Our own Ron Newman took in the early First Night fireworks, over the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common, this evening.

Pete Bouchard explains.

Boston Police report a keen-eyed cadet working with C-6 officers "spreading holiday cheer" by delivering toys to deserving South Boston kids this morning spotted somebody who seemed to be a bit weighted down with packages - specifically, a woman who already had "notoriety among concerned locals" as a package thief. Read more.

Michael Halle was at the starting line for yesterday's Bill Rodgers Somerville Jingle Bell Run and Walk, along with Bill Rodgers himself. Read more.

Handmaid snapped both ends of the city's largest Christmas bow, on the Flour and Grain Exchange building on Milk Street downtown.

The city today announced the expansion of the Open Newbury street closing to two Sundays during the holiday season next month.

The street will be shut to motor vehicles on Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 in what had previously been just a summertime program to let pedestrians have free reign, if even just for part of a day, between Berkeley Street and Massachusetts Avenue, and between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Roving UHub photographer John McMahon managed to survive a trip down Appleton Street in Cambridge. Read more.

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."

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

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.