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Newton School Committee cuts some student fees
The Newton School Committee voted unanimously Monday night to eliminate or reduce a slew of student activity fees, saying the steep cost of admission can sometimes prove the difference between a child trying something new and taking a ...
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Sunset Lake a refreshing freshwater swimming destination
Quite often, the answer is just a few minutes away from home in Braintree. The water at Sunset Lake off Franklin Street is cool and clear, but warm enough that young and old alike have no fear of charging right in and making their way to one of the two rafts that lie just ...
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Schuster Seabrook Goal Silences Boston Crowd
Brent Seabrook #7 of the Chicago Blackhawks celebrates with Duncan Keith #2 after scoring the game winning goal against the Boston Bruins in overtime in Game Four of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on June 19, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty ...
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Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins in 11-goal overtime thriller
Bryan Bickell and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks celebrate after Brent Seabrook (not pictured) scores the game winning goal against Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins in overtime in Game Four of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on June 19, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph: Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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Rask finally has rough game Blackhawks tie series
The Bruins goalie, who had been spectacular throughout the postseason, finally lost his touch against some of the NHL’s top scorers as the Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston 6-5 in overtime and tied the Stanley Cup finals 2-2 on Wednesday ...
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Secretary Kerry Do you mean John or Cameron
WASHINGTON - John Kerry is Secretary of State. Cam Kerry is acting Secretary of Commerce. It means that, for the first time in history, there are two brothers serving at the same time in a presidential ...
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Maine governor to stop talking to three newspapers
PORTLAND, Maine - Maine’s blunt-spoken governor does not mince words when opponents dare to cross him but he has saved some of his harshest criticism for newspapers, once telling schoolchildren he is not a fan of newspapers and another time saying that reading one is ‘‘like paying somebody to tell you ...
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For second time in two days a man in Dorchester is shot in a car as a child sleeps
On Tuesday, the male victim, a young girl, and the girl’s mother were in a car parked along Norwell Street about 7 p.m. when a black sport utility vehicle pulled alongside, Boston police ...
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Marjorie Dorson Harvey 91 of Littleton writer and activist had taught at Concord Academy
A freelance writer who often used articles to bring readers along with her on journeys, Marjorie Dorson Harvey wrote her last column for the Littleton Independent about her final trip, a path through the unknown world of ...
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Charlotte Golar Richie to receive endorsement of EMILY’S List in mayor’s race
Boston mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie on Thursday will receive the endorsement of EMILY’S List, a national political organization for women that could provide a much needed fund-raising boost for her fledgling ...
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A lost year at Madison Park high school
The missing textbooks and broken ceilings at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School are bush-league problems, the kind of absurdities that plagued urban schools back when disco did, long before the mayor staked his reputation on education, long before the entire city turned its attention to the achievement gap. But here we are, in 2013, and Madison Park is in the midst of its own ...
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Mass. couple’s 2001 message in a bottle found
REHOBOTH - The couple from Massachusetts had just finished off a bottle of champagne to celebrate their engagement on a Florida beach in August 2001 when they got a crazy ...
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Chicago beats Boston 6-5 in OT to cap crazy roller-coaster Stanley Cup game
Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa (81), of Slovakia, looks for a pass as Boston Bruins right wing Jaromir Jagr (68), of the Czech Republic defends, during the first period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Dempster keeps Sox in it but Breslow pen falter
TB@BOS: Gomes hits second RBI infield single to third BOSTON -- What was Ryan Dempster's reward for a fifth straight quality start on Wednesday night at Fenway Park? A 6-2 loss to the Rays that dropped his misleading record on the season to 4-8. Every year, it seems there is a snake-bitten member of a pitching rotation who doesn't get as many wins as he deserves. At this point of ...
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Tsarnaev’s fireworks source pounds Hub with fliers touting July 4th deals
A New Hampshire fireworks peddler that sold pyrotechnics to the accused Boston Marathon bombers is under fire from local officials for blanketing the Hub with fliers and coupons as part of a July Fourth marketing blitz targeting Massachusetts, despite a statewide ban."Certainly at a minimum it’s pretty insensitive for a city that is still grieving and recovering from the ...
