Globe photos of the week, March 22, 2013 (Photo 4 of 12) - Pictures

BOSTON, MA. 03/ 19 /13: THE LAST STRAW....Olivia Kelly ( cq) shovels out her stuck car with a window scrapper ( had no shovel ) on Commonwealth Avenue to keep her MUST dentist appointment. ANOTHER STORM hits the Boston area just before Spring is to start. ( David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 20snowphoto

Trying to get to a dentist appointment on March 19, Olivia Kelly dug her car out of the snow on Commonwealth Avenue with a window scraper because she had no shovel.

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BOSTON, MA. 03/ 19 /13: READY FOR SPRING...keep off the lawn at the Boston Public Garden. ANOTHER STORM hits the Boston area just before Spring is to start. ( David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 20snowphoto

The sign was visible but not the lawn in Boston’s Public Garden after another snowstorm hit on the day before spring arrived.

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Boston -03/19/13 Old man winter wouldn't leave even as the first day of spring begins on Wednesday(3/20/) morning. A man leaps over a huge puddle on the corner of Clarendon Street and St. James Ave. in the Back Bay. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki metro)

A man leaped over a huge puddle on the corner of Clarendon Street and St. James Avenue in the Back Bay on March 19.

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South Boston, MA - 3/17/2013 - The Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick marched down East Broadway carrying an Irish flag, American flag, POW flag and a flag for their organization. The Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade makes its way through South Boston, MA on Sunday, March 17, 2013. The parade was followed by the Veterans for Peace parade. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) Slug: 18parade Reporter: n/a LOID: 5.1.1279310985

The Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick marched down East Broadway carrying an Irish flag, American flag, POW flag, and a flag for their organization. The Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade made its way through South Boston on March 17. The parade was followed by the Veterans for Peace parade.

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South Boston, MA - 3/17/2013 - Frederick Creager (cq), of the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 dressed as a tin man gives high fives to people along East Broadway. The Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade makes its way through South Boston, MA on Sunday, March 17, 2013. The parade was followed by the Veterans for Peace parade. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) Slug: 18parade Reporter: n/a LOID: 5.1.1279310985

Frederick Creager, of the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, dressed as a tin man, gave high-fives to people along East Broadway during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.

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Boston, MA - 03/19/13 - Boston Ballet rehearsal of The Sleeping Beauty to accompany Jeffrey Gantz's feature story. Princess Aurora is carried by three princes, her suitors. Misa Kuranaga, Bo Busby (red t-shirt), Artjom Maksakov (black shirt), Alejandro Virelles (tank top) - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Lifestyle, Reporter: Jeffrey Gantz, Topic: 22beauty, LOID: 5.1.1308217845.

As Princess Aurora, Misa Kuranaga was carried by three princes, from left, Alejandro Virelles, Artjom Maksakov, and Bo Busby, during a Boston Ballet rehearsal of “The Sleeping Beauty.”

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BOSTON, MA. 03/ 18 /13:RED NOSED.... 4th grader Evie Kittredge ( her sister also had a nose photo ) from the Warren Prescott school LOTS OF RED COLD NOSES this morning with Boston having a low in the 20's degrees for these Boston School children at Boston City Hall Plaza on board vehicles from Boston Duck Tours who got some clown noses from the Big Apple Circus which opens next week. ( David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC stand alone photo

Evie Kittredge, a fourth-grader at the Warren Prescott school, got a clown nose from the Big Apple Circus, which opened at City Hall Plaza.

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Brighton, MA 031513 At Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton, student Shifaia Gelato (cq), 7, and Patrolman Paul Caraher (cq) played the drums during a visit by the Boston Police Gaelic Column Pipes & Drums in honor of St. Patrick's Day, Friday, March 15 2013. (Staff Photo/Wendy Maeda) section: Metro slug: 16bagpipers reporter: In-Cap

At Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton, student Shifaia Gelato, 7, and Patrolman Paul Caraher played the drums during a visit by the Boston Police Gaelic Column Pipes & Drums in honor of St. Patrick's Day on March 15.

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3/18/13: Boston, MA: A referee (as well as numerousd fans) signal that a second quarter three pointer by Celtics captain Paul Pierce (34) is good, and the shot put Boston ahead 52-38. The Boston Celtics hosted the Miami Heat in a regular season NBA basketball game at the TD Garden. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) section:sports topic:Heat-Celtics

A referee (and numerous fans) signaled that a second quarter three-pointer by Celtics captain Paul Pierce was good as the Celtics hosted the Miami Heat at the TD Garden.

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3/18/13: Boston, MA: Miami's Chris Bosh (1) and the Celtics Brandon Bass (30) get tangled up under the basket, second quarter action. The Boston Celtics hosted the Miami Heat in a regular season NBA basketball game at the TD Garden. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) section:sports topic:Heat-Celtics

Miami's Chris Bosh (1) and the Celtics’ Brandon Bass (30) got tangled up under the basket during the game at the TD Garden.

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Boston -03/16/13 Boston Bruins vs the Washington Capitals- Bruins goalie Anton Khudobin makes a great 2nd period save on a close shot by the Capitals. - Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (sports)

Bruins goalie Anton Khudobin made a great second period save on a close shot by the Washington Capitals.

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Boston -03/16/13 Boston Bruins vs the Washington Capitals- Bruins Brad Marchand gets a thumb in the eye during a 2nd period fight with Capitals Mike Ribeiro. Both got 5-minute fighting penalties. - Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (sports)

Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand got a thumb in the eye during a second period fight with the Capitals’ Mike Ribeiro (9). Both got five-minute fighting penalties.

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