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Located at the corner of Medford and Central streets, this shop has much to offer! Upon entering, I was impressed to see the variety and abundance of items. Canned fish, flours, dried beans, canned beans, spices, vinegars, dried mushrooms, truffles, teas, oils, T-shirts, and books.

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The new book by g emil reutter
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Article by Off the Shelf Correspondent Michael Todd Steffen

We’ve learned to appreciate hybrid writing for itself, for the wide palette and integration that makes today’s poetry uniquely liberal and balanced, striking and robust. But it’s good also sometimes to recognize definitions in a progression, as g emil reutter dispatches them to us in the three parts of his new book On the Other Side of Goodbye, from POEMS to FLASH to STORIES. One’s different sense of genre joins the conversation.

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Thomas DeFreitas was born in Boston. The first three words he ever spoke were ravioli, Woolworth’s, and McGovern. Thomas was educated at the Boston Latin School and at the University of Massachusetts. For the last decade and a half, he has lived in Arlington, MA, where he guzzles black coffee in the dead of night, venerates Hart Crane’s ghost, strikes up conversations with the spectre of Raymond Carver, and strives each day to do The Next Right Thing. His fourth collection of poems, Walking Between the Raindrops, was published by Kelsay Books in March 2025.

By Sylvia Ba

Have you ever wondered why a glass of wine tastes so much better when paired with the right dish? While it’s true for any cuisine, wine pairing for vegetable dishes in particular can be a game-changer—and not just benefitting those living a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, but rather everyone who enjoys gastro gifts from the garden.

On Sunday, March 16, the annual Race of Ireland road race will be held in and around the Davis, Teele, and Ball square areas. Brief traffic delays are expected mid-morning to midday.

Beginning around 9 a.m., detours will be set up to accommodate the start and finish lines in Davis Square. The start is at the intersection of Elm and Day Streets, and the finish is at the Community Path by Grove Street.

By Dennis Fischman

I’m the kind of mystery reader who rarely solves the mysteries myself. Pieces of the puzzle come together for me but not the whole picture – plus, I get caught up in the characters (if they’re sympathetic) and the writing (if it’s any good).