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Trooper and lost boy

State Police posted this photo of Trooper Carolyn Manzi taking a lost boy back to his mom at Revere Beach yesterday.


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Moksa needs to get it together

Pop Bop Shop finds both good and meh at Patricia Yeo's Moksa in Cambridge:

Overall, I found Moksa to be confusing. Does it want to be an Asian restaurant or a night club? How can it have dishes that are incredible as well as dishes that taste like nothing? Why was our waiter attentive for the first hour and then he vanished?


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How to boost Boston recycling rate

Start charging for trash bags or at the least, start enforcing the city ordinance against putting recyclables in the trash, our own eeka suggests.


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Memorial Day, 2012

Memorial Day in Reading

Dennis Ebacher attended Memorial Day commemorations in Reading today.

Ed Hatfield took in the 33,000 flags on the Boston Common:

Flags on the Common

David Parsons also photographed the Common flags.

The Dorchester Reporter covered the Dorchester parade and commemorations.

Truck Stop Tea Party photographed the Somerville Memorial Day parade.

Copyright Dennis Ebacher and Ed Hatfield, respectively. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.


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West Somerville goes black

Candles, anyone? Misha Wolfson reports the power line runs right through Davis Square:

Elm St. side is dark, College Ave. side is normal.


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Citizen complaint of the day: DPW is slacking off - new signs still leave room for pedestrians

UPDATE: Turns out it wasn't the city (or the state) that put the signs up; in any case, they've been removed.

An aggrieved Mission Hill resident reports from Tremont Street near Huntington Avenue, which the DPW has decided people really need to know is also Rte. 9:

We can't get crosswalk signs, but please--put highway signs in the middle of the sidewalk. Perhaps we should just eliminate those pesky sidewalks all together.


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Steve Martin and Captain America in one day

Steve Martin outside the Paul Revere House.

Matt Karolian spotted Steve Martin jamming outside the Paul Revere House in the North End this afternoon. Video!

Andrew Ricardo, meanwhile, spotted an Avenger in South Station - we can only assume Iron Man was not around to give him a ride up from Providence:

Captain America


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Transit, Quincy cops stop guy from throwing self off parking-garage roof

MBTA Transit Police say officers were able to stop a suicide attempt at the Quincy Adams garage Saturday evening.

According to his report on the incident, Transit Police Officer James Clark was on a routine patrol on the garage roof deck around 6:30 p.m. when he noticed a "visibly upset" man sobbing and running toward the deck's railing:

I observed him jump up onto the railing and proceeded over to him at a high rate of speed in my cruiser. I opened the door of my cruiser and yelled at him "Please don't go over let me talk to you for one minute, just give me one minute of your time." I managed to divert his attention to me while I tried to engage him in conversation. The 20-year old Quincy man was visibly upset,screaming at me to leave him alone, he didn't want to live, his family life sucks, his life and family was in shambles, this type of conversation went on for several minutes while I tried to calm him down.

Clark reports he managed to radio for help. Several Quincy officers arrived:

While speaking to him, I would signal a Quincy Sergeant to move closer when he was gazing over his shoulder. We managed to get within two (2) two feet of him. We lunged at him and secured him around his waist and arms while taking him into custody for his safety and the safety of the other rescue personnel.

The man was taken to Quincy Medical Center for observation.


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Do you like smashing things?

Somerville Climate Action will be holding de-paving parties in June to remove asphalt from two local homes' yards, "allowing the soil to return to health and productivity." Participants get to whack at the asphalt with sledgehammers and pickaxes and then haul it away - and then celebrate with a party.


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Three shot at Mattapan neighborhood party; two others also injured

Boston Police report three people were shot at a cookout outside 15 Orlando St. in Mattapan around 12:15 a.m.

Mon, 05/28/2012 - 00:40
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