Arlington

Gun Scare on MBTA Bus in Arlington Center
A man carrying what appeared to be a handgun had passengers on an MBTA bus in Arlington Center yelling and running for cover late Sunday afternoon. Six Arlington police officers responded to the bus, which had been pulled over in front of Shanghai Village restaurant at 434 Massachusetts Ave., at about 4:29 p.m. for a report of a man with a gun. The man had exited the bus and walked away from the scene by the time police arrived, according to the police report. After a short search, police located the suspect walking on Broadway, toward Somerville, and determined that the handgun-like object was actually a BB gun, specifically a Powerline Airstrike 240 (photo examples). The BB gun was loaded, and the man also had a canister of .24-caliber BBs and a container of 100 Winchester Super-X High Velocity .22 Long Rifle ammunition cartridges, police said. Police arrested the suspect, John P. Hudson, 45, of Burlington, for disorderly conduct, for being in possession of ammunition without a proper license and on three active court warrants. — John Waller

Charlestown

Petco Announces Aug 24 Unleashed Opening
Petco announced this week that the Charlestown Unleashed by Petco will open on August 24. The Unleashed store, which is a pared-down version of the firm’s normal big-box format, will be the chain’s seventh in the Boston area and the eighth in Massachusetts. According to the release, the store will offer a “wide-variety of high quality food options, including natural, organic and raw food selections.“ — Matt Casey

Boston

Police: Daytime Attack Near the Common
An afternoon fight on the Boston Common Saturday sent one person to the hospital. Around 5:00 p.m. police received a report of group of people fighting on the Charles Street side of the Common. The victim told police that he had been in an argument with a female acquaintance when she hit him in the back of the head and two men she was with began punching him. A bystander intervened and the three assailants fled the into the park. — Kimberly Ashton

Medford

A Look Inside the New Bestsellers Cafe in Medford
Rob Dilman has a lot of patience. The owner of Bestsellers Cafe at has waited since May 2007—over five years—to re-open as renovations to the building snailed along. The store, located on High Street near Governors Avenue, finally held a soft opening last week and will have a grand opening this weekend. As Dilman sat down for an interview Thursday afternoon, he didn't seem bothered by the long wait—he was just happy to have the cafe open. "It feels nice," Dilman said, sitting at a table by the store's front window. "It doesn’t feel like five years." —Jarret Bencks