Word: bookstands
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Frustrated by years of wrangling with city business restrictions and what he considers infringements of his First Amendment rights, Kenneth A. O’Brien—owner of the used bookstand on Mass. Ave between Linden and Holyoke Streets—said he plans to give away his entire inventory by April...
...Income—government assistance for low-income and disabled individuals—only provides about $650 a month.O’Brien said he never bothered to apply for this money before, as he was wary of becoming dependent on such aid.But because he plans to close the bookstand, O’Brien said he will accept $9,000 worth of retroactive Social Security checks. He said he will use the money to purchase supplies and rent a U-Haul for his journey.He said his knowledge of herbs, tinkering, and bartering will ensure that he will never have...
Books have more than just sentimental value to some sellers. Harvard students are probably unaccustomed to seeing Frenchie (no last name given) and her partner Ken O’Brien, the formerly homeless owners of the movable bookstand outside of J. August Co. on Mass. Ave., without their faithful cat and dog—but they’re inside now, and they won’t be coming back out. “We got an apartment just by selling books without any Section 8 government help, or anything to do with that,” Frenchie said...