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By adamg - 5/25/13 - 10:07 am

The Herald reports not long after arresting Hot Dog Guy at Forest Hills, transit cops rushed to Copley Square on the Green Line to arrest a guy in a Superman shirt screaming at riders and threatening them with an expandable metal baton.

By adamg - 5/14/13 - 8:33 pm
Knitted memorial

Cherie L. King spotted this crochet memorial in Copley Square today. Meanwhile, the memorial itself continues to grow.

By adamg - 4/25/13 - 7:25 am
Crowded Boylston Street

Matthew Ireland snapped the traffic on Boylston Street last night. Read more.

By adamg - 4/24/13 - 1:01 pm
Marathon Sports on Boylston Street

Stephanie Giunta captured the crowd outside Marathon Sports at lunchtime, around the time a concert was going on inside the BPL in Copley Square.

To try to lure more people back, Mayor Menino announced this afternoon that meters will be free between Arlington Street and Mass. Ave. and adjacent to the Public Garden now through Sunday.

By adamg - 4/24/13 - 10:19 am
Baseball in honor of Martin Richard

Michael Ratty spotted this message to Martin Richard in the new memorial in Copley Square park today.

By adamg - 4/23/13 - 10:41 pm

The T announced the news tonight.

By adamg - 4/22/13 - 11:40 pm
Copley lights back on

Although Copley station remained shut tonight, Alex Mellion notes:

The lights are on again at Copley! What an awesome thing to finally see!

By adamg - 4/22/13 - 4:22 pm

The FBI plans to formally turn Boylston Street in Copley Square back to the city in a ceremony at 5 p.m., the mayor's office announces:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation will present Mayor Menino with a commemorative American flag that has flown at half-staff over the Boston Marathon Finish line in a ceremony that will turn Boylston Street back over to the City of Boston.

After that, the city will start a five-step process to return the street to normal:

By adamg - 4/21/13 - 8:14 pm

No specific time or date set; depends on the FBI releasing the area as a crime scene.

The items that are now part of a memorial to victims at the intersection of Boylston and Berkeley Streets will be temporarily relocated to Copley Square Park as will other items from other memorial sites around the area. As we respect the need for people to continue to express their support for the victims and our city we will place large message boards in the vicinity of the area to allow people to record their thoughts and reflections.

By adamg - 4/21/13 - 1:09 pm

MassDOT alerts us. Can the opening of Copley Square be far behind?

By adamg - 4/20/13 - 12:31 pm
Therapy dogs in Copley Square

Neal Gaffey photographed therapy dogs walking through the crowd in the Back Bay this morning. That's Liberty and Independence in the foreground.

By adamg - 4/17/13 - 4:26 pm

The T just announced the station, right by the Marathon finish line, will remain closed tomorrow.

By adamg - 4/17/13 - 1:17 pm

BU Today reports she was Lingzi Lu, a graduate student in statistics and mathematics. Her friend and fellow BU grad student, Danlin Zhou was seriously injured.

By adamg - 4/16/13 - 9:04 pm
Food for police

Brian D'Amico was walking around Copley Square tonight when he saw these folks who had just gone out and bought some food for the police and National Guard members patrolling the area.

UPDATE: One of the people, Mary Adamczyk, tweets:

Glad we could help out. In those bags were homemade chili, cornbread, chips, water and chocolates. We fed 50 people!

Photo copyright Brian D'Amico.

By adamg - 4/16/13 - 5:52 pm

At a press conference this afternoon, Gov. Patrick said he visitied a Northeastern student named Victoria, at Tufts Medical Center with shrapnel wounds from one of yesterday's explosions. Victoria, he said, told him how scared and hysterical she was as she was triaged in the Marathon medical tent. But then a man managed to calm her down, showed her his own scars from a shrapnel wound and told her she'd be OK.

Patrick said Victoria would love to thank the man, who only gave his name as Tyler. If you know him, call 617-725-4000.

By adamg - 4/16/13 - 10:59 am

Or the areas where they happened just before, you can submit them to the FBI or Boston Police at:

[email protected]
[email protected]

If you have the time you took the photo, include that in your message.

By adamg - 4/16/13 - 10:36 am

The injuries suffered by bomb victims taken to Mass. General are consistent with those caused by pellets, nails or other sharp objects, the chief of trauma services said at a press conference this morning. Read more.

By adamg - 4/16/13 - 10:24 am
National Guard watching Red Line entrances

National Guard watching Red Line entrances. Photo by Gedalia Pasternak.

The heart of Copley Square remains shut down. Boston Common resembles a military encampment. Cafe tables along Newbury Street remain uncleaned as police comb the area for possible evidence.

Kirty Lee took the Green Line into work today: Read more.

By adamg - 4/15/13 - 8:56 pm

Police Commissioner Ed Davis just announced. He said the exact number of injured is still being tallied, added "there is no suspect at Brigham and Women's Hospital."

Meanwhile, the FBI has taken control of the investigation because it might be a terrorist attack.

Davis added T riders can expect extra bag and backpack checks in coming days.

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