A doll in a milk crate saves a parking space on a residential street in South Boston last month. (Elise Amendola/AP) Bostonians have another reason to be steamed about this winter of epic snow ...

Josh Swett shoveled out a parking spot in front of his Jamaica Plain residence. He placed a bookcase in the space to save it. When he arrived home from work, the bookcase was missing, and a car ...