HYDE PARK—The neighborhood apparently has a town-gown problem: "James Thomas, one of the owners of Master McGrath's on River Street, told the Boston Licensing Board today that Thursdays are Curry College nights and that the bar employs two door people to check IDs and make sure only students from the college just over the line in Milton get in." [Hub]
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ROXBURY—A new initiative to boost middle-class homeownership in Boston wants to start with five Maywood Street lots: "The program has three goals: increase the number of middle income home buyers to offset losses from the foreclosure crisis, support property values in higher foreclosure neighborhoods, and create business for smaller local contractors and builders." [Boston.com]
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EAST BOSTON—Perhaps not to be outdone by the new renderings for Everett: "In an effort to win over skeptical residents for a proposed $1 billion resort casino in their backyard, Suffolk Downs and partner Caesar's Entertainment have scheduled a series of open houses in East Boston and Revere." [Biz Journal]