Jeff Cutler reports on the phenomenon of new mothers leashing their dogs to their baby's strollers, at least as observed on Newbury Street:

... I'm pretty certain if a life-size Chuck Wagon truck or a wild deer dashed through downtown, these dogs would be galloping across busy streets dragging mothers, infants and strollers through traffic to certain doom.

And if not doom, definitely destruction.

Where did common sense go off the rails? The likelihood of the Chuck Wagon or the deer showing up on Newbury Street in Boston is a fantasy. But a pickup truck with dogs in the back could happen. And the reality of nearly identical mommy/stroller/puppy combos on the other side of the street is common. ...

Boston School Superintendent Carol Johnson today unveiled her reorganization plan for Boston public schools that shuts some schools, expands others, and increases the percentage of "walk zone" students in elementary schools fm 50 to 60%.

Nancy Pearl Wannabe discusses some fundraising effort at her school that involves kids winning "scurvy Weepuls."

Child, nine months old, dead. Happened around 10 a.m. on Cunard Street in Roxbury.

The Boston Police homicide unit and the Suffolk County DA's office are investigating the death.

More from Channel 5.

Boston Police report a Good Samaritan picked the boy up when he spotted him toddling down Meridian Street at White Street shortly after 4 this morning:

... Officers observed a small, possibly Hispanic male child between 1-1/2 to 2 years old, 2-1/2 feet tall, dark curly brown hair, big brown eyes, wearing a light blue pajama top w/ dog prints, blue jean shorts, black/blue sneakers, and white socks, who appeared to be in good health. The child's legs felt cool to the touch so officers placed the child in their marked cruiser for warmth. ...

Police say around 6:30, officers spotted a "frantic" woman looking for her son:

... The mother stated that she put her kids to bed at around midnight and upon waking up at approximately 6:00 a.m. noticed that her son was missing. Officers observed the house to be in order and the children to be clean. The mother was transported to the hospital where she was reunited with her son. ...

Steve Nadis explains why he spent part of last evening walking around his neighborhood with a box full of snails.

It doesn't just happen in movies. It happens in Newton Lower Falls.

September 10, 2008 – As school systems cope with higher costs for food and fuel, Project Bread, Massachusetts’ leading antihunger organization, provides a new Better Lunch Toolkit for food service directors. The Better Lunch Toolkit ensures school meals are leaner, leafier, and more colorfully nutritious.

On Tell Him Fred, "Jimmy Hoffa" discusses teens begging for money in traffic - and no, not those Charger kids, either:

... This last Saturday the East Boston High football squad was out at the busy intersection near our apartment, looking all thuggy and hassling people in their cars for change. How is this even REMOTELY ok with parents and teachers? Do they know about it? I imagine that there's some liability involved for the administratrion with having the kids fundraising for a school activity in fucking traffic.

Andy has a unique way to wish his daughter a happy 16th birthday.