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Board tells Bromfield Street bar it can post signs telling people not to sit on the sidewalk outside rolling and smoking joints When two Boston licensing cops and the chairwoman of the licensing board rolled up to Sidebar, 14-16 Bromfield St. downtown, for a surprise inspection the night of May 28, they found the bar's karaoke DJ outside with some other folks, amiably rolling joints and then smoking them. Read more.

311 complaint of the day: Willow down A concerned resident filed a 311 complaint today about a willow tree in the Public Garden that toppled over and into one end of the lagoon. Read more.

https://www.universalhub.com/2026/high-altitude-forest-fire-haze
Photo by Melissa Hirshson

High-altitude forest-fire haze Roving UHub photographer Melissa Hirshson captured the unusual sky display in Waltham around 6:45 p.m., caused by smoke from a massive number of forest fires in western Ontario and northern Minnesota. Read more.

https://www.universalhub.com/2026/bostons-long-tradition-s***m-ads-continues-ai-age

Photo by Milo Trujillo

Boston's long tradition of s***mvertising continues into the AI age Milo Trujillo couldn't help but notice this request for paid s***m, although he adds: Read more.