Boston is opting into the new state law allowing later last calls this summer. Here's what to expect.
Plus:
— Boston city councilors send the budget back to Wu, with $12 million in tweaks
— A new opening at the Franklin Park Zoo 🐧
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A fun primer on the teams coming to play the World Cup in Boston (and ck out this Scotland moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8qF...) @wbur.org @nikdecostaklipa.bsky.social
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Inbox: Boston is not only going to allow bars and restaurants to keep serving alcohol for an extra hour (as late as 3 a.m.) under recently passed state law, but *also* Mayor Michelle Wu says the city will also soon announce a designated district where public drinking will be allowed:
House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz on the bill that gives cities and towns the flexibility to extend last call and creating public drinking zones this summer:
"I've never seen a bill pass so quickly in the State House. I don't know what that [says] about us."
3 takeaways from our interview with Gov. Maura Healey, from the World Cup to the Markey-Moulton primary to her administration's approach to artifical intelligence: www.wbur.org/news/2026/06... @wbur.org
i would like one 2-bed, 2-bath in the Boston Government Services Center, please www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/10/a...
"Everyone’s gonna see Scottish people around Boston for the whole week. You're gonna get sick of seeing kilts, for sure." www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
This morning in WBUR Today: Boston's World Cup fan festival kicks off — and the first weekend is sold out
Plus:
— Cambridge's public drinking districts take effect
— Wu's layoff warning
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Boston bars and restaurants can apply for a one-hour extension of their license to serve alcohol, as late as 3 a.m., through the end of July.
Here's what to know about the eight World Cup teams playing in Boston (or technically, Foxborough) during the group stage — from their most recognizable players to off-the-pitch fun facts.
The Massachusetts bill to allow public drinking districts and last calls as late as 3 a.m. this summer is officially (suddenly) law — but with two important caveats:
— It all depends on cities and towns opting in
— Both provisions expire at the end of July
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The Massachusetts governor touched on her expectations for the World Cup and her administration's approach to artificial inteligence — but is keeping her hands off the state's Senate primary between E...
With the state poised to take another stab at redeveloping the Brutalist landmark, this time as housing and restaurants, we take a tour — and discover surprising comforts.
Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill Monday that temporarily allows public drinking zones and last calls as late as 3 a.m. this summer in Massachusetts. But it's up to individual cities and towns to opt in...
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Inbox: Boston is not only going to allow bars and restaurants to keep serving alcohol for an extra hour (as late as 3 a.m.) under recently passed state law, but *also* Mayor Michelle Wu says the city will also soon announce a designated district where public drinking will be allowed:
Nik DeCosta-Klipa
Scotland play two of their three opening round World Cup matches in Boston. That means, for the next week or so, there'll be kilts as far as the eye can see. Cloe Axelson got a taste of the Tartan Arm...
