Moving day reminder

The moving trucks are already starting to arrive in our neighborhoods, but it’s going to be much worse tomorrow. If you need to do any errands that involve driving, better do them today — it’ll be pretty rough trying to get through A-B’s streets tomorrow.
On a related note, I wonder if the partying will start [...]

Do some MMA

Are you part of the mixed martial arts craze? Do you want to learn how to do it? There’s a place right here in town where you can. Read the TAB story.
Find out more on the Wai Kru gym’s Web site.

Looking for our latest history contest?

Here it is!

Brazilian co-op uses all natural products

Hate how nauseous traditional cleaning products can make you feel. A Brazilian housecleaning co-op has solved that problem for themselves by making and using only all natural cleaning products.
Read the story.

No more D-Line D-lays

The D-Line will be fully open by Saturday.

Harvard science center to go green

Harvard planners hope to make the new science center as environmentally-friendly as possible. Read the story.

1954 Comm. owner gets orders from Landmarks Commission

Looks like Dan Yu is going to have to replant those trees he chopped down. Read more.

Candidates state their case

CCTV has video of three of the four state Senate candidates as they appeal to the public for votes. Tim Flaherty wasn’t able to make the recording.

Dominatrix arrested

Police arrested a dominatrix and her husband and seized paddles, whips, handcuffs and sex toys last week after an undercover operation revealed the couple were allegedly charging $175 for a half-hour of whipping and spanking in their Brighton apartment. Read the story.

Support from Cambridge

Cantabrigians came out to Allston to blast Harvard at a recent meeting between the university and residents. Read more.

Help fight bedbugs!

The Allston-Brighton CDC is looking for volunteers to help them w. bedbug-fighting efforts on student move-in day. Find out how you can help.

What the #&*@ was that?

I just came out of my apartment when I heard a huge engine and felt the ground rumble. I looked up at the sky to see what looked like a Stealth Bomber flying over Brighton around noon today. I tried to get video, but by the time I got my camera, it was gone. Did [...]

St. E’s to ax trees

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center will remove seven trees along Cambridge Street this fall to accommodate construction of its new emergency room.
That’s after a hearing that almost no one attended. Read more.

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Here it is!

1954 upate

The hearing concerning 1954 Comm. Ave. next Tuesday, Aug. 28, is at 3:30 in the conference room on the ninth floor of city hall, not at 5:30 as I said below.

Grille Zone as green as can be

Potato starch cutlery? Seems you can’t get much greener than that. Yet this local joint has left no stone unturned in its attempt to be as eco-friendly as possible.

Rats!

Two of them ran across the street not that far in front of me just the other evening. What a horrible experience! I’m only worried it’ll get worse once the students start moving in and there’s even more trash everywhere.

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