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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 5h

Duke just created a new role — Chief Basketball Officer — and named Jayson Tatum to it.

He’ll advise the program on leadership, player development, and pro preparation.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 6h

The full moon from Castle Island last night.

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📷: @booshlight

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 1d

A mural at Jackson/Mann K-8 honors Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman murdered in Allston in 1998.

Her death sparked the Transgender Day of Remembrance—now observed in 150+ cities worldwide.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 1d

Only 3 athletes in North American pro sports have had their number retired league-wide: Jackie Robinson (42), Wayne Gretzky (99)… and Bill Russell (6), the lone NBA player with that distinction.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 1d

Massachusetts is 2025’s second safest state in the country according to WalletHub.

• Fewest traffic fatalities per 100 million miles of travel

• 5th lowest bullying rate

• Lowest uninsured share

• 4th lowest murders

• 3rd lowest sex offenders per capita

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Portnoy just bought a $27,750,000 compound in the Florida Keys — setting a new real estate record in Islamorada.

www.realtor.com/news/celebri...

www.realtor.com

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 2d

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 3d

Tufts lost its neighborhood coffeehouse: the Medford Starbucks (177 College Avenue) has closed.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 4d

The Golden Tea Kettle, crafted in 1873, still lets off steam outside Boston’s Government Center Station—152 years later.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 5d

Somerville’s Davis Square Starbucks (260 Elm Street) has closed, one of 1% of stores cut nationwide.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 5d

Starbucks confirmed its Shepard Post shop (1662 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge) will close.

CEO Brian Niccol said this is part of closing 1% of stores nationwide after a performance review.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 6d

The fits go hard here in Boston.

📸: @__samm93

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 6d

💸 Massachusetts ranks second in the nation for highest student loan payments, with a median of $241 per month, per WalletHub.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 6d

Happy October from Boston.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 6d

The Soldiers Field Road Starbucks won’t be around much longer.

It’s on the list of underperforming locations Starbucks is shuttering this year.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 7d

The national anthem tradition started here: 106 years ago, at Game 1 of the 1918 World Series (Red Sox vs. Cubs), the Star-Spangled Banner was played during the 7th-inning stretch while the United States was in World War I.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 7d

Jeffrey Gibson’s 'your spirit whispering in my ear' is Boston’s newest Dewey Square mural—the 10th in the rotating series and the first by an Indigenous artist.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 7d

Starbucks will close its Downtown Wellesley café (68 Central St).

It’s one of the 1% of underperforming stores the company is shutting down nationwide after financial and lease reviews.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 7d

Blue Man Group has ended its 30-year residency in Boston.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 8d

ALERT: Brighton is also losing the Cleveland Circle Starbucks (1948 Beacon St), included in the 1% of underperforming shops being cut.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 8d

Friday 72°

Saturday 77°

Sunday 83°

Monday 83°

Tuesday 79°

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 8d

Patio weather in late September.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 9d

The closest Publix Super Market location from Boston is 628 miles away in Carrollton, Virginia.

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 9d

ALERT: Mark Wahlberg and a bunch of movie extras dressed as New York Knicks fans are filming an upcoming American sports comedy-drama for Apple Films today.

LeBron James is listed among the movie's producers.

📸: @beckycormack @kyleblass

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 9d

8AM in Cleveland Circle.

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