Boston Bead Company

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While biking on Holland St today (shortly after a car accident at the corner of Elmwood -- anyone know anything about that? Nobody appeared to be hurt.), I noticed Boston Bead Company at 75 Holland, the corner of Irving. They used to be in Harvard Square but when their lease came up for renewal, the rent was too (damn) high, so they moved here. Lucky them to be moving from just about the only place nearby where the rents are even higher than Davis. I think there was a convenience store in that spot before, maybe? I'd only been in it a couple of times, so I'm not sure, and given how often we go to Hodgkins Park, I guess it didn't offer too many conveniences for us, anyway.

It's a nice little shop, obviously only of interest if you're into beading at some level, but I was surprised to not have seen mention of it here already. (Seems far more relevant than a big box chain restaurant opening on the other side of town.) They also do classes. Stop in and say hi!

It feels like there is a lot of turnaround going on right now. There was another closed shop on Elm, too (in the vicinity of Chester, on the other side of the street), though maybe whatever is moving in there has already been covered.

( For reasons I now don't recall, it seemed like a good idea to take a picture of the storefront for posting, so here it is )

SCATV interviews all four Ward 6 Alderman candidates

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SCATV's Joe Lynch interviewed all four candidates for Ward 6 Alderman. You can watch the program here.

The preliminary election will be Thursday, September 17. More info on this election