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By adamg - 7/15/24 - 12:27 pm
Ice-cream truck parked in a bike lane

A disgruntled resident files a 311 complaint about the ice-cream truck whose driver keeps parking in a bike lane at Green and Elm streets in Jamaica Plain: Read more.

By adamg - 7/12/24 - 10:54 am
Electronic sign board that seems to tell people they can't have sex after dark

A concerned resident files a 311 complaint about the sign that used to tell people they couldn't park overnight along Denny and Springdale streets near McConnell Park in Dorchester, but which has acquired a new interpretation:

The sign use to say no parking after dark but it looks like it could say something different

By adamg - 7/10/24 - 11:11 am
Car on fire after

Photo attached to the complaint of crash aftermath at Lincoln and Portsmouth.

An outraged resident filed a 311 complaint about Lincoln Street following a crash that resulted in one vehicle bursting into flames yesterday at the intersection with Portsmouth Street: Read more.

By adamg - 7/7/24 - 12:55 pm

A disgusted citizen filed a 311 complaint about BTD's callous disregard for Beacon Hill residents by refusing to send in a squadron of ticket writers to ding people parking illegally on Brimmer Street to attend Sunday services at an unspecified church on Mt. Vernon Street (Church of the Advent?): Read more.

By adamg - 7/1/24 - 10:29 am
Turtle in the grass, alas

Turtle in the grass, alas

A concerned citizen files a 311 request that somebody come rescue the turtle that is now shelling around where it doesn't belong, in the Public Garden lagoon: Read more.

By adamg - 6/21/24 - 12:51 pm

A disgusted citizen filed a 311 complaint about the way BPS only announced it was canceling school today late in the day on Thursday: Read more.

By adamg - 6/18/24 - 11:15 am
White paint on minivan on Lagrange Street next to Billings Field

Three concerned citizens filed 311 complaints this morning about paint vandalism at Billings Field and along Lagrange Street in West Roxbury, including one about a minivan covered in what was left of the white paint left in the can that the vandals left in the street. Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/24 - 1:39 pm
Hole pointers in Christopher Columbus Park

A really aggravated citizen filed a 311 complaint about two holes somebody dug in the lawn at Christopher Columbus Park, to the point of gathering three fellow citizens by one of them to point at it, just in case Parks workers doubt them or something: Read more.

By adamg - 5/26/24 - 12:22 pm

A parched citizen files a 311 complaint:

No damn bubbler for miles walking around UMass Boston and JFK museum? That's criminal

By adamg - 5/20/24 - 1:06 pm
Restaurant flag taking up much of the sidewalk at A and Melcher

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint today about this new flag for the new Citrus & Salt restaurant making it difficult to get down A Street in Fort Point without getting into a flag war.

By adamg - 5/10/24 - 12:00 pm
Car standoff on McGraw Street

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint asking the city to do something about Roslindale Standoffs on McCraw Street, a short little stub of a road that's maybe only six cars long that runs (well, more like walks) from Belgrade Avenue to the Bellevue train station: Read more.

By adamg - 5/9/24 - 12:03 pm
Newly two-way Lincoln Street

Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't re-sign that two-way Lincoln.

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about Lincoln Street in Brighton, which the city recently changed from a one-way street to a two-way street between Portsmouth Street and Market Street/Birmingham Parkway. Read more.

By adamg - 5/6/24 - 11:30 am
Weird typography on signs for Warren and Dudley streets

A perplexed citizen files a 311 report about some street signs at Dudley and Warren streets in Roxbury: Read more.

By adamg - 5/5/24 - 2:49 pm
Dead fish near the Eliot School

A concerned citizen filed a 311 report yesterday about all the dead fish on the rocks by the North Washington Street bridge and the Eliot School in the North End. Read more.

By adamg - 5/3/24 - 4:02 pm

Around 12:50 a.m. on Thursday, a resident of Bayswater Street in East Boston called 911 to ask if there was anybody who could say "happy birthday" to him. Read more.

By adamg - 5/3/24 - 10:47 am
Banner across Salem Street urging people to call 311 to complaint about outdoor patios

Banner across Salem Street. Source.

Some restaurant owners in the North End have thrown up banners in the neighborhood to get visitors to make reservations for outdoor dining via 311, which might confuse out of towners who don't know 311 doesn't handle restaurant reservations. Read more.

By adamg - 5/2/24 - 2:04 pm
Missing brick

Where a brick used to be.

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation on West Cedar Street on Beacon Hill: Read more.

By adamg - 4/22/24 - 2:14 pm
Turkey in Charlestown

Why is it crossing the road?

A concerned citizen filed a 311 report today to alert the city there was a turkey at Nearen Row and Tremont Street in Charlestown.

By adamg - 4/13/24 - 1:06 pm
Injured turkey behind a decorative fence

A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint asking for help for an injured turkey on Beacon Street near Exeter in the Back Bay: Read more.

By adamg - 4/1/24 - 11:39 am
Old train switch in Charlestown

A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about a dangerous remnant of an old railroad switch along Medford Street in Charlestown, from back in the day when freight rode the rails to and from the waterfront:

My daughter fell on rusty metal piece of old train track.

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