Only In Boston

A mural at Jackson/Mann K-8 honors Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman murdered in Allston in 1998.

Her death sparked the Transgender Day of Remembrance—now observed in 150+ cities worldwide.

Only 3 athletes in North American pro sports have had their number retired league-wide: Jackie Robinson (42), Wayne Gretzky (99)… and Bill Russell (6), the lone NBA player with that distinction.

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Massachusetts is 2025’s second safest state in the country according to WalletHub.

• Fewest traffic fatalities per 100 million miles of travel

• 5th lowest bullying rate

• Lowest uninsured share

• 4th lowest murders

• 3rd lowest sex offenders per capita

Dave Portnoy just bought a $27,750,000 compound in the Florida Keys — setting a new real estate record in Islamorada.

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Tufts lost its neighborhood coffeehouse: the Medford Starbucks (177 College Avenue) has closed.

The Golden Tea Kettle, crafted in 1873, still lets off steam outside Boston’s Government Center Station—152 years later.

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Somerville’s Davis Square Starbucks (260 Elm Street) has closed, one of 1% of stores cut nationwide.

Starbucks confirmed its Shepard Post shop (1662 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge) will close.

CEO Brian Niccol said this is part of closing 1% of stores nationwide after a performance review.

The fits go hard here in Boston.

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💸 Massachusetts ranks second in the nation for highest student loan payments, with a median of $241 per month, per WalletHub.

Happy October from Boston.

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The Soldiers Field Road Starbucks won’t be around much longer.

It’s on the list of underperforming locations Starbucks is shuttering this year.

The national anthem tradition started here: 106 years ago, at Game 1 of the 1918 World Series (Red Sox vs. Cubs), the Star-Spangled Banner was played during the 7th-inning stretch while the United States was in World War I.

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Jeffrey Gibson’s 'your spirit whispering in my ear' is Boston’s newest Dewey Square mural—the 10th in the rotating series and the first by an Indigenous artist.

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Starbucks will close its Downtown Wellesley café (68 Central St).

It’s one of the 1% of underperforming stores the company is shutting down nationwide after financial and lease reviews.

Blue Man Group has ended its 30-year residency in Boston.

ALERT: Brighton is also losing the Cleveland Circle Starbucks (1948 Beacon St), included in the 1% of underperforming shops being cut.

Friday 72°

Saturday 77°

Sunday 83°

Monday 83°

Tuesday 79°

Patio weather in late September.

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The closest Publix Super Market location from Boston is 628 miles away in Carrollton, Virginia.

ALERT: Mark Wahlberg and a bunch of movie extras dressed as New York Knicks fans are filming an upcoming American sports comedy-drama for Apple Films today.

LeBron James is listed among the movie's producers.

📸: @beckycormack @kyleblass

8AM in Cleveland Circle.

ALERT: Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show on February 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

🚨 Red Sox vs. Yankees Wild Card is set:

⚾ Game 1: Tue, 6:08 PM @ Yankee Stadium
⚾ Game 2: Wed, 6:08 PM
⚾ Game 3 (if needed): Thu, 6:08 PM

Boston’s first Holocaust museum is now under construction at 125 Tremont Street—a place to preserve memory and teach future generations.

Before LEDs, the CITGO sign glowed with 5,878 glass tubes—over 5 miles of light.

It switched to LED in 2005.

Starbucks confirmed its Waban shop (474 Woodward St, Newton) will close.

CEO Brian Niccol says the move is part of a 1% cut to underperforming stores.

It is 80° in late September.

Eastern Banks and HarborOne Bank have jointly announced they have received all the necessary regulatory approvals to complete their proposed merger which was previously announced on April 24, 2025.

Eastern and HarborOne expect the merger to close on or about November 1, 2025.