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🌱 Patch AM: Boston Man Arrested After Police Find Loaded Gun In Fanny Pack

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Hello Boston! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Dorchester stop leads to loaded handgun charge for 20-year-old man
  • Beloved B&G Oysters space to become new South End seafood spot
  • What stories from 1970s Boston still echo on Beacon Hill?

Also on today's calendar: Riverfest 2026 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 81, low: 61.
  • Saturday: Not as warm with a shower, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Boston Man Arrested After Police Find Loaded Gun In Fanny Pack (patch.com) — Boston readers may want to know that police say they found a loaded Glock handgun in a fanny pack during a Saturday afternoon stop near Blue Hill Avenue and Glenway Street in Dorchester. A 20-year-old Boston man was arrested and faces multiple firearm and ammunition charges, with arraignment expected in Dorchester District Court.
   

2. New Seafood Eatery To Debut In Longtime MA Oyster Bar Space (patch.com) — Seafood lovers in Boston's South End can look forward to The Shell Bar, a new restaurant from the Saltie Girl team opening in spring 2027 at the former B&G Oysters space on Tremont Street. Plans call for a cozy dining room, an elevated fish-fry concept, raw bar offerings, and patio seating, adding another option to Kathy Sidell's lineup of Boston restaurants.
   

3. Revisiting Constantine Manos's 'Where's Boston?' (provincetownindependent.org) — Boston residents can explore their city's past and present at the Boston Athenaeum's "Where's Boston? 50 Years Later" exhibit, running through Dec. 12 and revisiting Constantine Manos's 1970s images of local neighborhoods and protests. The show pairs more than 50 photographs with new oral histories, inviting visitors to see echoes of today's Boston in scenes from busing demonstrations, family gatherings, and everyday street life.
   

4. Boston Philharmonic Orchestra to Open Final Season at Symphony Hall (broadwayworld.com) — Boston music lovers can look ahead to the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's 48th and final season opener at Symphony Hall on October 11, with a Beethoven violin concerto and Brahms symphony plus a pre-concert talk. The piece also highlights the orchestra's educational work across Boston and Benjamin Zander's long local legacy, giving residents plenty of reasons to consider attending.
   

5. Labor Day gas prices reach record highs, straining budgets of Mass. drivers (wcvb.com) — Massachusetts drivers, including Boston commuters, are facing record-high Labor Day gas prices, with averages topping $4 a gallon and some stations charging far more. Residents like a nurse commuting from Boston say they're stretching paychecks, reconsidering holiday trips, and delaying fill-ups as prices keep rising instead of easing at summer's end.
   

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