local business
Everybody Gotta Eat, so Manny Mervil gotta work
Kendall Square office buildings clear out by mid-afternoon most summer Fridays – if office workers show up at all. But around 2:30 p.m. on a recent gorgeous mid-July afternoon, Emmanuel “Manny” Mervil has one of his two phones glued to his ear, talking business. Or maybe charity, for one of his nonprofits. Serial entrepreneur is […]
Summer farmers markets are in full swing
A new farmers market has sprouted in Somerville, expanding the area’s already robust selection. Read more The CPL’s top 10 June reads Federal Realty, Assembly Row’s operator, launched the market because its surveys found residents, visitors and workers said it was “something that they were wanting us to kind of explore and see in the […]
Dear Annie will close, though its owner says she’ll start something new
Dear Annie owner Lauren Friel shocked the local dining community when she posted on Instagram that it would be ending nightly service as of July 31. Friel posted that “Dear Annie as we know her—in both name and being—will cease to exist.” Read more Community members criticize city officials in meeting following Bautista’s death Friel […]
Goodbye for Charlie’s? Beer garden is cleaned out
Social media was rife recently with photos of Charlie’s Beer Garden being cleared out, along with speculation about what it meant for the future of Charlie’s Kitchen, one of the oldest dining establishments in Harvard Square. Read more Meet the candidates: Brownsberger and Lander emphasize similar issues, different approaches Charlie’s was devastated by a water […]
World Cup a winner for local businesses
Boston’s major sports teams captured 10 titles during Olde Magoun Saloon’s first 24 years of business, but none of those championship nights matched a three-hour window last week. Read more Mixing courage and politics As the U.S. soccer team put away Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 of FIFA World Cup 2026, patrons […]
Events this week: Pride, Shakespeare reinvented, & Fresh Pond Day
Thursday, June 4 7 to 9 p.m.First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 3 Church St./1446 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square. Read more Celebrating youth-based films with DIYDS Eve Plumb book signing$40 with book. Actress, singer, painter and entrepreneur Eve Plumb, best known for portraying Jan Brady in the ABC sitcom “The Brady Bunch,” signs her book, “Happiness Included: […]