Lauren did her first snowshoe traipsing today, in Franklin Park.
Franklin Park
By adamg - 12/22/20 - 11:52 am
Franklin Park road clear to asphalt; sidewalk, clear to ice.
Concerned citizens are filing 311 complaints about unplowed sidewalks, several days after the storm, such as this sidewalk through Franklin Park, next to a meticulously plowed road, and this stretch between the harbor and another clear road on Atlantic Avenue in the North End: Read more.
By adamg - 11/26/20 - 2:19 pm
Thebostonlol spotted a big rafter crossing the plains of Franklin Park today.
Dimas also spotted some free birds, in Brighton: Read more.
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By adamg - 8/31/20 - 9:32 am
Boston Police report that a couple of guys magnet fishing off a bridge behind Shattuck Hospital Saturday evening pulled up a gun from the murky waters. Read more.
By adamg - 8/21/20 - 9:21 am
Greg Cook takes us on a tour of Boston Lights, a series of 50 lantern-lit fabric statues of animals at the Franklin Park Zoo that will be on display through Nov. 1.
By adamg - 7/27/20 - 9:50 am
Jef Taylor has been leading a survey on wildlife in Franklin Park, shows us a fox that came to investigate a camera set up as part of the survey yesterday evening.
By adamg - 6/24/20 - 10:07 pm
Boston Police today released photos of a man they want to talk to about how a woman's body ended up off Jewish War Veterans Drive in Franklin Park.
By adamg - 6/2/20 - 9:55 pm
At Franklin Park. Photo by Charlie Rosenberg.
Several thousand people came to Franklin Park this evening to remember George Floyd and other black victims of police violence, in a vigil sponsored by Black Lives Matter Boston and Violence in Boston. Read more.
By adamg - 5/26/20 - 2:33 pm
Zoo New England is announcing that both its zoos will re-open their outdoor exhibits to the general public on June 4 - but that you'll have to first go online to buy timed tickets in advance - no more just showing up. Also, you'll have to wear a facial covering, follow a one-way path through the exhibits and stay six feet away from other groups. Read more.
By adamg - 5/20/20 - 10:48 am
Charlie Rosenberg has been wandering around Franklin Park, photographing the Emerald Necklace's pendant, including this perfectly poised boulder.
By adamg - 4/20/20 - 2:13 pm
"I don't think there's any question: Kids aren't going back to school May 4," Mayor Walsh said today. Read more.
By adamg - 4/12/20 - 3:14 pm
Stephen Thomas Costa found this hawk just hanging out today at the Parquesito de Hermandad playground in Franklin Park - closed to human kids, of course, due to Covid-19 concerns.
By adamg - 3/29/20 - 11:59 am
Denuded saplings and possible lair of the devilbeasts.
A horrified citizen has spent a couple days cataloging the damage being done to saplings in Franklin Park by what he says are porcupines on the munch - and is disputing the official city response that the damage is actually the work of "invasive rabbits," which, when you think of it, might be worse. Read more.
By adamg - 3/20/20 - 3:00 pm
David Halbert spotted a guy playing some socially distant golf at Franklin Park this morning.
By adamg - 2/15/20 - 7:27 pm
The Boston Fire Department reports that around 4:45 p.m., firefighters and EMTs responded to Scarboro Pond in Franklin Park to rescue a dog that had fallen through the ice - and her owner, who did the same trying to rescue her pet but who managed to make her way to one of the islands in the pond. Read more.
By adamg - 1/7/20 - 1:22 pm
Wait, what's that next to White Stadium?
Eeka the alert Apple Maps user alerted us today that the mapping service is now placing the USS Cassin Young in Franklin Park, next to White Stadium. If it's on the Internet, it must be true, so we guess you'll need to stop going to the Charlestown Navy Yard to see the ship.
Oh, wait, Apple Maps was also the service that decided Methadone Mile was worthy enough to be noted on maps, so maybe hold that thought.
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