7-Eleven moving in to the old White Hen building

[siderea]

Apparently it got franchised? Signs have now been installed, and the place was crawling with workmen and materials today (Wed Nov 14) when I went past on the bus around noon. The parking lot was completely full of vehicles and boxes and large parsels in pallet wrap.

No Red Line service for next four weekends

[ron_newman]

A reminder: Red Line service between Harvard and Alewife will be replaced with buses all day Saturday and Sunday for the next four weekends, because of the Floating Slab repair project.

West Somerville Foodmaster - last day is this Saturday

[ron_newman]

Johnnie's Foodmaster at Broadway and Alewife Brook Parkway had a 'Last 3 Days' sign up today. The shelves are getting pretty empty, and people inside confirmed that Saturday will be their last day of business. Liquidation discounts are at least 40% now.

At Somerville Patch, it looks like some folks are putting together a funeral vigil for the store, taking place Saturday at 10 am. If enough folks show up for that, it might send a useful message to other grocery chains that customers want to continue shopping at this location.

(and by the way - they have a lot of Mary Jane candies for sale. Anyone from PMRP want to grab it for resale at future shows?)