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| Weather 🌤️ 83° / 62° | The T Right Now ● RL ● OL ● GL ● BL Red: shuttles Alewife–Park St · Blue: shuttles Wonderland–Maverick · Green: Symphony & Summit Ave bypassed · live status → | Roads Planned: RT-28 north loses lanes in Somerville today, 9am–3pm; RT-28 south narrows Somerville to Cambridge Saturday, 6am–2pm |
| The number: 6.58% — the 30-year fixed average for the week of July 23, out yesterday, up from 6.55% the week before. what it costs a month → | ⚾️ Sox open a three-game set with Toronto tonight, 7:15 at Fenway — after Wednesday’s doubleheader split with Baltimore (won 6–3, lost 1–5) ended a franchise-record-tying 15-game win streak · all scores → | 🏠 Open Houses · Sat & Sun Four to see this weekend Editors’ picks, from a Brighton four-bed to a West Roxbury three-bed. Today 🌤️ 83°/62° Sunny | Sat 🌤️ 79°/60° Sunny | Sun 🌤️ 78°/61° Mostly sunny |
| BRIGHTON | Sat 11–12:30 · a four-bed, four-bath spread over 2,105 square feet — the weekend’s biggest floor plan at $1,495,000. | | EAST BOSTON | Sat 11–12:30 · a three-family on Chelsea Street at $869,900 — live in one, rent the other two. | | SOUTH BOSTON | Sun 11–1 · a one-bed on West Third with 959 square feet to itself, $959,000. | | WEST ROXBURY | Sat 11:30–1 · three beds and 1,410 square feet on Rendall Road, the weekend’s gentlest price at $849,000. |
On the real estate desk: a Mission Hill development wins approval over council objections — the neighborhood’s biggest addition in years clears its last hurdle. | Neighborhood Spotlight · No. 1 The North End Boston’s oldest neighborhood is barely a third of a square mile, which is why it works: you can eat, walk the Freedom Trail and be on the Harborwalk inside an hour. Feast season starts this weekend on Hanover Street. | EAT | The week’s most-reserved tables across the city — book before Saturday. | | LIVE HERE | There’s a two-bed open on Commercial Street at the waterfront edge Sunday, 11–1, at $1,100,000. | | WALK IT | Our district guide — what to see, where it is, how to get there. |
| | TONIGHT | Free live music to start the weekend — no ticket, no cover. | | SAT 7/25 | The finish line is home plate at Fenway — expect closed streets around the Fens in the morning. | | SAT 7/25 | A theater-sized stand-up night in the Theater District. | | SUN 7/26 | Free, outdoors, and short enough to hold a small kid’s attention. |
| Via WBUR News Healey names a new Parole Board pick after her last was rejected The governor tries again on a seat the Governor’s Council turned down. Via NBC Boston Suspect in the Boston Common killing is due in court The same man is charged in a second assault days later; arraignment was set for this week. Via Boston.com Ruggles is getting Commuter Rail fare gates in August Gated boarding comes to one of the busiest transfer stops on the system. Business A Cambridge wellness startup takes aim at Long COVID The company is readying a product for symptom management, built on local research. | Three sunny days, doors wide open. | ExploreBoston · 1 Beacon Street, Floor 15, Boston, MA 02108 |
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