Bite Size News, November 19: Old Ironsides & Bunker Hill Edition

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  • The USS Constitution will continue its traditional cannon salutes to the chagrin of Charlestown's sensitive newcomers. [Boston Herald]
  • Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day will still be Suffolk County holidays next year. [Boston Channel]
  • One million H1N1 vaccine doses have arrived in the Bay State. "Please, sir, we want some more." [Boston Globe]
  • Statewide unemployment was down last month for the first time in over 2 years! [Boston Business Journal]
  • But October was a bad month for foreclosures. [WBUR]
  • The closing of Boston's Brigham's location was the harbinger of the chain's bankruptcy filing. [Boston Globe]
  • Some Boston teachers are eligible for a bonus, and their union is against it. [Boston Herald]
  • Cambridge may have Lord Hobo, but Allston is getting a Kelly's Roast Beef. [Boston Herald]
  • As previously seen on Bostonist: Alexandra Kerry was arrested in LA for DUI for a blood alcohol content that would make a Kennedy scoff. A college president in Beverly is a Yankees fan?

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