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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.

By adamg - 11/1/23 - 12:33 pm

So many pumpkins, but here's some time to get rid of them in a more environmentally friendly way: The city of Boston Zero Waste team, Boston Green Academy, the South Street Youth Center and Mothers Out Front will hold a pumpkin-smashing and composting event at the English High School track, 144 McBride St. in Jamaica Plain, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. this Saturday. Read more.

By adamg - 10/31/23 - 4:54 pm
Sorrow Drive and two ghoulish staties in Roslindale

Ghoulish staties Joe DeMasi and Teresa Marx await the next truck driver to come down Sorrow Drive, also known as Tyndale Street in Roslindale.

Drivers can't say they weren't warned: Read more.

By adamg - 10/30/23 - 9:58 pm
Pumpkin house and pumpkin car

Peter Cheungshows us the Halloween-ready scene on Boynton Street near the Southwest Corridor Park in Jamaica Plain.

By adamg - 10/30/23 - 7:31 am
An early Christmas tree in the North End

Paul Revere forced to go "Whoa!" to avoid careering into the tree.

A disgruntled citizen files a 311 complaint about the Christmas tree now towering over the Prado and Hanover Street in the North End: Read more.

By adamg - 10/21/23 - 5:15 pm
Christmas tree decorated for Halloween

Festive dual-season holiday tree at the Dunkin' Donuts on Washington Street in West Roxbury.

By adamg - 9/4/23 - 2:01 pm
Cops push strikers out of way to let oil trucks pass

Boston cops shove striking workers out of the way so East Boston gas trucks can make deliveries

In January, 1969, members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers went on strike across the country against large oil companies. In East Boston, a Herald-Traveler photographer snapped Boston cops pushing picketers out of the way so that drivers of gasoline tanker trucks could deliver the loads they'd picked up at Mobil Oil Corp.'s East Boston terminal. Read more.

By adamg - 9/1/23 - 8:37 am
Display of Christmas stuff at the Chelsea Dollar General

Our own Cybah walked into the Dollar General in Chelsea yesterday and could only think: "Not yet Dollar General.. not yet."

By adamg - 7/4/23 - 6:21 pm
Phone message urging people to leave the Esplanade

People with phones set up for emergency messages were warned this afternoon to leave the Esplanade as a line of thunderstorms approached south of Boston. State Police stopped letting people onto the Esplanade to reduce the number of people they might have to move out in a hurry had the heavy rain and lightning reached the Charles, which it didn't. Read more.

By adamg - 7/4/23 - 3:58 pm
USS Constitution fires cannons to answer salute from Fort Independence

Matt Frank didn't let the gloomy skies keep him from Castle Island, where he watched and listened to the traditional July Fourth salute between the USS Constitution and Fort Independence.

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