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Bite Size News, June 15: Starfish & Beaver Edition

  • The starfish population is booming, and that's probably not be good news. [Boston Globe]
  • A beaver is dividing a Medford brook and members of the neighborhood. [Boston Globe]
  • The 88-year-old woman who ran over a 4-year-old Stoughton girl won't be driving again. [Boston Channel]
  • Don't expect to see same-sex marriage in Rhode Island for at least another year. [The Advocate]
  • Hancock Tower Sold to <strike>Highest</strike> Only Bidder

    Boston's John Hancock Tower, the tallest building in New England, was sold at auction today in New York, reports the Globe. Financial experts believe that the building will go for between $650 and $750 million, half of its 2006 price of $1.3 billion. (ETA: The building sold for $660 million.) Broadway Partners, the building's former owners, paid the $1.3 billion with labyrinth of funding, and the group defaulted on some of its loans earlier this year.

  • Manhole fires in the Theatre District knocked out electricity to a chunk of downtown for several hours and closed RMV offices statewide. [Boston Globe]
  • The body of a Norfolk, Mass teen was found today after partying and getting lost at the old Norfolk Airpark on Friday. [The Boston Channel]
  • Art House Silent Art Auction Thursday, November 29, 7:00 pm Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, $15 More info The Brattle Theatre is holding its fourth-annual silent art auction so you can do some good for local culture and make your apartment less ugly. Bids start at $35, which is pretty cheap for getting your foot in the door as an art collector. The Brattle has previewed some of the works so you can glance at them ahead...

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