Happy Pills, a European-based candy shop located at 121 Salem Street, recently opened for business. One of the first things one notices when walking into Happy Pills is the bright, ambient lighting. Combined with the pharmacy feel complete with cross and medicinal brand elements like bottles and pillboxes, the design theme of the shop aims Read More…
Local artist, Ed Sokoloff, shares his new historic sign montage featuring companies that are no longer in business. Local readers will appreciate the signs for the European (Boston’s North End est.1920), Anthony’s Pier Four (est.1929), Brigham’s Ice Cream (est.1914), Hilltop Steakhouse (est.1961), Howard Johnson’s (est. 1925 in Quincy), Jack and Marion’s (est. prior to 1948, Read More…
The boat, Captain Billy Haver, was the scene of a murder on Sunday as an investigation continues with the boat docked at the US Coast Guard station in Boston’s North End. The boat is an 83-foot fishing trawler based out of Virginia. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mexican crew member Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez, 27, Read More…
