Warning! Runners crossing

Don’t be alarmed Saturday morning if you see hundreds of people running east along Washington St. and Comm. Ave. It’s not people fleeing Wellesley to avoid a Trump rally. It’s just the final long training run for many of the people running the Boston Marathon....
Do we really need to haul bottles & cans to the store when we all have one of these?

Anyone know what this is?

I’ve just recently noticed these, um, objects, hanging from overhead wires in several places around the city lately (this one is on Needham Street, across from TX Maxx). As far as I know, they’re new. Anyone know what they are?
Do we really need to haul bottles & cans to the store when we all have one of these?

Council charters solar carports

Councilors put the brakes on solar carports at NSHS and the library last night, according to live Tweeting from @NewtonVillages. At issue were aesthetics, particularly at the Library which sits next to Olmsted-designed landscapes, and the loss of tree canopies. The...