Council approves waterfront plan after four-hour hearing, with a catch
The Pier 9 redevelopment moves ahead on a 6-3 vote, but the council attached a public access condition that could reopen the deal next spring.
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Twelve places to eat well for under fifteen dollars, revisited
We ran this list in 2022. Four places closed, two raised prices past the line, and six new ones earned a spot. Here is the current version.
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The ferry is getting a second boat. Riders want a third.
The Harbor Belle arrives in May, doubling peak-hour capacity. A riders’ group says the schedule still leaves the Eastside with a 50-minute gap.
A brewery, a bakery and a bookbinder walk into a warehouse
The Eastside’s Cannery Row is filling up with makers who share walls, forklifts and, increasingly, customers.
Why I stopped reading the comments, and started reading the letters
A columnist on the difference between a reaction and a response, and why a newspaper should still print the second one.
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The pier vote, and what Dana Okafor wanted
Our City Hall reporter on the last-minute amendment that changed the Pier 9 vote, and whether it will survive April.
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Who drives the trucks?
A record quarter at the port and a drayage industry that cannot hire. We ride along with a driver on her last week before retirement.
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🔒 The Orpheum, from the scaffolding
Members-only bonus: an hour with the volunteers who repainted the ceiling, recorded forty feet up.
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