Bluestockings Is Facing Eviction for Handing Out Narcan

When it moved to Suffolk Street two years ago, Bluestockings bookstore also opened as an opioid overdose prevention site and handed out Narcan and free food. But this has angered neighbors and its landlord, who say it’s violating the lease.

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Curbed on Instagram: In late October, Bluestockings Bookstore on Suffolk Street received a 15-day “notice to cure” from its landlord, the first step in a commercial eviction process. It lists lease violations

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