South Boston a sea of green for St. Patrick's Day parade
Emerald-clad spectators clogged the sidewalks and streets of South Boston Sunday, excited to see a return to the city’s traditional 3-mile long St. Patrick’s Day parade, a year after the event was hampered by historic snowfall.“The Irish are such a big part of the Boston tradition,” said Eric Peterson, 36, who clicked cellphone photos before the parade began at 1 p.m. outside the Broadway MBTA station. “I just love being here.” Advertisement Boston firefighters and police officers hoisting f..>> view originalThe best, worst jokes of the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Breakfast
Fortunately, these people have pretty good day jobs. Massachusetts’ top elected officials tried out their best comedy routines Sunday to take digs at rivals (and each other) at the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast. The event was hosted by state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, who started off with a dig at Boston Mayor Marty Walsh over the city’s recent attempts to shorten the St. Patrick’s Day parade route. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below “Mayor Walsh was trying to get the br..>> view originalBoston schools closed Monday due to snow
Your city. Your stories. Your Globe. Yours FREE for two weeks. Enjoy free unlimited access to Globe.com for the next two weeks. Limited time only - No credit card required! BostonGlobe.com complimentary digital access has been provided to you, without a subscription, for free starting today and ending in 14 days. After the free trial period, your free BostonGlobe.com digital access will stop immediately unless you sign up for BostonGlobe.com digital subscription. Current print and digital su..>> view originalNot much to show for Bruins' strong effort in LA
LOS ANGELES — The Bruins started slowly last night against the big and talented Kings, but then played as though their season was on the line.In the final 40 minutes at the Staples Center, the B’s widely outplayed the vaunted Kings but former UMass goaltender Jonathan Quick was outstanding, turning aside a bundle of excellent scoring chances and stealing a 2-1 victory in which the B’s deserved a better fate.“I wasn’t happy with our first period,” said Bruins coach Claude Julien. “As much as it w..>> view originalPossible hate crime probed
Boston police are investigating a possible hate crime after a Molotov cocktail-like device was hurled through the window into the living room of a South Boston home.“We didn’t notice anything was awry until this morning,” said the resident of the home, who the Herald is not identifying because she is the victim of a crime.The woman said her fiancee’s parents, in town to go wedding-dress shopping with their daughter, first noticed the broken window when they arrived at the house.“We started clean..>> view originalBC hockey loses in NCAA women's final
DURHAM, N.H. — Despite a stellar senior cast, the Boston College hockey team found itself stymied in its quest for college hockey's biggest prize.Falling behind just 13 seconds into the game, the Eagles (40-1-0) couldn't find a way to come back against defensive-minded Minnesota (35-4), losing 3-1 in the NCAA championship game at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center. The title is the Gophers' fourth in five years.Minnesota once again proved BC's nemesis. The Gophers beat the Eagl..>> view originalStorm tonight to bring 4 to 7 inches of snow in Greater Boston
A spring storm is expected to hit Greater Boston around Sunday night shortly before midnight leaving 4 to 7 inches of heavy wet snow by Monday morning, along with a messy commute according to the National Weather Service and city officials.The storm prompted the closure of Boston Public Schools Monday, according to city officials. Advertisement The weather for Sunday’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade was sunny but chilly with temperatures in the upper 30s and windchill in the 20s, according ..>> view originalPride and pressure at prestigious Boston Latin
Lynn Bashir and Miren Parkinson hunch over an empty notebook in Boston Latin School’s massive library, laboring to devise a compelling argument for a humanities assignment.It’s a tough project, and Bashir is helping her friend. Advertisement Bashir is black and lives in Roslindale. Parkinson is white and from Dorchester. They, along with a friend who is Cuban and Salvadoran, are part of a cultural mosaic in a historic school scarred by recent episodes of racism.Latin — the nation’s oldest pu..>> view originalGOP leaders roll out 100-day strategy to derail Trump
Republican leaders adamantly opposed to Donald Trump’s candidacy are preparing a 100-day campaign to deny him the presidential nomination, starting with an aggressive battle in Wisconsin’s April 5 primary and extending into the summer, with a delegate-by-delegate lobbying effort that would cast Trump as a calamitous choice for the general election. Recognizing that Trump has seized a formidable advantage, they say that an effort to block him would rely on an array of desperation measures, the p..>> view originalWinter storm warning in effect tonight
Forecasters expect a spring storm to dump as much as 10 inches of snow on the region beginning Sunday night and into the start of the Monday morning commute.A winter storm warning for Rhode Island and parts of Massachusetts will be in effect from 7 p.m. Sunday through 11 a.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Advertisement Forecasters expect between 5 and 10 inches of heavy, wet snow to fall across the region, with the heaviest snowfall southeast of Boston, the agency pred..>> view original
Sunday, March 20, 2016
South Boston a sea of green for St. Patrick's Day parade and other top stories.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment