Winter apparently didn't forget Boston
With spring flowers starting to bloom, frigid weather is putting a deep freeze on the state this weekend with high winds intensifying the cold.Arctic winds swept across New England Saturday, bringing with them weather in the single digits and teens. Advertisement The high temperature in Boston Saturday was 21 degrees, tying the record previously set in 1896.In Worcester, the high temperature was 18 degrees, beating the 1943 record for coldest daily high temperature by 1 degree, the National..>> view originalTom Brady's roots run deep into 19th-century Boston
His native land withered by famine, his countrymen dying by the hundreds of thousands, John Brady fled Ireland in the mid-19th century and found work as a laborer in Boston. Soon, he married Bridget Bailey, herself a refugee of Ireland’s Great Famine, and at age 22 they began raising a family.Little did John and Bridget Brady know, as they coped with the hardships of their new lives in a new land, that their marriage one day would help make possible the birth of one of New England’s most revere..>> view original'We can't let this happen. America is better than that.'
Supporters of Planned Parenthood vowed Saturday to fight to keep federal funding for the group’s health centers during a rally that drew hundreds of people to Boston Common.Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said funding cuts to Planned Parenthood clinics would deprive more than 30,000 women and men statewide of health care services like cancer screenings, birth control, and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. Advertisement The organization said it staged the demonstration after a draft R..>> view originalTrump says Obama ordered wiretap, but offers no evidence
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of tapping his phones at Trump Tower the month before the election, taking to Twitter to call his predecessor a “bad (or sick) guy.”Without offering any evidence or providing the source of his information, Trump fired off a series of Twitter messages contending that Obama “had my ‘wires tapped.” He likened the supposed tapping to “Nixon/Watergate” and “McCarthyism.” Advertisement A spokesman for the ..>> view originalSomerville celebrates Fluff
Somerville, the birthplace of Fluff, is celebrating the sweet creation’s 100th anniversary this year, prompting farmers-market vendors to pack their stalls with homages to it — including Fluff ice cream and a berry, chocolate and Fluff-filled pierogies.At the market yesterday, Worcester’s BirchTree Bread Company brought pints of its homemade marshmallow spread for sale — and the company was doling out discounts to people wearing Fluff T-shirts or saying, “Archibald Query sent me,” in reference ..>> view originalAttack on speaker stuns Middlebury College
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Students and professors at Middlebury College were ashamed and embarrassed after an explosive protest Thursday night that has forced the school to reconsider what it means to embrace free speech. The normally peaceful campus of Middlebury College, with its mountain backdrop and elite reputation, was shaken last week after violent student protesters shut down a talk by controversial conservative social scientist Charles Murray and injured a Middlebury professor who was with him..>> view originalMother, 4 children killed in western Mass. house fire
WARWICK — A wood stove in a kitchen had caught fire in a two-story house, but the initial word was that everyone had safely escaped. That was the information volunteer firefighters in this small town 30 miles north of Amherst got when their pagers went off Saturday at 12:45 a.m. alerting them to a fire at 405 Richmond Road, a partially unpaved street in a wooded area, officials said. Advertisement But as fire crews arrived at the remote spot six to eight minutes later, they encountered a de..>> view originalCeltics' five-man defensive unit is menacing
Silverman: Hot Red Sox prospect Jason Groome can walk the talk
At the tender age of 18, Jason Groome has already reached a conclusion that bodes well for him and the Red Sox.Nobody and nothing will stop him from realizing his dream of having a Hall of Fame career. He has gotten this far in 18 years.He’s not going to let the next 18 go to waste.It’s more than his low- to mid-90s fastball and knee-buckling curveball, each of which he feels he has “pretty much mastered,” and a silky smooth delivery that his 6-foot-5 frame carries off almost effortlessly i..>> view originalDrew Stafford impresses in Boston Bruins' win over Devils
Drew Stafford made quite the first impression in his debut with the Boston Bruins Saturday night, recording seven shots on goal, posting four hits and tallying an assist in Boston's 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils at TD Garden. Stafford's helper stood as the primary assist on Boston's go-ahead goal in the third period, as Ryan Spooner notched his 11th tally of the season at 8:18 in the final frame to seal the Bruins' victory. Torey Krug and Brandon Carlo also scored for the Bruins, while An..>> view original
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