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By adamg - 9/5/24 - 9:44 am

The city Office of Civic Organizing is offering $250 grants to neighborhoods that want to really go all out for Halloween this year. Read more.

By adamg - 8/31/24 - 11:08 am

Miles Grant notes the odd exclusion in a Globe list of "10 movies about work to stream this Labor Day weekend" - they have "Monsters, Inc.," but not anything like, oh, "Norma Rae" or "On the Waterfront." Fortunately, people of a more labor-ish bent on Labor Day have Deadline's list of "15 Movies About Labor Unions And Strikes."

By adamg - 7/20/24 - 10:09 am
Halloween decorations at Dedham Lowe's

Is it Halloween season already? As Gary C. found out, the Dedham Lowe's thinks so.

By adamg - 7/4/24 - 10:23 pm
Sailors in front of Old Navy in Downtown Crossing

BostonPilot captured some of the Navy sailors in town for July Fourth.

By adamg - 7/4/24 - 10:09 pm
Codzilla and the USS Constitution

Matt Frank went down to Castle Island today to watch Old Ironsides on its trip around Boston Harbor and got a good view of both it and Codzilla.

By adamg - 4/15/24 - 9:30 pm
Fifers in Lexington

Ron Newman took in the Patriots Day parade through Lexington today (alas, the recreation of the Battle of Old North Bridge was canceled due to flooding). Read more.

By adamg - 4/11/24 - 2:18 pm

Ari Ofsevit, who reports he missed qualifying for the Boston Marathon this year by 24 seconds, provides details of what he calls the MBTA's "somewhat impressive" service additions for Monday.

By adamg - 4/8/24 - 1:03 pm
Workers erecting scaffolding at the Boston Marathon finish line

Handmaid captured some workers today erecting the viewing stands at the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street for next week's annual race.

By adamg - 3/30/24 - 6:20 pm
Bunny with lots of Easter eggs

Tim West reports kids at the athletic fields at the old West Roxbury High School had 20,000 Easter eggs to choose from at today's annual Parkway In Motion Easter-egg hunt.

By adamg - 2/18/24 - 12:37 pm
Dragon being paraded through Chinatown

Kevin Murray watched the parade down Beach Street today.

By adamg - 12/31/23 - 10:03 pm
Fireworks over Boston Common

Myron Freeman took in the family fireworks over Boston Common tonight - after first watching some ice skating under the lights at the Frog Pond.

By adamg - 12/25/23 - 7:25 pm
Christmas squirrel

Amanda the roving UHub photographer spotted Santa Squirrel outside the Dudley Street firehouse in Nubian Square today.

By adamg - 12/24/23 - 12:25 pm
Small tree in Franklin Park decorated with a single red ornament

TheBostonLOL forwards this photo of a tiny tree in Franklin Park that somebody wrapped with a blue tree skirt and decorated with a single red ornament, just like Charlie Brown would do.

By adamg - 12/21/23 - 1:27 pm

Boston Police report they will seek criminal charges against a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old they say approached a group of "elderly Christmas carolers" from behind on Johnston Road in Dorchester and punched two of them in the back of the head several times, around 3 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.

By Sasha Patkin - 12/20/23 - 9:07 am
The T-Rex nativity at 61 Putnam

The T-Rex nativity at 61 Putnam.

How many different ways can you decorate your yard for the holidays? You might opt for the classy, minimal look with classic winter colors. You might choose a whimsical aesthetic with bright and multicolored lights, or you might prefer an over-the-top look with giant inflatables. Or, if you're 61 Putnam St. in Somerville, you might decide to create a portal to a prehistoric hellscape featuring a T‑Rex nativity and elves being torn to shreds by the skeletons of demon hellhounds while a raptor skeleton in a Santa hat flies overhead. Read more.

By adamg - 12/9/23 - 6:33 pm
Aref and crew at Millennium Park treet

Mary Ellen reports she came across some of the folks who have been decorating a living Christmas tree at Millennium Park in West Roxbury for years: Read more.

By adamg - 12/2/23 - 6:16 pm

A put out citizen files a 311 complaint about Boston's less than world-class public Christmas decorations: Read more.

By adamg - 11/23/23 - 9:20 am
A lot of turkeys in Quincy

Anna spotted this turkey klatsch in Quincy the other day.

By adamg - 11/21/23 - 11:37 am
Christmas tree from Nova Scotia in Boston

Adam Castiglioni captured this year's Nova Scotia Christmas tree arriving in Boston this morning. Read more.

By adamg - 11/20/23 - 9:39 am

CommonWealth Beacon reports on state and local efforts to return cranberry bogs to their pre-cultivation days as traditional cranberry farmers retire. A lot of sand dredging is involved.

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