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Two luxury apartment buildings that just opened in Boston — The Smith in the South End and Bower in Fenway — both feature rooftop pool decks, fire pits and pet spas. They’re also offering at least two months of free rent for certain apartments. At Fenway Triangle, signs posted in common areas advertise a $1,000 rent credit for referring a…

[This story originally appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk] One of the best-known pizzerias in New England is getting ready to close its largest location. The Boston Globe confirms what @Rickd67 told us earlier today, that Pizzeria Regina in Allston is shutting down permanently on Tuesday, July 21, as its lease is not being renewed. The Globe indicates that other locations of…

A Canadian tea company is closing all of its stores in the United States–including several in the Greater Boston area–as it shifts its focus in order to survive. Eater Boston is reporting that DavidsTea it shutting down all 42 locations in this country along with 82 stores in Canada, with CTV News mentioning that the company has obtained court protection…

Monday evening: First Alert until 8 p.m. for heavy rain, lightning, a few gusty storms. Temperatures in the 80s. Overnight Monday: Storms dwindle, patchy fog. Lows 65-70. Tuesday: Humid start, scattered afternoon thunder, less humid late. Highs 75-80.

A disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere that started Monday over Virginia is caught in the fast-flowing, storm-steering jet stream winds aloft and will be directed to New England by day’s end Monday, prompting areas of showers Monday morning, then downpours and thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening.  Our NBC10 Boston and NECN Weather Team has issued a...

Today: Isolated AM shower, humid, scattered PM storms. First Alert 2 PM to 8 PM for heavy rain, lightning, a few gusty storms. Highs in the 80s. Overnight Monday: Storms dwindle, patchy fog. Lows 65-70. Tuesday: Humid start, scattered PM thunder, less humid late. Highs 75-80.

An Arlington mainstay that featured a cuisine not commonly found in the Greater Boston area is shutting down permanently. According to multiple sources, Tango Restaurant on Massachusetts Avenue in the center of town is closing its doors, confirming what we had heard last week. A Facebook post from the dining spot indicates that even though this appears to be a…

A small but growing number of Boston-area businesses are giving their employees time off for the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, part of the national reckoning that has followed the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19 each year — this upcoming Friday — commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. It marks the date in 1865…

We are now heading into the fifth week of restaurant shutdowns/restrictions in the Boston area and elsewhere in Massachusetts, and the recent trend of places reopening for takeout and/or delivery appears to be picking up even more. According to a number of sources, including posters within the Friends of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants and via Universal Hub, Royal India Bistro in Lexington, Fresco’s...

Restaurants have been struggling during the pandemic, and even when people begin eating out again, more changes will likely be in store.

Massachusetts needs more people, but it’s losing a lot more residents to other states than it’s bringing in, according to new Census data.

Monday: Rain, snow deep inland with light accumulation. Highs in the 40s, 30s deep inland. Monday night: Partial clearing, south coast showers. Lows in the 30s, 20s north. Tuesday: Light rain, mixed showers early deep inland. Highs in the 40s south, 30s north.

An unsettled week of weather has begun with a weak storm center delivering an extended plume of moisture to New England, fed by a connection to Pacific moisture.  Colliding with what little cold air is left in New England, the incoming moisture produced a fresh two to four inches of snow in northern New England Sunday night into Monday...

Monday: Rain, snow deep inland with light accumulation. Highs in the 40s, 30s deep inland.
Overnight Monday Night: Partial clearing, South Coast showers. Lows in the 30s, 20s up north.
Tuesday: Light rain, mixed showers early deep inland. Highs in the 40s south, 30s north.