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Photo by Handmaid.

Boston in bloom Handmaid walked through the Fenway Victory Gardens this morning. Ye Ed strolled through the Arnold Arboretum the other day: Read more.

Photo by Turlach MacDonagh.

Satisfying sultry Saturday Silber storrowing Turlach MacDonagh found himself in the right place at the right time: Right at the Silber footbridge on Storrow inbound around 12:30 p.m., when the driver of a Ryder rental truck suddenly realized what those "CARS ONLY" signs meant as the overpass peeled back the entire roof of his vehicle, leaving....

The Father of All Email sues Bill Galvin again over ballot "images" Galvin says don't exist Serial candidate Shiva Ayyadurai this week sued Secretary of State Bill Galvin, seeking an order to make the state retain "images" of all ballots cast in this fall's elections. Read more.

Photo by Matt Frank.

Orange on orange Matt Frank watched an Orange Line train cross the Mystic during an orange sunset this evening. See larger.

Photo by Mary Ellen

Funny, he doesn't look busy Mary Ellen spotted the Beav along Sawmill Brook (the banks of which are full of gnawed trees) at Millennium Park in West Roxbury the other day, adds: Read more.

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Man sets Juneteenth material on fire outside Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill Boston Police are looking for the guy they say ripped open a package containing Juneteenth material outside the Museum of African American History, 46 Joy St. on Beacon Hill and set it on fire, early on Wednesday. Read more.

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Guy uses padlock on a lanyard to smash two men in the head at the Charlestown 99, yes, that 99, police say Boston Police report they are looking for a guy they say sent two men at the 99 Restaurant, 31 Austin St. in Charlestown to the hospital with cuts to their heads and possible related injuries around 7:30 p.m. on May 26. Read more.

ICE let woman rot in overcrowded jails with broken toilets in New England and Louisiana for months without ever giving her the custody hearing its own rules require A Boston federal judge who "temporarily" freed a Honduran woman in February after months of being detained and shipped around New England and Louisiana made the woman's freedom permanent yesterday after ICE proved unable to provide any proof it had ever given her a required "custodial" interview. Re...

The City that Always Sleeps wakes up a bit: Board approves shawarma until 3 a.m. at Haymarket and a 24-hour Dunk's drive-thru in East Boston The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by restaurant owner Youssef Ibrahim to replace the closed Haymarket Pizza with a shawarma place open until 3 a.m. Read more.

Step aside, Thomas': Board approves North End bakery that will only make English muffins The Boston Licensing Board today approved retail sales at a bakery at 33B Fleet St. in the North End that only uses its ovens to make English muffins. Read more.