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City draws line: South Boston residents who want pizza after 1 a.m. will have to get it from Dorchester

The Boston Licensing Board today rejected a request from Domino's, 163 Old Colony Ave., to extend its closing hours for delivery service from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.

The move comes after a heated hearing at which a Domino's executive and city officials and South Boston residents exchanged accusations of treachery and deceit.

Officials and Boston Police said the later hours would set a bad precedent for a neighborhood that already has problems with drunks spilling out of bars, increasingly out-of-control house parties and delivery people getting robbed late at night. One resident said the neighborhood just does not want more delivery vehicles operating past 1 a.m.

William Mohan, Domino's local marketing representative, gave the board a petition signed by about 200 residents in favor of late-night pizza delivery, said the South Boston Domino's franchise has done lots and lots for local community groups, pointed to residents who work late who want a bite to eat and said Domino's has an exemplary safety record. And he said two local civic associations - City Side and Andrew Square - voted to oppose the proposal at meetings from which he was excluded and then lied to about the results.

Referring to the 10 people he estimated actually showed up at the civic-association meetings to oppose Dominos, plus Mayor Menino, state Rep. Nick Collins and state Sen. Jack Hart, he told the board, "I'll call your 13 (people) and I raise you 200."

That did not sit too well with reps from the mayor's office, Collins and Hart, who said that while Mohan might have 200 signatures from God knows where, they had heard only complaints from actual South Boston residents and that not a single person had contacted them to support the idea. They added that the elected officials represent far more people than signed the Domino's petitions. City Councilor Bill Linehan neither spoke nor sent a staffer to the hearing.

The vote does not mean Southie residents can't get a late-night Domino's pie, just that it will be delivered from a franchise in Dorchester, which is licensed for 3 a.m., as are franchises in the Fenway, Allston and Charlestown.

At one point, Mohan tried to appeal to Southie pride. When board member Suzanne Ianella asked what was wrong with delivering pizza to South Boston from Dorchester, he asked, "Would you rather have people from Dorchester delivering to South Boston or South Boston people delivering to South Boston?"


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Deep Ellum can go deeper into the night

The Boston Licensing Board today voted to let Deep Ellum, 477 Cambridge St., stay open until 2 a.m. - both inside and, during nice weather, on its patio.

The restaurant/bar had previously been limited to 1 a.m. inside and 10 p.m. outside. At a hearing yesterday, Deep Ellum presented petitions signed by 1,500 people in favor of the added time.


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Orange Line to stay slow out of Forest Hills for another couple months

The inbound track needs repairs, but that requires some special parts, which are currently on order, T spokesman Joe Pesaturo says:

The speed restriction will remain in place until the repairs are made. Upon the arrival of some parts needed to make the repairs, the work will be scheduled for a weekend within sixty days.


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Gangnam guy grouses: Too much snow in Boston

Yes, of course Psy attended BU (and Berklee). He talks to Reddit about everything, including his favorite and least favorite things about Boston.


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Screw leaf raking this weekend

With Sandy churning up the Atlantic as it bears down on a coast that could face the brunt of its fury, WBZ meterorologist Todd Gutner advises:

Don't bother raking, waste of time.


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South Boston, Dorchester, Hyde Park newspapers shut down

The Dorchester Reporter reports the demise of the South Boston Tribune, the Hyde Park Tribune and the Argus-Citizen. The Jamaica Plain Gazette notes the end of the Jamaica Plain Citizen, part of the same group.


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Dusk on the water

Gloucester sunset

Joey Ciaramitaro watched the sun go down over Gloucester Harbor last night. You want to see the large version.

Copyright Joey Ciaramitaro. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.


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Man beaten outside Rte. 1 liquor store

Revere, Saugus and State Police are looking for whoever beat a man half to death outside Kappy's Liquors and Bill and Bob's Roast Beef around 5 p.m. yesterday.

The victim was taken to Mass. General with life-threatening injuries. State Police said this morning he is expected to survive.

Police are looking for a black man with dreadlocks, possibly in a gray hoodie. A search that included police dogs and a State Police helicopter in the woods along the Revere/Saugus border was called off around 11 p.m.


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Hubway pro tip: Unsticking stuck bikes

With Hubway season almost over, you may not get much use out of this, but file it away for the spring: Chris Snyder recently discovered a trick for getting a Hubway bicycle that's stuck in its docking bay.

Sometimes, Hubway bikes refuse to be undocked. The gears on the dock whir for a bit, and then it flashes a red light of failure (not to be confused with an always-on red light that signifies the bike needs to be repaired). But the bike's merely stuck, probably from being improperly docked the last go-around.

When this happens, the trick is to push the bike into the dock as hard as you can, as if you're trying to dock it. The dock should let the bike out if you do this. I've had success each of the three or four times I have tried this technique thus far.

I know that sharing this tip means I'll have even slimmer chances of getting a bike from Kendall Square after 5:15pm, but that's okay, because Hubway apparently just added another docking station by the Kendall T, thank goodness.


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Second man charged with May murder in Dorchester

Anthony Solomon, 32, of Everett, will be arraigned this morning on a murder charge for the May 24 death of Steven Fuentes on Leyland Street, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

A second man, George Ortega, 29, of Lynn, was arrested and charged in September for Fuente's murder.

Solomon will be arraigned in Roxbury District Court.

Innocent, etc.


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