FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — The number of police officers patrolling this year’s Boston Marathon will be doubled to over 3,500, one year after two bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260. The enhanced police presence is part of a beefed-up security plan detailed Monday by public safety officials […]
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Woman crushed to death by Boston drawbridge
BOSTON (AP) — A woman walking across a Boston drawbridge was crushed to death Tuesday after an operator raising the bridge for a boat to pass heard her screams and lowered it, accidentally trapping her between the two plates, investigators said. The woman was crossing the bridge around noon when a bridge operator, not aware […]
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Boston’s Callahan Tunnel to shut down until March
BOSTON (AP) — Drivers who use the Callahan Tunnel to get to Logan International Airport and East Boston will need to find a new route for the next several months. The 52-year-old Boston Harbor tunnel is slated to close at 11 p.m. on Friday for the first phase of a $35 million rehabilitation project. The […]
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Remembering the moment — 50 years ago — when they heard the news
LEWISTON — When the news broke on the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963, that an assassin had killed President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Carol Hanscombe, Bruce Geoffroy and Barb MacGregor were sitting in school classrooms. W. Wightman Reilly was playing football on that Friday. Rachel Duquette was playing with her dolls. All said the moment […]
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Whitey Bulger gets life for racketeering, killings
BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for his murderous reign in the 1970s and ’80s, bringing to a close a case that exposed FBI corruption so deep that many people across the city thought he would never be brought to justice. Bulger, 84, was […]
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Jean Gowen Walden
1935 – 2013 GREENWOOD, Ind. — Jean Gowen Walden, 78, of Greenwood, Ind., transitioned to her eternal home Saturday, Nov. 9, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Springvale on April 24, 1935, the daughter of Fred G. Sr. and Glenna Hobbs Gowen. Jean graduated from Sanford High School and attended Gordon […]
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In the Crease: Back to normal on Boylston Street
BOSTON — The air was festive; the people, jovial. Legions of revelers lined the sidewalks, filled the doorways and huddled in empty lots and parks, intent on celebrating a sporting event that had united an already tightly knit city. Some stepped on or bumped into one another unintentionally while attempting to procure the best possible […]
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Red Sox parade starts 10 a.m. Saturday at Fenway Park
BOSTON — Another Boston championship, another duck boat parade. Mayor Thomas Menino and team officials have announced plans for a celebration on Saturday of the Red Sox’ World Series championship. Players will climb aboard the amphibious duck boats at Fenway Park at 10 a.m. The so-called “rolling rally” will travel down Boylston Street and will […]
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Obama blames ‘bad apple’ insurers for canceled coverage
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that “bad apple” insurance companies, not his signature healthcare law, are to blame for hundreds of thousands of people losing their coverage in the past few weeks. As administration officials scrambled to fix technical problems on an online insurance marketplace that is central to the success of the Affordable […]
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RSU 10 board OKs contract to use Hosmer Field complex
BUCKFIELD — The RSU 10 board Monday night overwhelmingly approved a new, three-year interlocal agreement with Rumford for use of the Hosmer Field complex. The first year’s cost is $21,500, the second, $23,000; the third, $24,500. The contract began July 1 and ends on June 30, 2016. RSU 10 transportation and building and grounds director […]