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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Sunset Cantina on Commonwealth Avenue near the Boston University West Campus. Businesses around university campuses have faced an influx of student customers since the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions and the start of the academic year. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Our new demographic’: Local businesses reflect on influx of customers as students return

Divya Sood September 13, 2021

As COVID-19 restrictions relax and students repopulate campus at BU and elsewhere in the city, Boston-area businesses have faced an increase in student customers. The McDonald’s in Kenmore Square...

Buffalo Exchange sign reads "Masks Required!"

Local businesses talk change in policy as state prepares to lift mask mandate

Divya Sood May 26, 2021
Local owners have the option to require masks or not as restrictions loosen across the state.
employee speaks with a customer at orpheus store

Orpheus Performing Arts Treasures classical music store isn’t going anywhere

Ramsey Khalifeh April 7, 2021
Orpheus has served classic collectors and music fans for 25 years, attracting customers worldwide.
newbury street stores in boston

White Massachusetts residents more than twice as likely to own a business than Black, Latinx residents

Anna Stjernquist March 31, 2021
Less than half a percent of Boston’s 2014-2019 contract spending went to Black-owned business.
build lab at boston university

BU students win sustainability innovation grants, tackle climate change from new angles

Divya Sood March 23, 2021
Seven student projects won grants from Innovate@BU and BU Sustainability to tackle climate change.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Amazon’s new jobs in Boston may have unintended consequences

Editors January 27, 2021
Whether the new hires will be sustainable for the economy and whether Amazon’s growth will have a negative impact on local businesses after the city opens back up has yet to be seen. But it is certain we must hold these giants to higher standards, or they will continue doing good with ulterior motives.
Boston University is deciding what to do with its space at 730 Commonwealth Avenue after the CVS previously located there closed on Dec. 1. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CVS closes down, BU still deciding how to repurpose space

Emily Stevenson December 8, 2020
The CVS store at 730 Commonwealth Ave closed Dec. 1 after it decided not to renew its lease with BU.
What’s open now while Massachusetts stands in reopening limbo

What’s open now while Massachusetts stands in reopening limbo

Isabel Contreras August 31, 2020
Restaurants and retail stores have been reopening their doors throughout the summer after initial coronavirus shutdowns, but many Boston businesses are not quite like students remember them.
EDITORIAL: Businesses are right to defy Texas's open carry law

EDITORIAL: Businesses are right to defy Texas’s open carry law

Editors February 21, 2016

Open carry became the law of the land in Texas starting Jan. 1, but since its implementation, some Texas stores have been receiving complaints from customers, with many customers saying they don’t feel...

PHOTO BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TAMOLA: Love in this [Yogurt] Club

Katie Tamola September 10, 2014

The customer I’m in love with walked into the shop today. “Hello,” he said. We’re in love. I know you could tell. Why are we in love? He’s not just gorgeous. Which he totally is. He has one...

SHEA: Leviathan

Daily Free Press Admin December 10, 2013

In my spare time, I give tours at a museum downtown. I’d rather not name the actual location, but I basically work (volunteer, actually) in a three-story glass globe that lights up and talks. Seriously....

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