Caring for Mr. Butch: 'We consider him ours'

If you spent any time in Kenmore Square from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, you remember Mr. Butch. Back then, the skinny homeless guy with dreadlocks was a constant presence, an articulate, urban pirate with a knack for befriending college students and musicians who dubbed him ''Mayor of Kenmore Square." (Full article: 999 words)

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