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Icing on cake ’EEI brass back stunt
WEEI-FM’s brass is standing by their hosts despite an X-rated stunt, saying the sports talk station won’t discipline yakkers Mike "Mut" Mutnansky and Lou Merloni for sending a pornographic cake with the words "Welcome to Boston" to a Chicago sports talk station."There will be no discipline," Entercom Boston Vice President Jason Wolfe told the Herald ...
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Accused NU student posts $50000 bail
A man accused of carrying out weekend knife attacks on two women in Mission Hill was declared indigent in Roxbury District Court on Monday and has been appointed public counsel, but is now free after posting a total of $50,000 cash bail, authorities said.Patrick Barry, a 21-year-old Northeastern University student, was arraigned yesterday in West Roxbury District Court for the second of the ...
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Weymouth dad hails conviction of son’s ax murderer
A Weymouth father rejoiced yesterday after a jury convicted the "animal" who killed his son with an ax in 2009, saying the verdict has restored his faith."It was a beautiful day," Robert Phillips, 65, said yesterday, adding that the jury’s verdict came down on what would have been his slain son Jeffrey Phillips’ 35th birthday."I was worried. You never know ...
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Hit-and-run suspect’s wife tipped off investigators
A Fall River man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a Somerset man riding in his electric wheelchair after his wife turned him in, police said.Richard Reis, 35, was arrested yesterday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.James Moore, 65, of Somerset was struck and killed just before midnight Friday by a gray Toyota Avalon as he ...
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Former jury pool member hopes to cash in on lucky number
A purported member of the original jury pool for the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger is trying to make a buck off the experience.A Lynn man who claims on eBay, "I was the very last juror excused from the jury in a historic mob case in Boston," is attempting to auction off his juror number, 126, for 99 cents.There were no takers as of yesterday, but bidding is open until 10 ...
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Family pained by photos
Tommy Donahue folded over, eyes closed, in his front-row seat at James "Whitey" Bulger’s murder trial yesterday, as he, his mother and brothers braced for the crime-scene photos of the day in May 1982 when Bulger allegedly emerged on Northern Avenue with a machine gun and cut down his father, Michael Donahue, and the man he offered a lift to, Bulger’s intended target Brian ...
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Aaron Hernandez under new scrutiny in Fla. shooting
The 27-year-old Dorchester semi-pro linebacker whose homicide sent cops back to the North Attleboro manse of Aaron Hernandez for a second day was "a wonderful child," his grieving mom said - as questions hovered over the Patriots tight end and news broke of a Florida lawsuit accusing him of shooting a friend in the face after a night at a Miami strip joint.The Bristol County District ...
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MBTA pick called off the rails
A lawyer whose firm defends the MBTA in employee discrimination cases has been hired as the T’s acting civil rights chief - a move critics say raises possible conflicts of interest.Joseph L. Edwards Jr., appointed last week as interim director of the agency’s Office of Diversity and Civil Rights, will be paid on a contract basis by the T and MassDOT while also continuing to ...
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Relatives survivors head to witness stand
Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger’s defense team, who lost their bid yesterday to control which death photos are presented to jurors, have what could be a tougher corner to battle out of today, when prosecutors begin putting the first of the murder victims’ long-suffering loved ones on the witness stand.The U.S. attorney’s office did not immediately release the names of ...
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Take this to the bank.....Spurs in six.... So let it be written so let it done. JUN 19
This will be a good series but the team that doesn't freeze in the big moments, you know like in the last five minutes of the game will prevail.LeBron is famous for the choke-A-bron, I don't see that changing in this series, he will have some monster games and will play Houdini in others. That's all the Spurs need to take this championship.The chant heard on national television ...
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Boston Marathon is a multi-faceted event
The Boston Marathon is a serious opportunity for professional marathon runners to prove themselves and for recreational runners to prove to themselves that they can do it. There is also the philanthropic side to the marathon though, with people taking part to make a difference.
Boston is gearing up to once again hold the annual Boston Marathon of 2010. The marathon was first held in 1987, and is a seminal event in the calendar of any serious marathon runner. Athletes from around the world have been training for the big day, and Boston will be visited by 20,000 professional and amateur runners for the event. Read more
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