Anguish in wake of boy's death at Boston beach
A desperate search from air, land, and water for a 7-year-old boy who went missing at a city-run day camp in South Boston came to a horrifying conclusion Tuesday night when his body was found in the water off Carson Beach, police said.Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans told reporters at the scene that the Boston police Harbor Unit, along with Quincy police, found the body of Kyzr Willis of Dorchester shortly before 7:10 p.m. The child was located in the water behind the Curley Communit..>> view originalBoston area's heat wave hits day 6
The heat wave is still in full swing. The temperature at Boston’s Logan International Airport reached 94 shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday.It was the sixth day in a row that the temperature had reached 90 or more at the airport. Only three straight days of 90 or more are required to officially declare a heat wave. Advertisement Temperatures are expected to drop quickly Tuesday night, into the upper 50s and low 60s. Some areas could even see temperatures in the mid-50s, the National Weather Servic..>> view originalNotorious Boston mobster-turned-pastor has clues about Gardner ...
MEMPHIS – A notorious Boston mobster who disappeared into the federal witness protection program has resurfaced in Tennessee with a new identity, a new life, and a tantalizing clue involving the world’s largest art heist.In this city on the Mississippi, he’s known as Alonso Esposito, a tall, charismatic man with graying hair and a Boston accent who self-published a paperback about the Bible and volunteers as a pastor at a nondenominational church. Advertisement But in the 1990s, as Mafia cap..>> view originalBoston's LogMeIn will triple in size with Citrix merger
Fast-growing LogMeIn Inc. announced a $1.8 billion merger with a division of Citrix Systems Inc. that will triple its size overnight, creating a Boston software firm with nearly 3,000 employees and more than $1 billion in annual revenue.The deal to merge with Citrix’s GoTo business, unveiled late Tuesday, will significantly advance chief executive Bill Wagner’s ambition to make LogMeIn a leading software company in Boston. Advertisement “We saw this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for ..>> view originalMass. home prices set records in June
A powerful combination of low mortgage rates, high demand, and few choices have pushed home prices in Greater Boston and across the state to record highs.The median sale price of a single-family home in the metro region was $585,000 in June, and for condominiums it was $505,000 — both records for the month, the Greater Boston Association of Realtors said Tuesday. Advertisement Statewide, home prices cracked new levels, as well, hitting $372,000 for a single-family home, breaking a record set..>> view originalFor young dancers and little-seen works, a 'First Look'
Boston Ballet will provide multiple first glimpses in a Saturday performance titled “First Look” — of young dancers in its second company and of relatively unknown works by George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp.New members of Boston Ballet II will perform together for the first time, alongside returning members and some dancers selected from the company’s summer dance program. Advertisement Peter Stark, associate director of Boston Ballet II, describes the dancers as “essentially the apprentices..>> view originalFirefighters battle 4-alarm blaze at Dorchester home
A cigarette was being blamed for a four-alarm blaze that left one firefighter injured and caused $500,000 in damage to a multifamily home in Dorchester on Tuesday, officials said.The firefighter who was injured was taken to a hospital and treated for heat exhaustion, according to the Boston Fire Department’s Twitter account. No additional injuries were reported. Advertisement Investigators determined the fire at the home on Sawyer Avenue was caused by a cigarette, officials said.Firefighters..>> view originalMeet the Mass. native behind Michelle Obama's speeches
Twenty-five years ago, the Wayland native behind Michelle Obama’s emotional Monday night speech at the Democratic National Convention was an eighth grader visiting Washington with her Claypit Hill elementary school classmates.The White House tour overwhelmed her. Advertisement “I just remember being totally blown away and saying to one of my teachers, ‘I want to come back here, I want to be involved in this,’ ” Sarah Hurwitz said in a video interview a few years ago.And Hurwitz, 39, got very..>> view originalWednesday's business agenda
MONETARY POLICY Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meeting continues Wednesday. The Fed, led by chair Janet Yellen, is expected to issue a statement afterward about the strengthened job market, but also acknowledge continued uncertainty about the effects of Britain’s exit from the European Union. EARNINGS REPORTS Stocks to watch today Facebook Inc., Hologic Inc., State Street Corp., and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. are expected to release their earnings reports on..>> view originalOne of the biggest blunders in Boston sports history, the 2024 ...
COMMENTARY One year later, the remnants serve as a dichotomy of a city’s grandest aspiration and its internal battle against half-truths and long-term schemes just under construction. There’s a Boston 2024 t-shirt on eBay for $39.99, along with an Olympic candidate pin for $10. The binders containing reams of information from last summer’s “Bid 2.0” are now buried under a season’s worth of periodicals and scribbled notes on desks across the city. Needham’s Aly Raisman, who, in 2015, joined the..>> view original
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
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