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Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'cigarettes'

April 8, 2008

--State Senator James Marzilli, of Arlington, has been accused of assaulting a woman over the weekend. [WBZ] --Props to Globe writer Mark Feeney, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his criticism on the visual arts. [Boston Globe's Brainiac] --The new Dunkin Donuts sign in Brighton? DO NOT WANT. [Allston Brighton TAB Blog] --Skycaps, $325,000; American Airlines, $0. [AP/Boston Globe] --A $1 raise in the tax on cigarettes could be reality. [WBZ] --No matter what......

Continue Reading "Bite Size News"

January 11, 2008

The Herald's front page gives a starring role to Mayor Menino's opposition to new state regulations allowing for in-store medical clinics at CVS locations (a change Bostonist outlined yesterday.) The Herald piece quotes a letter from Menino opining, "Allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong." Right or wrong, CVS has been making money off of sick people for as long as it's been functioning as a pharmacy. But despite the state......

Continue Reading "MeninoWatch: Why Can't They Cure Our Bronchitis Where We Buy Our Cigarettes?"

December 31, 2007

--The BPD must love that Burger King commercial that punks customers with the information that BK has discontinued the Whopper. Upon hearing that information, the customers promptly freak out. Perhaps a man thought he wasn't going to get his Whopper in Dorchester last night. Police had to go to the Burger King on Washington Street when a guy returned to the BK after security officers tossed him. He assaulted them and had weed on him.......

Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Whopper Rage"

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