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By adamg - 9/15/24 - 2:23 pm
Skunk in Roslindale Square courtyard

Last night, Julia Wean was in the Roslindale Square courtyard, the cute brick patio shared by three restaurants off Birch and Corinth streets, when a new diner waddled in.

Meanwhile, up in East Boston ...

By adamg - 9/15/24 - 2:08 pm
Skunk in a parking lot

As close as the complainer was willing to get (lower left), in garage at Border and White.

An East Boston resident files a 311 complaint imploring the city to do something about the influx of l'll stinkers in the neighborhood: Read more.

By adamg - 4/26/23 - 9:18 am
Skunk on a sidewalk with its head stuck in a jar of peanut butter

L'il Stinker turned jarhead in Hyde Park.

In the Hyde Park, MA Neighbors group on Facebook, Jess Madden-Fuoco recounts the excitement on Child Street in Hyde Park yesterday morning when her neighbor, Stephanie-Marie Cariello, turned into the hero one skunk needed: Read more.

By adamg - 8/20/19 - 4:01 pm
By adamg - 12/16/18 - 9:52 pm

An aggrieved citizen files a 311 complaint about the skunks waddling rampant in South Boston:

Wide spread skunks. There has been widespread skunks all around the neighborhood. My neighbor was sprayed getting out of her car and now our house is overcome with the smell. Is there a way to do some neighborhood wide extermination? It is a really bad problem they're everywhere.

By adamg - 9/23/17 - 12:28 am
Skunk man in East Boston

A concerned citizen files a report about this guy on Orleans Street:

This guy feeds skunks/cats EVERY NIGHT just after dusk in the SAME SPOT. This needs to be addressed as there are skunks all over the neighborhood and he leaves food out that draws the animals near housing and people and dogs have gotten sprayed in the area. I know multiple people have complained to the city about this.

By adamg - 5/23/17 - 12:32 pm
Skunk lives in the South End

Pilotblock noticed this sign on a tree in an alley off Pembroke Street in the South End today.

By adamg - 2/26/17 - 8:37 pm

A grossed out Roslindale citizen asks the city to remove the dead skunk in the backyard.

Bad news: The city replies it doesn't remove dead animals from private property.

Sort of good news: If the homeowner can stomach the idea and somehow get the carcass to the street, "then we would pick it up."

By adamg - 5/24/16 - 6:30 am
Skunk in a car in East Boston

There might be an interesting story as to how a skunk wound up in a car on Meridian Street in East Boston last night. John forwarded the photo by Sean Calista.

By adamg - 3/7/15 - 9:52 pm

NorthEndWaterfront.com reports on a skunk that waddled along both sides of Commercial Street by the bocce courts this morning.

By adamg - 11/20/14 - 10:03 pm

A concerned citizen can only watch in amazement on Charter Street:

A very large skunk was aggressively wrestling with a white kitchen bag full of trash in the alleyway between 44-46 Charter St. Its head and body were protruding through a locked gate as it attempted to rip open the bag and/or pull it through the gate. I'm sure there will be lots of litter to be cleaned up in the morning. Should probably send someone from animal control to investigate. I'm not easily startled, but this skunk was huge!

By adamg - 9/30/14 - 5:21 pm

A skunk found dead on Cottage Road on Sunday has tested positive for rabies, the Boston Public Health Commission reports.

Cottage Road is on the opposite side of the Grove from Stimson Street, where another dead rabid skunk was found last month.

By adamg - 8/26/14 - 5:34 pm

A skunk found dead on Stimson Street has tested positive for rabies, according to the Boston Public Health Commission, which is asking anybody who may have come in contact with the skunk to contact them at 617-534-5611.

The commission plans to post flyers in the area on Wednesday to alert residents.

BPHC fact sheet on rabies.

By adamg - 9/13/13 - 7:49 am

A nose-holding citizen reports from Shawmut Avenue in Roxbury:

2 skunks out and about on the sidewalk. SKUNKS!!!

By adamg - 4/21/13 - 8:20 pm

Skunked

A nose-holding citizen on Highland Avenue in Roxbury reports:

By adamg - 8/19/10 - 9:12 am

Fabulously Out There reports she was sprayed by one of the gazillion skunks that have made Jeffries Point their home - as she was walking home, minding her own business one night on Webster Street:

By adamg - 7/20/10 - 10:24 am

Skunk wins, as shown in a series of photos.

Via Swellesley Report.

By adamg - 6/9/09 - 1:48 pm

Wicked Local Brookline proves Brookline is turning feral: The killer turkeys remain on the loose and now even the squirrels are turning into two-bit punks.

By adamg - 7/17/08 - 10:16 pm

David Prior reports what happens when one of your dogs gets loose and decides to go after a skunk, which does what skunks do, after which the dog runs right into the house. You know it's pretty bad when National Grid shows up because the downstairs neighbor called to report what he thought was a gas leak.

By adamg - 6/10/07 - 10:57 am

Suzie learns muggers are not the only things to worry about when leaving a friend's Brighton apartment at 2:30 in the morning. There are also skunks.

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