"I have lilacs!!!" Jan, who lives near the River Street bridge in Hyde Park, reported today.
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By adamg - 10/26/23 - 9:36 am
Mary Ellen captured a relatively rare morning rainbow, over Millennium Park in West Roxbury.
By adamg - 9/28/23 - 9:28 am
Mary Ellen watched the sun come up over the top of Millennium Park in West Roxbury this morning.
By adamg - 9/18/23 - 9:41 pm
Some 20 to 30 feet of a retaining wall behind 121 Tremont St. in Oak Square in Brighton gave way around 8:45 p.m. after a tree fell on it, leading to a mudslide that partially buried two or three cars in the building's parking lot. Nobody inside the cars, at least.
By adamg - 9/15/23 - 8:34 pm
If nothing else, the clouds heralding Lee gave us an amazing sunset tonight, as Tim Babatz couldn't help but notice at Fan Pier on the harbor.
Up the harbor a bit, Adam Balsam got a good view in the North End: Read more.
By adamg - 9/15/23 - 11:28 am
ChelseaScanner captured this sun halo in the advance clouds from Lee on Revere Beach this morning. Compare to sun baby back in the day.
By adamg - 9/14/23 - 12:00 pm
City officials say they're read for Lee, with sandbags and temporary flood barriers at the ready to fend off any minor surges and first responders braced for any emergencies caused by flooding, falling trees and downed wires. Read more.
By adamg - 9/13/23 - 5:55 pm
Now might be a good time to take in all the deck furniture and stuff, if only it weren't for the thunderstorms going on right now. Read more.
By adamg - 9/13/23 - 11:06 am
The National Hurricane Center says we could know by tonight whether a formal hurricane or tropical-storm "watch" is needed for the Boston area and other parts of New England in advance of Hurricane Lee. Read more.
By adamg - 9/12/23 - 9:10 am
Last night, the National Hurricane Center shifted Lee's Cone of Probability a bit to the east, enough to exclude all of eastern Massachusetts, save Cape Cod and Nantucket. Read more.
By adamg - 9/11/23 - 8:23 pm
From the National Hurricane Center's Lee page.
OK, Lee is still a long ways away, it could wobble or wibble and miss us completely, but the National Hurricane Center added eastern Massachusetts to its Cone of Probability for Saturday - even as it cautions it's still too early to say what impact it will have besides dangerous rip currents. Read more.
By adamg - 9/10/23 - 4:52 pm
Flooded Partridge Street is for the birds.
A concerned citizen reaches for the rowboat, then files a 311 complaint about flooding on Partridge Street, near Sparrow Street, in West Roxbury today: Read more.
By adamg - 9/9/23 - 4:30 pm
Bruce the dog got scared and ran off. Photo via State Police.
Update: Bruce found, reunited with family.
Boston and state first responders responded to the end of Southview Street in Dorchester, where a woman walking her dog suffered critical injuries when she was hit by lightning around 3:20 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 9/7/23 - 9:30 pm
The National Hurricane Center sounds the alert about the increasingly embiggened storm: Read more.
By adamg - 9/7/23 - 10:33 am
Mayor Wu this morning declared a heat emergency for today and tomorrow, with temperatures reaching into the 90s and the heat index - the heat plus the impact of humidity - expected to go even higher. Read more.
By adamg - 8/30/23 - 2:56 pm
Flooding on Comm. Ave. in Brighton in July with just 2 inches of rain.
The City Council agreed today to study how to minimize damage from more intense storms that could dump several inches of rain in a short period of time. Read more.
By adamg - 8/18/23 - 8:34 pm
Roving UHub photographer Michael Campbell couldn't help noticing the majestic sky from East Boston around 5:20 this afternoon.
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