Chris Faraone

Threes Community: How a Visionary Founded a Refuge That Lifts Trans Lives

ALL PHOTOS BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN “At the end of the day, Haus Of Threes is here so that people stop killing themselves.” “A woman can go into a doctor and ask for boobs that drag on the floor.” Po Couto drops the kind of gems that have you cracking up…

I’m Not Sure Who They Made the New Fletch Movie For But I Hope They Make More

Hamm’s unbuttoned ballbusting nice-guy vibe suits Fletch well in Boston I know that I was not alone in seriously anticipating the new Fletch movie with Jon Hamm, but I was still just one of four fanatics at the showing I selected on opening day.…

Cannabis Control Commission Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary

434 adult-use and 98 medical-use licensees, 30,000-plus registered agents, 1,155 cannabis businesses, and counting … It’s not too often that we recognize the anniversaries of regulatory commissions. Or any government agencies for that matter. There…

Nobody Cares About Bad Shit Robert Kraft Does So Of Course He’s Funding No On 1

The Fair Share Amendment “will allow Mass to improve transportation and public education by making the very rich pay their fair share.” Kraft has other plans. There’s no doubt that we’ve spent lots of time over the past two-and-a-half decades clawing…

Mass Election Analysis: A Coronation, a Mud Bath, and Some Solid Bouts

Now that Massachusetts has dispensed with primary-season niceties, will an ugly general election get the state’s political blood flowing? You have to hand it to some of the fighters on the undercard last night. In the Democratic primary for state…

“The Murders Before the Marathon” Hits Where Law Enforcement and The Mass Media Failed

“While I believe I solved a murder, it’s not to congratulate myself. This is in no way resolved.” As a default proxy Greater Boston spokesperson and frequent giver of opinions to friends and readers from beyond the Bay State who solicit my take on…

Widowmaker Throws Down For Terptown

It’s not simply New England pride that has me praising the plantacular products of Widowmaker in particular. It’s the finesse and results Longtime Dig contributor Mike Crawford among other soothsayers said years ago that if a couple of breweries got…

Media Farm: MBTA Orange Line #Traindemic Shutdown Edition

TV reporters look for silver lining in Orange Line misadventure As Dig readers know well, we’re not big fans of many other media makers around here. It’s the role we play, the less-than-friendly foil, and it means that we can say things others in the…

“Orange Line” Calamities and Shutdowns Going Back More Than a Century

Just because the T is super old doesn’t mean it used to be safe, reliable, or a legislative priority Everyone from politicians to news anchors to actual riders likes to note the ancient and dilapidated condition of MBTA infrastructure. It’s true, and…

The Great Outdoors (Video): On Location At Coastal Cultivars In Wareham

“You can spend as much money as you want on grow lights, but you’re never going to get the full spectrum of the sun” Speaking for myself at least, these days I tend to forget where most of the weed I’ve smoked in my life came from. I’ve toured so…

In the Waiting Room With Rapper Turned Podcaster-Author Jake Fraczek

“The transition into writing stories was natural. I tapped back into poetry, and found broadcasting as a means of expression too.” Whether in the ’90s, ’00s, or even now, in an era where some Mass-based rappers regularly register on Billboard, the…

Upcoming TeeHC Open Promises Doubly Green Golf Outing and More

“Everyone from dispensaries and ancillary businesses to influencers and individual players will be invited to play some golf, participate in some interactive activities, and network with some of the best, most creative minds in the industry.” As our…

The T Will Stay Broken Because Poor and Working People Are Seen As Expendable

If Charlie Baker had to ride the train on Friday they would have it fixed by Thursday I was out of town at a conference and commiserating with journalists last week when I heard that the T was on fire again, this time literally. In case you missed…

Boston Gets Police Commissioner Who Bad Cops Likely Loathe. Let’s See How This Goes

If anyone can turn this department of bad apples into cider, it’s this guy The old boy bigots in the Boston Police Department are probably having a bad day. Their new commissioner, Michael Cox, is not one of their allies. A distinguished leader with…

Meet the Phantom Behind Greater Boston’s Awesome Food Feed Everybody Gotta Eat

“People work hard. They just want to go out, eat, and have a drink like everyone else” My conversation with the influencer behind the popular @everybodygotta_eat Instagram handle keeps landing on the same conclusion and punchline: everybody gotta…

Former MIT Prof and Convicted Fraudster Is Poster Model for Privilege and Predation

Could John Donovan Sr.’s “trail of tears” been cut short sooner? Here’s what the Essex District Attorney’s Office had to say last month following the conviction of former MIT business prof John Donovan Sr. on seven counts of forgery, uttering a false…

Drunk On Drug Money, Easthampton Councilors Approve Second Tesla For Police

“This is an attempt to strongarm the City Council into giving them money whenever and for whatever they want.” Just this week, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission “announced adult-use Marijuana Establishments in Massachusetts surpassed $3…

Deadstock and Two Smoking Turntables: Good Taste Records In Boston’s North End

“It’s about reliving being in an old skate shop, being in an old record shop.” I’m opening a record store in the North End, he claimed. Madness, I thought. I checked out his online presence, and the plot thickened: Smith’s Good Taste Records is a…

MFA Returns Sculpture To Italy, But We’re Still Waiting For LACMA To Return Mass Bust

The bust, sculpted by Thomas Crawford of early education reformer Charles Brooks and stolen from the Massachusetts State House in the 1980s, is sitting in LACMA storage There has been a lot of missing and stolen art returned to rightful owners in the…

Dear Reader: Where the Sidewalk Ends (But Online Continues)

Dear Reader, Sometimes the only thing that gets me out of bed in the evening is knowing that the planet is more hopelessly hobbled than community journalism. That’s especially been true these past few weeks, as the Dig crew worked with the Museum of…