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Man slashed in the face at Roxbury McDonald's; suspect sought www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/m... #Boston #crime #knives @stacos.bsky.social

Surveillance photos of suspect: Black man in black hoodie and black pants

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 28/09/2026

No more jumping across the Charles River www.universalhub.com/2026/no-more... Photo by Mary Ellen. #Boston #noreaster #rain #MillenniumPark

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 28/09/2026

Soggy storrowing www.universalhub.com/2026/soggy-s... #CambridgeMA #MemorialDrive #storrowed

Box-truck driver engages in battle of wits with Mem Drive bridge and loses

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 28/09/2026

Six-alarm fire in Nubian Square www.universalhub.com/2026/six-ala... Photo by BFD. #Boston #Roxbury

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 28/09/2026

The Times parachutes into the Pioneer Valley. Is Greenfield about to become like Dedham during the Karen Reed trials, TV trucks and people with signs everywhere?

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 24/09/2026

New Irish pub in Adams Village will feature Irish music www.universalhub.com/2026/new-iri... #Boston #Dorchester

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 23/09/2026

Conversion of old nursing school and dorm into 103 apartments on Mission Hill approved www.universalhub.com/2026/convers... #Boston #housing #zoning

Rendering of old nursing school turned into apartments

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 23/09/2026

Board approves addition of ten apartments to six-unit Second Empire-style building on Mount Everett Street in Dorchester www.universalhub.com/2026/board-a... #Boston #housing #zoning

Rendering of old building with new rear addition

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 23/09/2026

Board approves 25-condo building atop ledge on Granite Avenue in Dorchester www.universalhub.com/2026/board-a... #Boston #housing #zoning

Rendering of proposed 5-story condo building

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 20/09/2026

A plovly meal downtown www.universalhub.com/2026/plovly-... #Boston #DTX #Kyrgyzstani

Plate of plov: Meat on rice pilaf with half a hard-boiled egg

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 20/09/2026

Goldenstash eventually grew tired of dying his mustache and just let it grow out in its natural black www.universalhub.com/2026/goldens... #Boston #downtown

Broad Street crosswalk push button with portrait of a grinning guy in a Dodgers cap with a black 'stache

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 16/09/2026

Boston councilors back Encore strikers www.universalhub.com/2026/boston-... Photo by Greg Cook. #Boston #Everett #strikes

Encore workers walk picket line during weekend storm

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 15/09/2026

Commonwealth Avenue elephants appear to be getting ready to boogie under a disco ball www.universalhub.com/2026/commonw... Photo by Alice in the Back Bay. #Boston #elephants

Elephant sculpture on wheels before being carted away

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 14/09/2026

Turns out those icky spotted lanternflies make a tasty meal - if you're a spider www.universalhub.com/2026/turns-o... Photo by Mary Ellen. #NewtonMA #CharlesRiver #SpottedLanternflies #spiders

Spider and the spotted lanternfly it's wrapped up for dinner

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 13/09/2026

DA: Man charged with animal cruelty for the six sick dogs and one dead one found in his South Boston apartment www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/d... #Boston #dogs #crime

Chihuahua missing an eye and five pit bulls

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 12/09/2026

Still kinda droughty on the Charles at Millennium Park; everything brown in the photos would normally be under water, along with the green where the geese are lazing about. Not as bad as last year, though, when you could hop across the river, reduced to a creek. www.universalhub.com/2025/tiny-li...

Shrunken Charles with a lot of exposed riverbottom, with geese resting on that

An island that would normally be under water

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 12/09/2026

Remembering in Dedham www.universalhub.com/2026/remembe... Photo by Daniel Sullivan. #Massachusetts #911anniversary

One of the twin beams of light in the sky over Dedham

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 11/09/2026

That's no moon, that's an armed and fully operational battle turtle www.universalhub.com/2026/thats-n... Photo by Dre Jason. #Boston #Roslindale #turtles

Big ol' snapping turtle on Canterbury Street in Roslindale

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 11/09/2026

Battle against illegal scooter activity also battle against gun violence, police say Bonus: Ed Flynn against his colleagues and BPD denies emptying out outer districts to cover World Cup events www.universalhub.com/2026/battle-... #Boston #crime #scooters #CityCouncil

Scooters downtown about to be hauled away

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 09/09/2026

Commuter-rail diesel catches fire at Ruggles www.universalhub.com/2026/commute... #MBTA #Ruggles #Boston

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 09/09/2026

Man who has spent a decade building single-family homes on one Dorchester parcel gets rejected for what he says would be the final house www.universalhub.com/2026/man-who... #Boston #zoning

David Higgins and two renderings of his proposed house

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 08/09/2026

Culinary training program wins approval for new center in Nubian Square www.universalhub.com/2026/culinar... #Boston #Roxbury #zoning

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 08/09/2026

Not a bird you want to see giving you the eye www.universalhub.com/2026/not-bir... #Boston #Roslindale #birds #vultures

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 08/09/2026

Celebrating and protesting on Labor Day: Among the marchers in the #Boston parade were striking Encore workers www.universalhub.com/2026/celebra... Photo by Ron Newman. #LaborDay #unions #BackBay #Copley Square

Striking Encore workers in Boston Labor Day parade

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 06/09/2026

B Line riders got all crabby due to a track-jumping cabby www.universalhub.com/2026/b-line-... #MBTA #Boston #Allston #GreenLine

Cab on the inbound Green Line tracks just past Allston Street in Allston

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 03/09/2026

Winging it along the Charles www.universalhub.com/2026/winging... Photo by Mary Ellen. #Boston #WestRoxbury #eagles #CharlesRiver

