Wicked Good Allston/Brighton reports:

Cell phone shields woman from flying orange

Sounds like one annoying orange.

Aaron Weber reports on the day three cruisers and an ambulance showed up at the Cambridge dog park where he and some other regulars watched in shock as Jay, a 12-ish kid who'd taken to coming by to play with the dogs most days, was taken away:

Jay, it seems, had been running away from a foster home, repeatedly. To us, it didn't look like running away: It looked like unsupervised play. But the lady was his social worker, and when three police cars and an ambulance showed up, they were able to confirm her story.

Jay began to cry, buried his face in Cris's stomach, told her he didn't want to go. She and a couple of the other park regulars calmed him down, and eventually he agreed to get into the ambulance. The social worker said he'd be "Section-twelved." We had to look that up after they left: It means sent for psychiatric evaluation in a locked facility for up to 72 hours.

A then-and-now.

It's like a mirror!

Boston Common at Twilight by Childe Hassam, 1885-1886, from the Museum of Fine Arts collection.

And, from earlier today, May 20, 2012.

Boston Common in mid-afternoon by JohnAKeith, on Flickr

Many observers brought cameras to the annual zombie lurch through downtown yesterday. Ana brought her sketch book.

But don't worry, gore fans: David Parsons posted plenty of photos from the march, which, as always, started at South Station.

Copyright Views of the Northeast. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.