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We found my family's old ice cream shop
SCITUATE – My mother, Deborah Spears Moorehead, said traveling to her grandparents’ house in Scituate was like the Christmas song “Over the River and Through the Woods.”. Her grandparents, Beatrice and Edmund Spears, owned a home on Route 14, and the matriarch ran an old ice cream...
From Asian hot pot to upscale Mexican, here’s what’s happening downtown
I’ve been looking for an opening to write this column. Now I’ve got a few of them to mention. A bunch of businesses have recently opened in the downtown area, or are on track to do so soon. They’re welcome additions to the town’s commercial tax base, which needs all the help it can get after years of underdevelopment at the expense of homeowners. (Check your latest real estate tax bill.)
3 Win $100,000 Jackpots With Free Lottery Tickets
A promotion that would give Massachusetts State Lottery players a free ticket if they spent $4 helped three people win $100,000 jackpots. Leonard Beach of Mattapan, Stephen Foley of Stoughton, and Luiz Santos of Framingham, collected their six-figure winnings playing Mass Cash, the Number…
Italian markets don't get much better than this longtime fave just north of Boston
Sub shops tend to do really well in good times and bad. They are typically quick and convenient, inexpensive and geared toward takeout and delivery — that last item being particularly important over the past few years, when the pandemic left to-go meals as about the only option out there for quite some time.
With no sale in sight, Hull eatery owners opt to reopen. When they'll light the grill
HULL – The owners of Nantasket Flatts plan to reopen the restaurant in time for Memorial Day weekend. This time around, the atmosphere will be more laidback, with a "no frills, very casual, come-off-the-beach attitude," said Tracy Vaughan, who co-owns the restaurant with her husband, Richard. Expect hamburgers, hot dogs, fried clams, lobster and a raw bar.
Beloved Mass. diner closing after months-long eviction battle with landlord
The owner of longtime diner on the South Shore is deciding to close up shop after a lengthy dispute with her new landlord, which started last year, pushed the business toward eviction. The Wheelhouse Diner, located at 453 Hancock St. in Quincy, will close on June 30, according to a...
South Shore man find's beginner's luck with new Lottery scratch ticket. $4M worth of luck
DORCHESTER – Call it beginner's luck. The Lottery's “$4,000,000 Lion’s Share” $10 instant ticket game started April 16, and not long after that, Jason Coulstring, of Whitman, bought a ticket on a visit to Route 18 Super Store in Abington. ...
These 21 local artists are a must-see at Boston Calling 2024
Here's a guide to all the artists and bands with local New England ties playing at this year's festival. Boston Calling returns this Memorial Day weekend and fans of the New England music scene are sure to see some familiar acts on the festival’s main stages. As with previous...
Billy Dean Thomas is ecstatic for their Boston Calling debut
Local singer, rapper and artist Billy Dean Thomas will make their Boston Calling debut this month. “I'm ecstatic. We've been rehearsing a ton. I just want it to be perfect,” Thomas told Boston Public Radio on Friday. Thomas has been performing for nearly 10 years. Back in 2015, they...
Tell us: Where do you take your parents for dinner in Boston?
Are your parents in town for graduation? Visiting for a summer trip? We want to know which Greater Boston restaurants you're eating at with them. Whether you’re a college senior graduating from college, a young professional who moved here for work, or maybe you’re a local whose family retired to Florida, there’s a unique stressor felt among these three groups around this time of year: the parent visit.
Boston Calling local acts: Cakeswagg’s first festival to ‘leave lasting impression’
Ed Sheeran, Tyler Childers and The Killers will headline Boston Calling this year, but they are not the only notable acts taking the stage at the 3-day festival. The headliners will be joined by more than 50 artists, including more than 20 acts from the Northeast. To highlight these local...
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