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The organizer told NBC10 Boston they plan to stay safe, go slow and follow the rules of the road, but it is a group of cyclists traveling together in Boston so drivers should keep an eye out as they plan to cover about 10 miles through the city.

The group behind the protest that disrupted rush hour traffic in Boston’s Seaport Wednesday morning held another event Friday afternoon in the heart of the city. Extinction Rebellion organized a slow, 10-mile group bike ride that travels from Copley Square to Boston Common Friday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. The riders plan to take up one lane of traffic. The...

The group, which calls itself “Extinction Rebellion”, originally planned to block traffic at four different sites, but much of the demonstration wound up at the bridge that connects Boston’s Seaport and Financial Districts, after an initial meeting at Post Office Square.

Crews continue to repair the damage of a water main break at the corners of Charleston Street and Boylston Street. Although the pipe that caused the damage has been repaired, officials say there’s plenty of work to be done fixing the damage that the main break caused.

Crews are working to repair a water main that broke early Saturday morning near the common. Crews expect to have the incident fixed overnight.

Crews contained a water main break early Saturday morning that caused major flooding in and around the Boston Common. Thousands of gallons of water could be seen gushing onto the sidewalks and on Charles and Boylston Streets near the Common, closing traffic to parts of the streets affected. The flooding also caused rocks and debris to litter the roads. “I…

It was hot, and the Red Sox lost… but that didn’t deter Boston sports fans from hitting the Boston Common to support their team. The key to an outdoor watch party during a record-setting heat wave? Plenty of refreshments. “I’ve got my water bottle,” said George Stutcman. “We’ve probably filled it about five times now.” A water bottle wasn’t...

With Mayor Wu extending the heat emergency into Monday evening, many in Boston are finding ways to cool off. Oscar Margain spoke with some people at the Boston Common trying to beat the heat as best they could.

This summer, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is bringing the play “Much Ado About Nothing” into the 90s, while temperatures outside are also reaching the 90s. “It’s a really passionate story of love and redemption,” said actor Erik Robles, who plays Claudio, a Gulf War veteran who loses his cool when he is deceived while trying to keep cool on stage....

With an outdoor stage in Boston Common comes the hottest spotlight — the sun.

It is one thing to build a sculpture that will soon redefine the Boston landscape. It is another to build it some 2,500 miles away in Washington State. “We really needed the capacity, and we were really confident Walla Walla could do it,” said Sam Giarratani, project manager for “The Embrace.” That need for massive scale is how the sculpture…

While the new statue honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, will stand in Boston Common, it is being constructed in Walla Walla, Washington.

A man was arrested a day after allegedly stabbing someone at Boston Common. Police said Sunday that 39-year-old Tjay Carter of Boston had been arrested in connection with the stabbing Saturday afternoon. Carter is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to murder and assault and battery on a police officer. The victim in...

A person was hurt in a stabbing Saturday afternoon near Boston Common. Police say they were called to Tremont Street just after 3 p.m. to find the victim wounded. While the Boston Police Department initially said the victim suffered life-threatening injuries, that assessment was later downgraded to non-life-threatening. Authorities did not say whether a person was in custody, explaining that…

Piano concerts, food trucks return to Brewer Plaza

Police are investigating a shooting near Boston Common.

The annual Memorial Day tribute at the Boston Common was held Thursday, with state and local officials joining relatives of U.S. troops from Massachusetts who’ve died in service.

A person was shot near Boston Common Thursday, according to police, and the shooter hasn’t been arrested. The report of a person shot near Tremont and Winter streets was received about 3:27 p.m., Boston police said. The Park Street MBTA station is near that address. Police said that the person who was shot is expected to survive and was...