VFW Parkway

Vandalism in a West Roxbury playground

adamg — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:37:56 -0400

Trees cut down, bench sawed in half at Hynes Field playground.

Vegetarian zombies walk among us

adamg — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:06:06 -0400

For the past several weeks, there's been this amazing brain-like fungus growing on the side of a tree on the VFW Parkway southbound, just past LaGrange. Every time I drove past, I thought it would make a great photo and vowed to stop next time. This morning, around 9:30, I saw the brain and vowed to stop on my way back (from Millennium Park). Around 10:30, I did - only to discover that in the interim, a vegetarian zombie (what else could it be?) had ripped the brain to shreds:

That'll teach me to put things off, right?

It was a clean fight

adamg — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:47:34 -0400

The Transcript reports on a spat at the Burger King on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury: A patron told police that when he asked employees to put on clean gloves, the manager came around the counter:

[T]hrew the victim's money back at him, grabbed a soda cup from his hand and grabbed his wrist.

The manager told police he refunded the man's money and asked him to leave but never laid a hand on him.

Who's missing a toddler?

adamg — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:21:12 -0400

Toddler found wandering on VFW Parkway. 2 years old, this morning, hopefully in the median strip or on a sidewalk here.

Westie legislators have beef over beach

adamg — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:46:55 -0400

The Transcript reports that state Sen. Marian Walsh managed to deep-six a measure by state Rep. Mike Rush to spend $1.5 million to do something with Havey Beach, that inviting looking area off the VFW Parkway that hasn't actually been useful to anybody except kids having drunken campfires for the past 50 years or so. Walsh claims it's a great idea, but says there needs to be more public input before anything's done.

Poor woman

adamg — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:18:15 -0400

Every time there's a heavy rain, this woman, who lives on the southbound side of the VFW Parkway, just past the West Roxbury Parkway, dons her boots and raincoat and goes out with a rake to try to keep the storm drain and "dry" catchbasin outsider her house clear, to minimize the damage from flooding. She's been doing that a lot lately.

R.I.P. Sad Car

Lyss — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:42:52 -0400

The Sad Car of VFW Parkway has gone to the big junkyard in the sky.

West Roxbury, South Brookline swept away by flooding, sinkholes

adamg — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:04:04 -0400

Tammy must have one of those old Amphibicars. How else to explain how she survived flooding and a Florida-style sinkhole on the West Roxbury Parkway near where it meets the VFW Parkway after today's storm?

School-bus smashup in West Roxbury

adamg — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:17:14 -0400

A school bus carrying students from the West Roxbury Education Complex crashed into another WREC bus around 2 this afternoon, ParkwayBoston.com reports (with photos). At least four students taken away in ambulances.

Morality Police scheduled to stand outside West Roxbury liquor store tomorrow

adamg — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:43:39 -0400

Looks like self-appointed Protector of Public Virtue Bob Joyce and a few of his friends will actually be picketing Gary's Liquors on the VFW Parkway tomorrow to protest Gary's refusal to stop offering copies of the Phoenix.

They're scheduled to be there between 1 and 5:30 - should you find yourself in sudden need of some beer or wine and a chuckle or two. I spoke briefly to Gary today; he says Bob has been great for business, because some people have gone out of their way to start patronizing his store. Directions.

And this despite the fact the Phoenix is back in boxes along Centre Street again.

Earlier:
The hypocrisy of West Roxbury's morals squad.