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Asian Restaurant Closes 3 Locations In Somerville, Boston, Woburn: Report Asian Restaurant Closes 3 Locations In Somerville, Boston, Woburn: Report
Asian Restaurant Closes 3 Locations In Somerville, Boston, Woburn: Report Grainmaker, a popular chain of Asian restaurants has closed all of its locations, according to a new report.  Boston Restaurant Talk said they received a tip about the closures in Somerville's Davis Square, Downtown Crossing in Boston, and Woburn Village in Woburn on Monday, March 25.  Calls to the restaurants go unanswered, the social media accounts for each location have been removed, and the websites no longer exist.  Google and Yelp list all of the locations as permanently closed as well. It's unclear what led to the closings, or what day they shuttered.  …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Woburn Man Rendered Unconscious In Downtown Boston Dies Week Later: Police Woburn Man Rendered Unconscious In Downtown Boston Dies Week Later: Police
Woburn Man Rendered Unconscious In Downtown Boston Dies Week Later: Police A 46-year-old Woburn man who was attacked and found unconscious in Downtown Boston on Saint Patrick's Day died a week later, authorities said.  Officers responded for a report of a man down in the area of 17 Winter Street in Downtown Crossing around 9 p.m. on Friday, march 17, Boston Police report.  Upon arrival, officers found the man, later identified as Barry Whelan, unconscious with a "small abrasion" on the back of his head, WCVB reports.  Whelan was taken the hospital where he was pronounced dead after being taken off life support on Friday, March 24, Boston Police sai…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Dorchester Teen Arrested After Throwing Condom At Transit Police Officer Dorchester Teen Arrested After Throwing Condom At Transit Police Officer
Dorchester Teen Arrested After Throwing Condom At Transit Police Officer A Boston teenager was arrested for assaulting a Transit Police officer by throwing an unwrapped condom at them and smashing their cruiser's windshield. Transit Police responded to the incident in the area of Summer and Arch streets near Downtown Crossing around 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, TPD said.  Upon arrival, officers saw the 14-year-old and his friends running through a crowd of people. The teen kept running and threw "numerous expletives" at officers while they pursued him, police said. The teenager eventually punched an officer in the chest before being arrested. He was tak…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Dorchester Man Wanted For Indecent Assault Done In By Poster: Transit Cops Dorchester Man Wanted For Indecent Assault Done In By Poster: Transit Cops
Dorchester Man Wanted For Indecent Assault Done In By Poster: Transit Cops A 35-year-old Boston man wanted for indecent assault was caught thanks to a wanted poster created from information from two teenage girls, authorities said.  Edgar Alonzo, 35, of Dorchester was arrested this week on assault charges that allegedly happened outside of Broadway Station earlier this month, transit police said.  Two teenage girls — 15 and 18 — say Alonzo indecently assaulted them on Oct. 15 around 7:30 p.m. outside of the Dorchester station, police said. They reported the alleged incident to transit officers, and they created a wanted poster for the suspect's arrest.&n…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
26-Year-Old Charged With Daylight Armed Robbery in Busy Downtown Boston: DA 26-Year-Old Charged With Daylight Armed Robbery in Busy Downtown Boston: DA
26-Year-Old Charged With Daylight Armed Robbery in Busy Downtown Boston: DA Authorities say a 26-year-old Boston man robbed a man at gunpoint in one of the busiest parts of the city last week during rush hour.  Alex Philogene, of Dorchester, was charged with armed robbery and a judge on Friday, Sept. 30, ordered him held on a $25,000 bond, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Philogene was out on bail for an unrelated charge of assaulting a correctional officer, the prosecutor said. The court revoked that bond.  Police said Philogene approached a man just before 5 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the corner of Washington and Winter streets in Downtown C…

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by Josh Lanier