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...Tuesday, after several inquiring phone calls to Bic's and Brigham's the day before, the sign was once again displayed prominently in the store window...
Last February, after several consumers had complained, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office took Bic's ice cream parlor to court, alleging that store employees were calling their ice cream "homemade" even though it was manufactured at Brigham's Arlington factory--and even though.Bic's pina colada ice cream was identical to Brigham's natural pineapple coconut...
...court issued a consent order that required the Brigham's, Inc: owned store at 1702 Massachusetts Ave., near Radcliffe, to place in the window a clearly visible sign stating that Bic's serves Brigham's ice cream...
Frank Upham, the lawyer who handled the case for the state, said yesterday, "Brigham's tried to rip off the customer by claiming that it was really a little guy" but added that Bic's "got screwed" because other stores in the Harvard Square area do exactly the same thing...
...enjoy participating in the tradition," says Meg Maugn, a graduate of Brigham Young working in Boston and taking Extension School courses to keep up her teaching certificate. She finds the faculty approachable, open to suggestions, and "never condescending." "I feel very much at home when I go there," she says, "but I don't really feel I have a claim to being a Harvard student," because of the non-selectivity...