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News Notes – January 7
Sentenced to three and a half years, twice-convicted Wilkerson slams prosecutors By Gintautas Dumcius/Dorchester Reporter – Jan. 7, 2011 It was strike two for former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson. More than a decade after the Roxbury Democrat was convicted of federal tax evasion charges, Wilkerson was sentenced on Thursday to three and a half years [...]
Spike’s: “The Rolls Royce of Hotdogs”
By Kat Nicholson Boylston Street is home to many trendy restaurants and coffee shops, including Spike’s Junkyard Dogs, a casual eatery specializing in nontraditional hot dogs. David Gettleman is the owner of all three Boston-area Spike’s franchises, including the Boylston Street site. Gettleman, who said one of his favorite items on the menu is the [...]
News Notes – December 4
City Council did its job By Adrian Walker – Globe Columnist / December 4, 2010 The Facebook posting was as direct as it was chilling. “Today we witnessed one lynching and two suicides,’’ it read. This was not a reference to some horrible tragedy. No, it was a slur by a Roxbury neighborhood activist directed [...]
News Notes – November 19
Safety risks found at BU’s South End research laboratory By Kay Lazar – Globe Staff / November 19, 2010 Government scientists have not adequately assessed the risks to public health from a controversial high-security research laboratory at Boston University, according to a report made public yesterday by a panel of independent scientists. The National Research [...]
Boston Market Aims for Customer Appreciation
by Laura Finaldi Boston Market is celebrating its quarter century anniversary by giving all of its restaurants inside and out makeovers. According to a press release, the company, which opened its doors for the first time 25 years ago in Newton under the name Boston Chicken, has hired 2100 new employees in the hopes that [...]
News Notes – November 13
Menino wants Turner to quit or be ousted – Corruption conviction casts shadow, he says By Jonathan Saltzman – Globe Staff / November 13, 2010 Mayor Thomas M. Menino said yesterday that City Councilor Chuck Turner should resign or be kicked off the council if he refuses to leave, after being convicted of federal corruption [...]
News Notes – November 12
MFA ready to unveil soaring new $504m wing By Geoff Edgers – Globe Staff / November 12, 2010 For months, Tsugumi Maki Joiner has had the best office at the Museum of Fine Arts, a desk in the center of the museum’s new glassed-in courtyard, with its soaring 63-foot high ceiling. Now, it is time [...]
The Fourth Annual TV Diner Gala
The Fourth Annual TV Diner Gala NECN’s TV Diner Holds Fourth Annual Foodie Event with Top Restaurants/Chefs, Entertainment & More! (Boston, MA) Get ready, and get hungry, as TV Diner presents their fourth annual TV Diner Platinum Plate Gala on Saturday, November 13th, 2010, from 7:00PM – 11:00PM at super car czar Herb Chambers [...]
News Notes – September 26
Fenway wonders what’s cooking on Restaurant Row – Owner says he expects to begin rebuilding fire-damaged block by end of the year By Meghan E. Irons – Globe Staff / September 26, 2010 Fenway residents had hoped for a quick restoration of their treasured block of restaurants that was destroyed in a fast-moving fire early [...]
Whole Foods Wants to Stock a Salad Bar in a Local School
Whole Foods Market® (Symphony) and ‘Renegade Lunch Lady’ Invite Boston Schools to Apply for Grant to Fund a School Salad Bar at www.saladbarproject.org WHO: Whole Foods Market® and Chef Ann Cooper’s Food, Family, Farming Foundation (F3) WHAT: Opening of the Great American Salad Bar Project’s Grant Application Cycle. In partnership with Whole Foods Market, the [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
