranks of Occupy Boston in a march that began at the Boston Common and snaked through various Boston neighborhoods to protest — among other complaints — high unemployment, government malfeasance and corporate greed. Student groups and representatives from local labor unions were well-represented. The throng stopped at several points, [...]

Learn to make your own wine

Oct. 10, 2011   1 Comment  

Frank Zoll at work. (Courtesy of Zoll Cellars.)

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WEEI will simulcast on FM — Mike FM goes bye bye

Sept. 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

After a drop in listenership partly due to weak AM signal, WEEI The Sports Hub (850 AM) will begin simulcasting on WMKK (93.7 FM), wiping out the existing pop rock station on that channel. The Boston Globe reports that Entercom, WEEI’s parent company, will announce WEEI’s switch to the station best known as Mike FM. [...]

Fifth annual Beckett Bowl touches lives, offers hope to needy children

Sept. 6, 2011   1 Comment  

Beckett helps pediatric brain tumor patient William Oulton throw the first ball.

Celebrity-filled event raised money for Children’s Hospital Boston

Want to get paid for your walk home? There’s an app for that

Sept. 6, 2011   1 Comment  

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Sweet…

Innocent teen killed in gang violence

Sept. 6, 2011   Leave a Comment  

A teenager was shot dead on Saturday with no provocation of the alleged killer.  Alex Sierra, 16, was fired at when a Roslindale man asked him if he was from the Villa Victoria housing development, and Sierra answered “yes.” Ricardo Arias was arraigned today in the Boston Municipal Court for allegedly murdering Sierra, and unlawful [...]

Free entrees at Tryst restaurant’s grand re-opening in Arlington

Aug. 30, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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There’s new decor and a new menu!

Car crash leaves two men in critical condition

Aug. 21, 2011   Leave a Comment  

A single-vehicle crash left two men with serious injuries early this morning, according to State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney. State Troopers found a white Infinity in flames on the median near the Storrow Drive off-ramp to Kenmore Square at 4:15 a.m. this morning.  Two men, the 27 year-old driver and his 29 [...]

Boston punk bands announce joint tour

Aug. 12, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Have Nots sophomore album "Proud"

Have Nots announce tour with Big D and the Kids Table to promote their new album.

Four killed in holiday weekend violence in Boston

July 5, 2011   Leave a Comment  

After a spree of violence over the holiday weekend, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he would hold an emergency meeting with the city’s police commanders this afternoon to decide whether police should act differently to avoid more violence. Four were killed and nine wounded yesterday throughout five different neighborhoods in just five hours. “It’s so [...]