It snowed so much in 2015 that the City of Boston temporarily turned two-way streets in South Boston to one-way to accommodate traffic bottlenecked by mountainous snowbanks.

A city councilor has submitted a resolution to declare speeding cars and reckless driving as a public health emergency in the City of Boston.

Spring in Brookline.

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If you are covering the cost of a COVID-19 funeral, The Federal Emergency Management Agency may be able to help.

You may qualify for up to $9,000 for expenses.

FEMA has given $2.8 billion to eligible applicants for COVID-19 Funeral Assistance.

fema.gov/disaster/histo…

The Fenway Path is a new bicycle and pedestrian path, from Fenway Station to Maitland Street, leading up to Fenway Park.

📍 Worcester

Spring is starting to arrive in Boston.

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April in the Public Garden.

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Happy 52nd birthday to Jason Varitek!

The Captain.

2× World Series Champion.

1 of only 3 players to have played in the Little League World Series, College World Series, and Major League World Series.

Happy 50th birthday to Trot Nixon!

2004 World Series Champion.

Dirt Dog.

A bookcase with no books in Cambridge.

Tattooing became legal again in Massachusetts in 2001 after the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts challenged the ban in Superior Court.

Tattoos are expression protected by the First Amendment, like paintings, drawings, engravings, and printed works.

I can't believe they removed every metered parking spot on the Summer Street Bridge...

Massachusetts municipalities that have provided approval for companies to test self-driving cars in their communities:

Arlington
Boston
Braintree
Brookline
Cambridge
Chelsea
Malden
Medford
Melrose
Newton
Revere
Somerville
Weymouth
Winthrop
Worcester

In case if you're wondering why I can't get out of my house this morning...

ALERT: The starting line for the 2024 Boston Marathon is now in place for Marathon Monday!

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Massachusetts Unemployment Rate:

January 2024: 3%
June 2023: 2.6%
August 2022: 3.6%
May 2022: 3.9%
January 2022: 4.8%
November 2021: 5.4%
January 2021: 7.8%
September 2020: 9.6%
July 2020: 16.2%
June 2020: 17.4%
May 2020: 16.6%
April 2020: 15.1%
March 2020: 2.8%

The Boston Police got barbs on the force.

📸: Kat

Please remember the service and sacrifice of Boston Police Officer Dennis Simmonds, who passed away on this date 10 years ago after suffering a medical emergency that resulted from injuries sustained while engaged in a shootout with the Marathon attackers nearly a year before.

A street outside Forest Hills Station was renamed to Ukraine Way in 1997 to honor the local Ukrainian-American community in the Boston area.

ALERT: The finish line for the 2024 Boston Marathon is now in place for Marathon Monday!

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