Bald eagle in a tree showing off wingspan and voice

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 03/09/2026

311 complaint of the day: Abandoned mattresses shouldn't look this happy www.universalhub.com/2026/311-com... #Boston #BackBay #NothingMattress

Abandoned mattress featuring couple in love

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 02/09/2026

West Roxbury becomes bagelless www.universalhub.com/2026/west-ro... #Boston #bagels

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 02/09/2026

Connecting the Dots at a Hyde Park supermarket: Bringing order to Dots in disarray www.universalhub.com/2026/connect... #Boston #SomebodyMustEatDots

Row after row of orderly Dots, in sharp contrast to the chaos in June

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 31/08/2026

House goes up in flames on North Beacon Street in Brighton www.universalhub.com/2026/house-g... #Boston #fire

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 30/08/2026

Three-alarm #fire strikes house on Metropolitan Avenue in Hyde Park; no injuries, but cat missing www.universalhub.com/2026/three-a... #Boston

Firefighter on ladder up to attic of house on fire, photo by BFD

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 30/08/2026

Somebody got their feathers ruffled www.universalhub.com/2026/somebod... Photo by Mary Ellen. #birds #herons #Boston #WestRoxbury #MillenniumPark #CharlesRiver

Green heron, which is mostly brown, all ruffled up

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 29/08/2026

The Allston Christmas version of a "Kiss Me!" sign under the mistletoe www.universalhub.com/2026/allston... Photo by Shamus Moynihan. #Boston

Curb couch in Allston with a sign verifying its great, free and has no bedbugs

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 29/08/2026

Westin in the Seaport evacuated due to small #fire www.universalhub.com/2026/westin-... #Boston

Firefighters, ladder truck at Westin Seaport, photo by BFD

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 27/08/2026

Dreaded sickly-green cyanobacteria expands grip on Charles River basin www.universalhub.com/2026/dreaded... #Boston #CambridgeMA #blecch

Map showing extent of cyanobacteria, from the Jenga building to the locks

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 27/08/2026

Developer proposes turning long vacant Chinatown office building into affordable apartments www.universalhub.com/2026/develop... #Boston #housing

73-79 Essex in the late 1980s or early 1990s, when the first floor was a market

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 24/08/2026

Texan restaurant-chain operator angling to buy Union Oyster House www.universalhub.com/2026/texan-r... #Boston #venerable

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 24/08/2026

Getting ready for the next Yankees series? www.universalhub.com/2026/getting... Photo by George Lewis. #Boston #KenmoreSquare #CitgoSign

Frame for the relocated Citgo Sign going up - or is it just a giant extended middle finger?

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 24/08/2026

AI to Boston historical accuracy: Drop dead www.universalhub.com/2026/ai-bost...

AI-slop versions of Copley Square featuring a mega-cathedral behind Trinity Church that was later torn down for the two Hancock buildings, one of which looks more like the Pru and a sign to the Kendmore subway

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 23/08/2026

Spotted lanternflies to Millennium Park tree: Drop dead www.universalhub.com/2026/spotted... Photo by Mary Ellen, who tried whacking them with a stick, but only managed to get a couple; the rest hopped away. #Boston #WestRoxbury #Ick

Horde of spotted lanternflies on a Millennium Park tree.

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 22/08/2026

Little spotted tree killers showing up in force in Boston www.universalhub.com/2026/little-... #Boston #InvasiveSpecies #SpottedLanternFlies

Spotted lanternfly spotted on a tree in Millennium Park, photo by Mary Ellen

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 21/08/2026

You have just left the REI and entered the Twilight Zone www.universalhub.com/2026/you-hav... #Boston #Fenway

Two naked mannequins amid the remains of the old Fenway REI

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 21/08/2026

Now would be an especially good time not to jump into the Charles River Basin www.universalhub.com/2026/now-wou... #Boston #CambridgeMA #cyanobacteria

Extent of Charles River blue-green algae bloom, marked in orange

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 20/08/2026

Man runs Allston red light, gets charged for 124 forged debit cards, many in his cup holder, police say www.universalhub.com/2026/man-run... #Boston #crime #uttering

A lot of allegedly forged debit cards spread across a table

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 19/08/2026

Where does an eagle sit? In Roslindale, anywhere it wants www.universalhub.com/2026/where-d... Photo by Jordan Zinner. #Boston #FallonField #birds #eagles

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 17/08/2026

311 complaint of the day: Who knew Shel Silverstein had been to Tenean Beach? www.universalhub.com/2026/311-com... #Boston #Dorchester #pedestrians

Freeport St. and Tenean St.: Where the sidewalk ends

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 16/08/2026

Much of what's now the Seaport used to be a giant train yard where kids scavenged for coal www.universalhub.com/2026/whats-n... #Boston #SouthBoston #Dorchester #Seaport #history #ChildLabor

Girl with bag of scavenged coal in front of what's now the World Trade Center

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 15/08/2026

Robots need to stay in their lane www.universalhub.com/2026/robots-... #Massachusetts #Lexington #Bedford #bicycling #DomoArigato

Sign on side of Minuteman Bikeway telling robots to stay in the right lane

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 14/08/2026

Guy's pit bull chomps another rider on the Red Line, then the pair just saunters away, police say www.universalhub.com/2026/guys-pi... #MBTA #QuincyCenter

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 13/08/2026

Hyde Park restaurant could learn next week whether it can re-open following quintuple shooting outside that left one dead www.universalhub.com/2026/hyde-pa... #Boston #crime #guns #murder

Little Haiti owner George Craan speaks as his attorney listens

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