Every single year, the city of Boston and the MBTA bicker over who should shovel the sidewalk in front of the Alexander the Great statue that sits by the base of the Roslindale Village train stop between Belgrade Avenue and Robert Street. And every single year, neither shovels it out, forcing pedestrians to walk in the street hoping they don't get smashed into by a car driven by people who fling themselves around the corner from Belgrade to Robert.

After a couple of days of complaining and ineffectual bleating from bureaucracydom, residents Matt Lawlor, Adam Rogoff, Chris Kollett, Tim West, and Rob Orthman went down to the corner with shovels last night and got rid of the damned snow, per Keep Roslindale Quirky. Pedestrians of Roslindale Square rejoiced.