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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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Arts & Entertainment

Check Out This New Music Video Starring Dancers from Boston Ballet

Local artist Josh Knowles teamed up with dancers Lia Cirio and Paul Craig for his new single, “Same.”

City Life

Robert Kraft Showed His Super Bowl Ring to Florida Police

He reportedly showed the jewelry to officers who pulled him over near the Orchids of Asia Day Spa.

City Life

Maura Healey Slams Indictment of Judge Who Allegedly Helped Man Flee ICE

The Attorney General called the move a “politically motivated attack on our state and the independence of our courts.”

City Life

The Improper Bostonian Is No More

The glossy lifestyle magazine just announced it will fold.

City Life

City Councilor With Five Cars Thinks Boston Has Too Many Bus Stops

“It’s 2019. We do not need a bus stop on every single street corner,” South Boston’s Michael Flaherty said.

City Life

These Guys Plan to Visit—and Rate—Every Library in Massachusetts

They call it the Library Land Project. They’re a third of the way there.

City Life

Man Arrested after Threatening to Eat a Pro-Choice Professor in Massachusetts

“I will rip every limb from your body and eat it, piece by piece.”

City Life

How Boston’s Neighborhoods Got Their Names

Roxbury is a reference to “rocks,” and other things I learned from a New York teenager’s Instagram.

City Life

Bernie Sanders: Everyone Should Vote, Including Boston Marathon Bomber

Answering a question at a CNN town hall, he says everyone means everyone, even Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

City Life

Looks Like We Had Some Boston Marathon Cheaters from China This Year

The Chinese government has banned three runners for life.

City Life

Did the Robert Kraft Massage Parlor Video Leak?

Reports say it’s being shopped around.

City Life

An MIT Crew Team Was Rescued from the Charles River This Morning

Cambridge first-responders pulled nine rowers out of choppy waters after their boat capsized.

City Life

Things Got Out of Hand after Kodak Black No-Showed at House of Blues

Police were called to Lansdowne Street to deal with an “unruly” crowd.

City Life

Joe Biden Says He’ll Visit Boston Stop & Shop Workers Thursday

The former vice president will be in Dorchester at 2 p.m. in support of the strike at the grocery chain.

Arts & Entertainment

In Boston, You Can Claim the Iron Throne at Primark

Shoppers can pose for pictures with a replica of the Game of Thrones prop on Friday and Saturday.