{"id":3715,"date":"2012-01-14T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2012-01-14T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T07:23:00","slug":"help-find-our-mates-lost-and-found-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3715","title":{"rendered":"Help Find Our Mates! Boston&#8217;s Lost &#038; Found Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340162ff69aac1970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC_05062012-01-08-lost &amp; found- help- mismatched-gloves-fence-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340162ff69aac1970d\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340162ff69aac1970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"DSC_05062012-01-08-lost &amp; found- help- mismatched-gloves-fence-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The informal lost and found department for Bostonians does seem to be the fences of the city.&#0160;What can we tell you? These two really don&#39;t belong together, and they would appreciate any help at all in finding their real mates.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other ways. We&#39;ve noticed that some readers are looking at lost and found in Boston posts that we did back in 2008. Many of the links we used there are now moved or gone. So here&#39;s an update:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lost and Found Resources for Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boston.craigslist.org\/laf\/\" target=\"_self\">Craigslist lost and found<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boston.ebayclassifieds.com\/lost-found\/?catId=100129\" target=\"_self\">ebay Boston community lost &amp; found<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofboston.gov\/police\/taxi.asp\" target=\"_self\">Lost in a Taxi report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massport.com\/logan-airport\/inside-airport\/Pages\/LostandFound.aspx\" target=\"_self\">Massport lost &amp; found<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lost on MBTA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Subway\/Bus, Lost &amp; Found:&#0160;(617) 222-3200&#0160;(8:30 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM Mon-Fri)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston Police<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can turn-in a found item at any Police station. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofboston.gov\/police\/districts\/\" target=\"_self\">Here&#39;s a link to the area stations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, here&#39;s the rule regarding when you might claim an item you found.<\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;Sec. 21 Disposition of Property by the Department Property Clerk: The Department Property Clerk shall be guided by the provisions of the General Laws, Chapters No. 134 and 135, when disposing of property in his possession. All officers should be aware that pursuant to Chapter 134 of the G.L., certain found property may be claimed by the finder after one year if the owner has not claimed it.&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lost &#0160;&amp; Found Animals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mspca.org\/programs\/pet-owner-resources\/living-with-pets\/lost-found\/find-a-lost-pet\/lost-pet-resources.html\" target=\"_self\">MSPCA&#39;s page of resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofboston.gov\/animalcontrol\/lostpets\/lostandfound.asp\" target=\"_self\">City of Boston&#39;s page on lost pets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.petfinder.com\/classifieds\/searchclassified.cgi?type=L&amp;user_state=user\" target=\"_self\">Petfinder&#39;s lost pets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.petfinder.com\/classifieds\/searchclassified.cgi?type=F&amp;user_state=user\" target=\"_self\">Petfinder&#39;s found pets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">to click over to Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> from here to support this site!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=gift_certificates&amp;banner=127JF9E4530CSFRCY4R2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=ADJGHXP6KLUUZMKI\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photography: \u00a9 2012 Penny Cherubino&#0160;&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out what&#8217;s on the Back Bay lost-and-found fence!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,964,809],"tags":[43,286,23676,23673,23672,23674,14165,23678,23675,23677,23671,23670,20385,1656,3695,285],"class_list":["post-3715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston101","category-city-life","category-resources","tag-boston","tag-bus","tag-cab","tag-city-links","tag-craigslist","tag-ebay","tag-lost-and-found","tag-lost-animals","tag-lost-in-a-taxi","tag-massport","tag-mates","tag-missing-gloves","tag-petfinder","tag-pets","tag-resources","tag-subway"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help Find Our Mates! 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