--More fire department turmoil: A panel of union firefighters determined that the alcohol and drugs found in the bodies of firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne in August's Tai Ho Restaurant blaze did not cause their deaths. But the fire commissioner begs to differ. [Boston Globe, background: Bostonist]

--While it's good that the mayor is throwing his efforts behind saving Hendry Street from the foreclosure crisis, the housing problems in Dorchester aren't limited to Hendry Street: "Other concentrations of empty foreclosed houses are popping up off of Blue Hill Avenue, Woodrow Avenue, Columbia Road and Bowdoin Street, and there are many more foreclosures yet to come, according to those who study the problem." [Dorchester Reporter]

--Another town-gown battle is brewing. The Boston Redevelopment Authority [BRA--go ahead, giggle; it's cool with us] and the mayor are fighting with Boston College over the school's plan to build dorms on its new Brighton campus instead of the Chestnut Hill campus. [Boston Globe]

--Snow. Great. Drive wisely. [Boston Herald]

--OH NO! NOT THE BEER! ANYTHING BUT THE BEER! [Danvers Herald via Universal Hub]

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