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Sharing Gardeners

This Cranesbill Geranium creates a beautiful ground cover that flowers in spring ...
Back Bay Sun

FOPG Launches Campaign to Complete Brewer Fountain

The Friends of the Public Garden announced last week it is has received several major matching challenge pledges that will spearhead a campaign to raise the additional $850,000 it needs to complete its Brewer Fountain Plaza Project on historic Boston Common and to pay for 2013 plaza operations ...
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MBTA to make its 15 busiest bus routes faster, more reliable; work includes moving, eliminating stops

The MBTA says it will make its 15 busiest bus routes faster, more reliable, and more accessible through a series of changes this summer, which include relocating some stops and eliminating others.
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Capturing the MBTA, rust and all

Have you ever tried to describe the MBTA to someone who's never ridden on it? What did you say?
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Report details Boston neighborhoods with the lowest commute times

Residents of Beacon Hill, the Fenway, and downtown are most likely to have commutes of less than half an hour, while residents of Mattapan, Roxbury, and Dorchester are most likely to commute for more than one hour, according to a new report from the city???s redevelopment authority.
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Parks Department expands beetle trap program against elm disease

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is expanding its beetle trap program designed to protect the city???s elms from elm bark beetles and Dutch elm disease.
Boston Globe

Half a million for parking?

Heck, if you own a multimillion-dollar Back Bay mansion, what's another half a million or more for a pair of extra parking spaces? Well actually 0,000 for a pair of weed fringed spaces behind 298 Commonwealth Ave ...
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Mayor Menino appoints Boston University dean Hardin Coleman to Boston School Committee

Hardin Coleman, the dean of Boston University's School of Education, has been appointed to the Boston School Committee, Mayor Thomas M ...
Your Town

Copley Square group photo will cap Emerson students' Boston Strong campaign

The Emerson College students who raised more than 0,000 through t-shirt sales for the One Fund are inviting everyone who has purchased one of their "Boston Strong" t-shirts to a group photo shoot Tuesday in Copley Square ...
Your Town

Berklee's summer concerts bring free music to Boston neighborhoods

Berklee College of Music’s Summer in the City concert series will bring more than 200 outdoor shows to the city through September featuring an array of artists and musical styles ...
Your Town

Riders complain about the MBTA, by the numbers

When people tweet about the MBTA, often they're expressing their opinions about things like its speed, cleanliness, and customer service -- or its lack of all three ...
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