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The garden and fountain in the middle of Medford, which honors the four victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, have remained inactive for the past few years.

More people entered a Green Line station through a fare gate on Marathon Monday than any single day since before the pandemic, the MBTA said Thursday, which touted the crowded stations as a “milestone” moment for the transit agency.

Joined by state and city officials, local unions closed off Boylston Street for more than an hour in the middle of the lunch-time rush on Monday, to protest construction efforts at 581 Boylston Street, or the Wesleyan Building.

Spencer, the golden retriever affectionately known as the Boston Marathon dog, is now remembered along the race route in Ashland, close to where he and his owner Rich Powers, of Holliston, stood and cheered on runners over the years.