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Mt. Auburn Street

Wind gets slappy on Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge

By adamg - 3/14/23 - 11:53 am
Pedestrian crossing sign knocked out of alignment by wind

Roving UHub photographer Melissa H. spotted this newly jaunty pedestrian-crossing sign on Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge this morning.

Balloon-huffing screamer and pal arrested in Harvard Square, police say

By adamg - 7/17/20 - 1:02 pm

Cambridge Police report arresting two men in Harvard Square last night - one of them after "sprinting into traffic" on Mt. Auburn Street after police arrived and spotted his pal sucking in some nitrous oxide from a balloon filed from one of the five tanks police say the two had in their car. Read more.

Two Cambridge bus lines brought to a halt; a falling tree was the thing at fault

By adamg - 6/18/19 - 7:16 pm
Tree down on Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge

Lukas Karlsson photographed the leafy carnage on Mt. Auburn Street, near the hospital, that blocked traffic, including the 71 and 73 bus routes.

Car turn Hulk, smash wall in Cambridge

By adamg - 5/15/19 - 12:19 pm
Car into wall in Cambridge

Jeff Durham reports no injuries after a driver took out a wall at Fresh Pond Parkway and Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge sometime before 11:30 a.m.

A bit of allegory on Mt. Auburn Street in Watertown

By adamg - 5/14/16 - 10:56 am
Bernie Sanders throws the money lenders out of the temple

Who says Bernie Sanders never goes to temple? See it larger.

This is how one of the windows at Sweetree Ink is decorated.

Don't worry, there's a Hillary image, too, in another window: Read more.

Two shot outside Mt. Auburn Hospital

By adamg - 3/22/16 - 10:14 pm
Mt. Auburn crime scene

Mt. Auburn Street crime scene. Photo by Tom Stohlman.

UPDATE: One of the two men died.

Shortly before 10 p.m., two men were shot on Mt. Auburn Street at Longfellow Road, right outside Mt. Auburn Hospital. Read more.

Not a good night for people parked behind 221 Mt. Auburn St. in Cambridge

By adamg - 10/21/08 - 11:29 am

Cambridge Police report that one car parked at 221 Mt. Auburn St. had its window smashed, another had a window smashed and its in-dash GPS and radio removed and a third car had all four tires removed.

Massholes know the best time to work on scratch tickets is behind the wheel

By adamg - 9/10/08 - 10:17 am

The Cambridge Chronicle reports a guy working on a scratch ticket while driving his Jeep down Mt. Auburn Street on Aug. 31 plowed into a utility pole, which then fell on four people. The driver was also injured when his Jeep landed on the driver's side. On a positive note, the guy won $100 from the ticket - which should help pay for his legal costs - the paper reports.

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