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Spencer Buell

Staff Writer at Boston Magazine

Spencer Buell is a staff writer for Boston, covering news, politics, technology, the T, legal weed, french fries, bears, Brady, and beer. He used to be a news reporter for Metro Boston and the Arlington Advocate.

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City Life

Is This “Open-Concept Bathroom” in JP a Dream or a Nightmare?

This bewildering home design trend has reached Boston.

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Can Any of Boston’s “Oldest Continuously Operating” Landmarks Keep the Title?

The pandemic put their legacies to the test. But what’s in a name anyway?

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Secret Tips to Book Your Vaccine Appointment Online

How your neighbors are getting spots in line, and how you can do the same.

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We Are Now at the Mercy of the Four-Armed Octopus of Doom

Trying to secure a dose of the life-saving drug that will protect you from the virus? You do not want to see this guy.

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Your Primer for all the Boston Figures Connected to the GameStop Saga

One of the biggest, and strangest, stories of the year is playing out right in our backyard.

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What You Need to Know about Boston’s Vaccine Sites

Confused? Here’s how it works.

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Tom Brady Is Feeling Loose in Tampa Off a “litTle avoCado tequila”

No one has earned a cheat day more than this guy and he obviously went for it.

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Five Ways Massachusetts Ditched the Nanny State during the Pandemic

And how to keep the good news coming.

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A Brief History of the $100,000 MassDOT Toilet

A look back at this infamous moment in taxpayer rage bait history.

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“Big Deal Outta Nothin'”: Doughboy Donuts Doesn’t Care about Marty Walsh’s Big Shoutout

Thanks, the Southie institution’s owner says, but who cares?

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What’s Wrong with My Plant?

And more to the point, what’s wrong with me?

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At Least for Now, Fenway Is the People’s Park

With the bleachers sitting idle, it became a COVID fundraiser hub, an early voting location, and now, a mass vaccination site.

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Sure Hope This Snowpiercer-Esque Harvard Project Doesn’t End Up like the Movie

Blocking the sun didn’t go so well in the dystopian film and TV franchise.

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Count Them Out: Here’s Who Isn’t Running for Mayor of Boston

It might be a shorter list at this point.

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BPD Is Investigating One of Its Own Amid Reports of Cops Joining the Capitol Riot

Deleted tweets suggest a BPD officer may have taken part.