Public Garden
Penny Cherubino photographed a dude who'd cleared off some snow so he could slide across the Public Garden Lagoon.
16WadeSt captured the mood in the Public Garden last night.
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State agricultural-resources worker scans Public Garden tree for beetle signs as a Channel 4 cameraman records the action.
Experts from the state Department of Agricultural Resources gave volunteers a lesson in spotting signs of Asian Longhorned Beetle infestation this afternoon - then led the first ever survey of trees in the Public Garden for signs of the tree-killing pests. Read more
Boston Police report three armed holdups around the Public Garden within a span of a few minutes Thursday evening. In all three cases, the victims were robbed of iPhones by Hispanic males in their late teens or early 20s.
In one case, a man reported he was approached by four or five Hispanic teens who showed a gun, demanded money, got away with his iPod. In another case, a man reported he was talking on his iPhone when approached by four Hispanic teens, one of whom ripped the phone from his hand and ran in the direction of Beacon Street.
In the third case, a man walking down Public Alley 421, near Beacon and Arlington, was on his iPhone when approached by two young Hispanic males, one of whom showed a gun and demanded his phone. In that case, police say one of the suspects was about 5'7," clean shaven and with a long dark pony tail, dressed in a gray hoody and sweatpants.
Encounter in the Public Garden:
Mike Mennonno tiptoes through the allium, well, OK, near the allium, along the Comm. Ave. side:
... I love the austere palette, which is perfect for the times. And the whole display manages to seem both economical and exotic -- think of the onion domes of Eastern Europe. ...
Bill C captures a tender moment on the Public Garden Lagoon.
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There is just something irresistibly cute and quintessentially Bostonian about little kids dressed up like ducks for the annual Make Way for Ducklings parade through Beacon Hill. And every year, there's always one kid dressed like a giant ball of feathers.
A newspaper photographer asked the cop below for his name. "Officer Mike" he said. No, really, she replied. Officer Mike will do, he told her, as he continued to pose with the ducklings crossing Beacon Street.
Penny Cherubino photographed Copley Society artists painting in the Public Garden on Sunday. Their works are now up for a silent auction, she writes.
Jen Stewart watched an artist in the Public Garden.
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It's a tale of loss and redemption, and it would make one helluva video game.
Associated Press reports Pack the Duckling was found on Mt. Vernon Street on Beacon Hill. He was found early this morning, according to a laconic tweet from Boston Police:
BRONZE DUCK stolen from Public Garden has been discovered abandoned on a Beacon Hill Street.
Iceburns took this moody shot of the Lagoon after yesterday's snow.
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Kalim Saliba captured these two chillin' friends in the Public Garden yesterday.
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Sushiesque had no trouble complying with the request in the Public Garden.
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Members of the Boston Photography Center gathered around the George Washington statute in the Public Garden today to create a "living gallery" and show off photos they've taken over the past year in the Public Garden.
Alyssa Boehm photographs Hoggy the Groundhog, who thinks her backyard garden is a take-out joint:
He's kind of cute, but he's also a bit destructive. I opted not to plant any tomatoes this year (one if his favorites to take a single bite from) and focus on my peppers. Undaunted, he's been burrowing around in my veggie patch.
And I think he's been snacking on my hostas. ...
In more positive animal news, Alyssa also photographs cute little baby duckies at the Public Garden (and here are some cute little baby goslings in the Fenway).
He's been helping the ducklings get to the Public Garden for decades now, and now he could use a bit of help.
If you took any photos of Officer Mike at Beacon and Charles streets in 2005 or 2007, let me know. The actual Boston officer who played Officer Mike those years would love photos of himself in action. He was wearing his father's uniforms from back in the day - his father was also a Boston officer - and he'd love to have a picture or two or three:
... I have had hundreds of photos taken with the ducklings but with all those times I do not have one myself. ...
Probably just my imagination, but this chihuahua didn't seem exactly thrilled to be dressed up as a duck at the annual "Make Way for Ducklings" parade through Beacon Hill today. This kid more than made up for the pooch's demeanor, though:
Kevin "Pork Chop" Bridgeman, 40, was sentenced to 3-5 years in prison this week after pleading guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to selling crack to an undercover police officer in the Public Garden last summer, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
Prosecutors say that on the evening of July 26, an undercover Boston officer trying to root out dealers asked a couple of guys on the Common where he could buy some crack. They told him to wait for Pork Chop because "he had the good stuff." Bridgeman, a Cambridge resident, arrived and made possibly the wurst decision of his life - he decided to believe the guy was kosher after he produced a tube used to smoke crack. But first, prosecutors say, Bridgeman had to change locations:
Bridgeman insisted that they move from the Common because it was "too hot."
"I'm not doing anything in here," Bridgeman said. "I'm not getting locked up. We'll do this in the Public Garden."
Once across Charles Street, the undercover officer presented Bridgeman with $40 in marked bills, for which Bridgeman gave him two rocks of crack cocaine from a plastic bag. The undercover left the scene and uniformed officers moved in.
Upon taking him into custody, the officers recovered the $40 in marked bills, an additional $122, and 10 individually packaged rocks of crack cocaine in a rubber glove Bridgeman kept in his underwear.
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