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RED SOX-YANKEES PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: ⚾ Game 1: Tuesday at 8 PM ⚾ Game 2: Wednesday at 8 PM ⚾ Game 3: Thursday at 8 PM, if necessary All three games will air nationally on NBC and Peacock. October baseball. Red Sox-Yankees.

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Boston firefighters are getting expanded cancer screenings after the loss of federal grant funding. Dana-Farber is contributing $150,000 to provide early cancer detection screenings for 500 Boston firefighters, including blood and urine testing and low-dose CT scans.

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Spotify is down right now so if you see this, just describe your lunch to me.

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Boston just completed Phase 1 of its Black Male Equity Study, based on input from 2,659 Black men and community stakeholders. Top concerns included good-paying jobs, affordable housing, education inequities, mental health access and a lack of awareness of available programs.

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Downtown Boston is gridlocked right now because someone decided to leave their car double parked... 🙃 📹: @vanessageauxinue_

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ON THIS DAY 23 YEARS AGO: A 300-pound gorilla escaped from Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo, attacked a 2-year-old girl and her babysitter, and led police and zookeepers on a nearly TWO-HOUR chase before being captured.

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RAINY DAY REMINDER: In Massachusetts, if your windshield wipers are on, your headlights must be on too. State law requires headlights and taillights when wipers are needed due to weather.

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Happy Monday on Storrow Drive. 🤍 📸: @traderxjoel

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Boston fire trucks used to be LIME GREEN. The Boston Fire Department experimented with lime-green fire apparatus in the 1970s before switching back to its traditional red in 1984.

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Boston College just got bigger. BC has purchased the 17.6-acre EF Boston International Language Campus at 200 Lake Street in Brighton, directly across from its Brighton Campus. The property includes 89,000 square feet of existing educational facilities.

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Boston built an entire development OVER the Mass Pike. Parcel 12, now known as Lyrik, spans 6 lanes of I-90 and 2 commuter rail tracks near Fenway Park, supporting a 19-story office building and an 11-story hotel. The project won a national engineering award in 2025.

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Blank Street Coffee is opening a new location at Boston University. The coffee chain is taking over the former Starbucks at 874 Commonwealth Avenue on West Campus. An opening date has not been announced.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Love Is Blind is officially coming to BOSTON. Season 11 of the hit Netflix dating series will feature a new group of Boston singles entering the pods looking for love without ever seeing each other. The Boston season premieres October 14.

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With close to 100 people in line, a Dunkin’ x L.L.Bean pop-up event in Boston’s Seaport was postponed this morning without notice, leaving attendees frustrated after showing up to find it canceled. 📸: @shannonElizab @janellesway

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Brigham and Women’s nurses have voted 93% to authorize an open-ended strike amid an ongoing contract dispute with Mass General Brigham. Nearly 3,000 nurses voted yes. No strike date has been set, and at least 10 days’ notice is required.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Massachusetts is awarding $11.5 MILLION in tax credits to fuel business expansion across the state. 10 projects are expected to: 👷 Create 674 new jobs 💼 Retain 1,093 jobs 💵 Generate $339M+ in private investment 9 of the 10 projects are manufacturers.

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Boston-area homebuyers are putting down WAY more than they used to. The typical down payment jumped from 16.8% in 2021 to 21.7% in 2026, helping buyers save an estimated $253/month compared with using 2021 down-payment habits.

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The MBTA is about to start using BUS CAMERAS to catch drivers blocking bus lanes and stops. Starting October 1, cameras on buses will capture violations, with warnings issued during an education period. Fines of $25-$125 officially begin January 1, 2027.

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Massachusetts prep schools are major pipelines to Ivy League sports. An analysis of Ivy rosters found Noble & Greenough produced 8 hockey and 13 lacrosse players, while Deerfield had 17 rowing/crew athletes. residualthoughts.substack.com/p/where-did-...

Where did the Harvard rowing team go to high school?

And other questions about the American aristocracy

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Ed Sheeran’s concerts at Gillette Stadium have been CANCELED due to severe weather warnings across Boston and New England this weekend. Ticketmaster purchases will be automatically refunded.

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Logan Airport was once the ONLY airport in America testing a TSA program where officers casually TALKED to passengers to detect suspicious behavior. The 60-day pilot launched at Terminal A in 2011, with officers watching for signs of tension, fear or deception.

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The Red Sox will face the Yankees in the WILD CARD ROUND. ❤️

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Tonight's incredible sunset over Boston before this weekend's Nor'easter... ❤️ 📸: @iamiya @_nicoleoliveira_ @tinaliberty @majdgeorge98

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Before Amazon Pharmacy, there was PillPack. The online pharmacy, acquired by Amazon for $753 million, had its software development and management based in Somerville, Massachusetts, while pharmacy operations ran out of New Hampshire. 💊🌎

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Somerville became the first city in the United States to explicitly ban discrimination against polyamorous families and consensually non-monogamous relationships.

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Ed Sheeran’s concerts at Gillette Stadium have been CANCELED due to severe weather warnings across Boston and New England this weekend. Ticketmaster purchases will be automatically refunded.

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An 18-wheeler reportedly struck a traffic light while making a left turn from Summer Street onto Kingston Street in Boston this morning. The truck continued on and was gone before a photo could be taken. 📸: @shk.otw

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Massachusetts is launching PAID remote work for incarcerated individuals. A new DOC pilot at MCI-Shirley will pay two participants $25/hour for 20 hours a week. Both earned bachelor’s degrees while incarcerated through Boston College’s Prison Education Program.

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A rare SEPTEMBER NOR’EASTER is headed for Boston. The City of Boston is preparing for a coastal storm Friday through Sunday, with the worst expected Friday night into Saturday. 🌧️ 2-4 inches of rain possible 💨 Damaging winds 🌊 Coastal flooding ⚡ Potential outages

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Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced positive Phase 2 results for a potential new treatment for APOL1-mediated kidney disease, which affects ~150,000 people in the U.S. and Europe and currently has NO approved therapies. The drug reduced a key marker by up to 42.7%.

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Boston has some of the best tasting tap water in the country. That’s because the city protects its watershed forests, which naturally filter and clean the water before it ever reaches Boston. By the time it arrives, it needs only minimal treatment.

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Today's Kids Will Never Know: Massachusetts Edition. I'll start... Service Merchandise.

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It's September 24 and I saw someone wearing Canada Goose in Downtown Boston. 🫠

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Greenfield, Massachusetts lesbian bar Last Ditch is making changes after community feedback. Starting this fall, Saturdays will be mask-optional with DJs, themed dance parties and full capacity. The bar says masked events will remain a priority in its other programming.

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Somerville Reminder: You can report potholes, rodents, and city issues through 311 without ever stepping into City Hall.

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Governor Maura Healey is proposing a 2-month suspension of Massachusetts’ gas tax. The plan would cut 24¢ per gallon and require gas stations to pass the savings on to drivers. The state estimates $120M in relief. The proposal needs legislative approval.

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In 1918, the Boston Red Sox helped start one of the biggest traditions in American sports. During the World Series, a Navy band played the “Star-Spangled Banner” as Red Sox players honored the flag. The moment helped make the anthem a staple of American sports.

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Want to know what your neighbors are complaining about, what properties are worth, where permits are being pulled, or how much city employees earn? Boston has a public database for that. data.boston.gov

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