***CHARMING & FABULOUS TAG SALE*** on 16 Wyman Terrace in E. ARLINGTON

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FABULOUS TAG SALE
Saturday, April 10 from 9am - 1pm.
RAIN OR SHINE (no early birds please)

High-End Furniture, A/C, TVs, Kitschy Home Goods, Vintage Cards, Craft & Organizing Supplies, Antiques

Location: 16 Wyman Terrace.
Green and Tan House – walk past driveway to front of house. Parking on Street.
Near Walgreens and Global Gas off Mass Ave in E. Arlington

Updated! Photo Album of some items available for sale here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/snoopymel/YardSale?feat=directlink

Further details here:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/gms/1684321813.html

Come on out for some great stuff!

another tedious parking post: 20 ft rule

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Ok - here's another tedious parking post.... (yeah yeah ;-)

Got TWO tickets for being within 20 feet of an intersection - on a street I have lived for 15 years - and in a spot I have parked and seen others park many, many times before. In the same general area there are also many little 'stub' parking spaces - where the space between a driveway and the corner/intersection is @ 12-15 feet - so that parking there would not be legal - yet with each one there is a parking sign there citing street cleaning, etc. - so those spaces appear to be legal but are apparently *not* legal, given the 20 foot rule, yet cars there don't get tagged.

I am happy to follow the rules (20 ft == fire engine clearance, etc) and pay the fines if I get them but I am having trouble knowing where the rules apply and where they don't. Parking enforcement seems increasingly arbitrary and capricious or what?? - based on the mood of the ticket person and whether or not they got laid the night before?

I know parking rants are... rants.... and this is also a rant - but I have lived on this same street for 15 years and I really can't tell any more where it it safe to park.

Definitely going to contest this and get my 5 minutes of rant time.

Tall female house burglar arrested in Davis Square neighborhood

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This police report got my attention because tall female burglars are pretty rare, and this happened right around here on Cottage Avenue:

Somerville neighbor alerts police to break-in, police offer tips

A resident alerted police to a break-in in her neighborhood, leading them to arrest a Somerville woman on April 7. Police warn residents about a rise in home breaks and ask them to be alert.
...
A neighbor told police that a tall white female wearing white pants and a white shirt was allegedly on the fire escape, trying to open the windows at 23 Cottage Ave.
...
Farrah Ann Manning, 34, of 55 Ossippee Road was charged with two counts of attempt to commit a crime, according to the report.

Everyone -- if you have a window leading to a fire escape, be sure to lock it when you are not home.