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Summer in Boston
Boston offers exciting options throughout the summer for residents and visitors of all ages. You could see a movie in your local park, learn tennis at a neighborhood community center, listen to a concert on City Hall Plaza or learn to paint on the waterfront.
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Scooter and Motorcycle Parking
Scooter and motorcycle parking is now available on Newbury and Boylston streets.
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National Night Out
National Night Out for Boston is a citywide celebration that cultivates and strengthens partnerships between the community, youth, police, city agencies and community-based organizations.
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FY11 Adopted Budget Summary
A general summary of the revenues and expenditures in the Adopted FY11 budget, including previous fiscal year totals. Additionally, this document restates the FY10 Budget for comparison purposes to reflect legislative changes made to the funding mechanism for Teachers' Pensions. By the end of September 2010, the several volume Adopted FY11 Budget will be posted on this website.
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Code for America Now Accepting Applications For Its 2011 Fellowship

If you’re a developer, designer, or product manager with a desire for public service, this is your opportunity to build the next generation of Gov 2.0 apps for city governments. By leveraging your unique skill set, you will bring improved access to information and government accountability to the local level, and you will change the way citizens and cities work together.
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Asian Longhorned Beetle Confirmed in Boston
Sightings of the Asian Longhorned Beetle have been confirmed on the grounds of the Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain.
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Read Your Way to Fenway
Boston youth ages 5-17 are invited to enter to win a chance for two tickets to a Boston Red Sox game. All you have to do is read three books, write an essay about your favorite, and return your completed entry form to your branch library by July 30th.
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