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By adamg - 7/22/21 - 10:14 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old from Dorchester on charges he rode his scooter up to a woman walking along Marlborough Street between Fairfield and Gloucester streets, grabbed her wrist, took her phone, then sped off, shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/11/21 - 11:42 am
Firefighters putting out burning trash, trees and a wreath in the Back Bay

One resident had a front-row seat to watch Boston firefighters put out three burning Christmas trees, one wreath and a bed frame at Marlborough Street and Charlesgate East at 8:58 p.m. yesterday.

It was one of numerous outdoor fires set by somebody roaming Back Bay alleys last night before a two-alarm fire erupted on Beacon Street at Exeter Street around 10:15 p.m. - possibly the result of one of the arsonist's outdoor fires.

By adamg - 10/23/20 - 12:06 am
Halloween decorations on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay

Kyle Stratis reports from Marlborough Street between Exeter and Fairfield in the Back Bay:

This is where I was when the Great Back Bay Blackout of 2020 finally ceased its half hour long reign of terror

By adamg - 7/15/20 - 9:32 am

Boston Police report charging the same man twice in two days - first on Marlborough Street across from the Public Garden in the Back Bay on Monday, then again at the B-2 police station in Nubian Square in Roxbury on Tuesday. Read more.

By adamg - 6/1/20 - 10:01 pm
Firetruck on Marlborough Street

The Boston Fire Department reports a fire on the deck atop the five-story 272 Marlborough St., just past Fairfield Street, went to two alarms before it was knocked down. Firefighters responded around 8:10 p.m.

By adamg - 6/8/19 - 11:09 pm
Raccoon in the trash in alley off Marlborough Street

A concerned citizen captured a raccoon getting all trash-panda-y in Public Alley 429 off Marlborough Street behind Comm. Ave. tonight and filed a 311 report to request prompt city action.

By adamg - 3/22/19 - 12:29 pm

The Boston Sun reports a deli worker at the Marlboro Market, on Marlborough Street at Mass. Ave., was charged earlier this month after an undercover cop gave her a $20 bill and she reached into a bag behind the counter and gave him "one pre-rolled marijuana cigarette."

By adamg - 10/31/18 - 12:12 pm
Marlborough Street decorations for Halloween

Carpundit spotted these dragons on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay today.

By adamg - 10/1/17 - 12:26 pm
Sign wants people to stop dropping their dog poop on Marlborough Street

SafeResponsibleMover shows us a sign taped to a tree on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay. Yesterday, somebody filed a complaint (complete with photo) about somebody who keeps dropping his or her pet's rear-end extrusions next to one particular tree on Dartmouth Street in the South End.

By adamg - 6/25/17 - 8:51 pm
Bunny in the Back Bay

Beancounter spotted this bunny on Marlborough Street today.

By adamg - 3/11/17 - 11:44 pm
Broom in a tree

A concerned citizen looks up at Gloucester and Marlborough streets in the Back Bay, sees a broom and wants the city to do something about it.

Earlier:
Table in a tree.

By adamg - 1/13/17 - 11:22 am
Elm tree in the Back Bay with Dutch elm disease

Farewell note is at bottom of the tree.

Newton paused to read the sad goodbye from Boe the Elm Tree on Marlborough Street at Fairfield this morning. Boe is 135. Read more.

By adamg - 8/18/16 - 1:59 pm

WHDH reports Boston Police have stepped up patrols in the Back Bay due to reports of a guy in a white pickup cruising around and looking into people's windows.

A Back Bay resident provides some details, and an explanation for the warning signs somebody's posted along Marlborough Street: Read more.

By adamg - 7/19/16 - 8:51 am

For the second time in a little over a month, the Back Bay Architectural Commission has rejected a request by Steve and Judy Pagliuca to turn the basement of 352 Marlborough St. into a garage. Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/16 - 12:25 am
Judy Pagliuca before the Back Bay Architecural Commission

Judy Pagliuca makes a point to commission members.

Judy and Steve Pagliuca hit .500 before the Back Bay Architectural Commission Wednesday night: The board gave them permission to add an addition that would house a two-car garage and a deck in the rear of their house at 362 Marlborough St., but rejected a similar request for a smaller house they also own at 352 Marlborough.

The City Hall hearings on the two proposals turned into a contentious debate on the future of a historic neighborhood where even exterior changes visible only from its numerous service alleys - and the removal of trees - require commission approval. Read more.

By adamg - 12/5/15 - 5:01 pm

A concerned citizen posts a photo of what's left of his Audi Q5 on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay, asks the city to please, for the love of God, do something before the rest of his car disappears in a burp of rattus digestion.

On Beacon Hill, too.

By adamg - 9/19/15 - 7:01 pm
Flowers on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay.

Katherine Larson enjoyed the flowers on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay today.

By adamg - 6/16/13 - 9:15 pm

Mike the Mad Biologist explains it was an attempt to cut into the business of the streetwalkers who used to ply their wares at the corner of Marlborough and Arlington in the 1970s:

People would hop off Storrow Drive and drive around the block, find, erm, a 'friend', and drive off. Not exactly the kind of tourism the city was hoping for, so the traffic pattern was changed. Hard to believe today, since the penthouse of Zero Marlborough (the corner of Arlington and Marlborough) recently went for $8.8 million.

By adamg - 1/31/09 - 6:01 pm

Unlike Vessel, some guy who lives on Marlborough Street between Mass. Ave. and Hereford Street goes way beyond the snow-removal call of duty, by ensuring a clear, ice-free path all the way to the street, Penny Cherubino reports:

... It was deeply appreciated this week when icy sidewalks made walking in the street safer than slip-sliding your way in front of buildings that did not keep up with de-icing. ...

By adamg - 4/17/08 - 10:54 pm

Mike Mennonno posts photos of the in-full-bloom magnolias along Marlborough Street.

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