Photo of a typo-ridden shirt on sale at Target by @ClaireInBoston, used with permission
Neighborhood Life

Target Tosses ‘Jamaca Plain’ T-shirts

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Mega-retailer Target is withdrawing Boston T-shirts because the items feature misspellings such as "Jamaca Plain" and "Southy." A shopper at the chain's new Central Square store spotted the errors on Monday. Seen at the new central sq target...@maureencaught pic.twitter.com/noUCpat7im— Claire (@ClaireInBos) March 13, 2017

That's Central Square, Cambridge of course - not the mythical "Central" neighborhood that looks to us like Downtown. A representative of Minneapolis-based Target apologized for the error and said the shirts will be taken out of retail circulation, the Globe reported. According to a search of the Target web site on Wednesday, the offending clothes had already been removed.

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Anthony Stamp and his 13-year-old dog, Precious, pause for a photo at Ferris Wheels Bike Shop on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014.
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Meet Precious, the Yoga Dog

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Each weekday we post a random image from around the neighborhood. This is JP resident Anthony Stamp and his 13-year-old dog, Precious. You might've seen her perched on Anthony's shoulder as he makes his way around the neighborhood. "She's great for yoga," says Anthony, as he moves into a standing yoga position with one foot off the floor and his right arm extended. That shirt with the "02130" in Eastern script is from JP Centre Yoga, by the way.

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