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Just got a press release about this:
A “Connect to Health” enrollment event takes place Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4-7:30 p.m. at the Kells, 161 Brighton Ave., Allston. Learn about the new state law requiring all adults to have health insurance; learn about available plans and how to sign up for them. Sen. Tolman and Reps. Honan [...]
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What’s a Christkindlmarkt?
Well, it’s just like it sounds. A Christkindlmarkt is a traditional German Christmas fair, and we’ve got one right in Allston this Saturday.
The German International School will host a Christmas fair complete with German food, crafts, baked goods and music at the former St. Anthony’s School, 57 Holton St., from 1 p.m. to 5 [...]
LIGHTS - CAMERA - ACTION !!!
A little bit of Hollywood came to Everett Street on Wednesday, November 28, as a film crew for “The Lonely Maiden” filmed a chase scene there.
The big budget Hollywood movie, filming locally, stars Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy, and Marcia Gay Harden.
Film crew members have the camera turned on them (L to [...]
Brighton High headed to Super Bowl
The Brighton High School football team defeated Manchester-Essex Regional High School by a score of 24-7 yesterday to secure a spot in the MIAA Division IV Super Bowl.
The Bengals will now have a chance to go 12-0 on the season when they face West Bridgewater in the Super Bowl on Saturday at Stonehill College at [...]
Hey, was that Morgan Freeman on Harvard Avenue?
Harvard Avenue was abuzz this morning as Hollywood visited the Grecian Diner to film a scene for the movie, “The Lonely Maiden.” Word was that beloved actor Morgan Freeman was in the beloved local restaurant. No word if the movie’s other big star, Christopher Walken, was also at there. There were, however, a whole ton [...]
Another Brighton bank robbery
Police are searching for a man who escaped with $650 after allegedly robbing a bank in Brighton Center on Friday, Nov. 23. It was the third bank heist in Brighton in a week.
According to police, a man entered the Mercantile Bank at 423 Washington St. at 3:30 p.m., passed a note to the bank teller, [...]
The mayor wants a caulking gun
And he wants you to shop locally, too. That was the message at Mayor Thomas Menino’s press conference on Tuesday at Model Ace Hardware on Harvard Avenue.
Check out the video below for highlights and some holiday shopping tips from Allston Village Main Streets director Katie Reed and Model Hardware owner Bob Webber. (For the record, [...]
Shawn Dow funeral details
A wake for Shawn Dow, the student who died after falling from 14 Glenville Ave. early Saturday morning, will be held Friday, Nov. 23, from 3 to 8 p.m., at the Conway Cahill Brodeur Funeral Home, 12 Chestnut St., Peabody. The funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Our Lady of the Assumption [...]
Student dies after fall
Police are investigating the circumstances that lead to the death of a 21-year-old student early Saturday morning at 14 Glenville Ave.
Police responded to a call of a fight during a party at the address around 2:30 a.m. and were later told that a man was injured in the rear alley of the building. Shawn Down, [...]
Three unarmed robber caught in Brighton
This is from bpdnews.com
At about 9:16am, on Thursday, November 15, 2007, officers from Area D-14 (Brighton) responded to a radio call for a robbery in progress in the area of 465 Cambridge Street. While en route to the call, officers were provided descriptions of three black males who had just committed the [...]
Today’s cover… today
It’s a little late, but here’s what this week’s issue looks like, in case you haven’t seen it on your doorstep yet today.
Two banks robbed
Two Citizens Banks were robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash this morning: 414 Washington St. (Brighton Center) and 35 Washington St. (near Whole Foods). One of the dye packets exploded, according to police.
Stay tuned.
Group protests Harvard vacancies
A small group from the Allston-Brighton Neighborhood Assembly protested Harvard’s land use policy before the Harvard-Allston Task Force meeting Wednesday night. The protesters stood in front of the Harvard-owned former Charlesbank Cleaners on Western Avenue and held signs that said “We need homes, jobs schools and shops, not vacant buildings.”
“I hate to see vacant buildings, [...]
No BC meeting next week
The Boston College Task Force meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 20 has been pushed back to Tuesday, Dec. 4. The agenda for the meeting will concern BC’s institutional master plan.
The meeting will still be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Brighton Marine Health Center, 77 Warren St., Brighton. Jeanne Levesque, director of government relations for BC, [...]
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300
No, not the movie about the Spartans, but 300 students caught partying. From this week’s police log:
Police assigned to patrol with Boston College Police broke up a party at 20 South St. at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4 where there were about 300 party-goers, police said. All eight lessees were BC students and were underage [...]
