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Ruben Sanchez, a 19-year-old from Hyde Park, was indicted in the September 20 murder of Paula Castillo, a pregnant woman who was celebrating her 18th birthday.

Episcopal clergy in Eastern Massachusetts have gotten the okay from their bishop not only to bless, but also to sign off on, same-sex marriages.

Award-winning court and crime reporter Laurel J. Sweet has been featured in the ABC miniseries "Boston 24/7" and the 9-11 documentary motion picture "Looking For My Brother." A respected Back Bay research physician will be arraigned in Alaska today on charges he journeyed to the frontier state to join a sex ring with a demented dad and the father's ...

South Africa's rich history, international legacy, and role as the host of next year's FIFA Soccer World Cup are celebrated at "An Evening of Art & Culture With World Cup Boston 2010 .

The lobby of the Ames houses "Mirror Cloud", a fragmented chandelier created for the hotel by London based artists Sophie Nielsen and Rolf Knudsen of Studio Roso.

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Firefighters stopped to change their oxygen tanks during Thursday's fire on Warren Avenue in Brockton.

So, your blood lust wasn't satiated with the latest "New Moon" flick from the "Twilight" franchise and can't get enough "Vampire Diaries" and "True Blood" on TV? Here's something you can sink your teeth into: There's a new vamp TV pilot slotted to begin filming in Boston early next year based on regional writer Jon F. Merz's Lawson Vampire novels ...

The following is an excerpt from Scott Van Voorhis's article in the Banker & Tradesman: The last thing downtown Boston needs is another ugly hole in the ground.

Will the fire in Mrs. Prothero's kitchen burn the house down? Will the Christmas tree fit into the house without a hole cut in the roof? And who sent young Dylan that mysterious package? Does this sound like your neighborhood? It's Swansea, Wales, in 1923, and the story is "A Child's Christmas in Wales '' presented by Boston Playwrights' Theatre ...

The Aquarium features all kinds of different animals, live penguins exhibits and sea creatures.

What: The US Airline Pilots Association , representing the pilots of US Airways, will begin picketing tomorrow to protest against US Airways' announced closure of its Boston crew base.

Tom Cruise posted a message on his official blog, thanking the people of Boston for the filming of his new movie.

In keeping with a popular local tradition, the City of Boston is offering two hours of free metered parking at each of the citya s parking meters on Friday, November 27, and on five consecutive Saturdays beginning on November 28 and running through the end of the day on December 26, 2009.

A home was destroyed by fire and one person was rushed to the hospital early this morning in Sandwich.

The student body president at the University of Massachusetts at Boston was arrested and charged as an alleged repeat drug dealer last week after the Boston police Drug Control Unit raided his Dorchester apartment.

Retail stores: Certain smaller stores open at owner's discretion; inquire directly.

At about 1:30pm, on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, members of the Boston Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit located and arrested shooting suspect, Sterling Fusi, 23, of Boston .

Street food vendors haven't quite caught on in Boston as they have in their northeastern contemporaries New York and Philadelphia but many entrepreneurs are attempting to change that image.

Some people enjoy gourmet food once in a while. Gourmet food is considered a delicacy and can be quite expensive.

Tomorrow evening, volunteers from the Boston Violence Intervention and Prevention program will try to knock on 400 doors near the John Marshall School to talk to residents about last week's shooting in the school gym .

Adrian Douglas, 32, was arrested for operating without a license, operating an uninsured/unregistered motor vehicle, failure to stop for a police officer.

State and city leaders today will unveil a blueprint for dramatically expanding the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, part of an effort to make the city one of the nation's premier meeting destinations and spur private investment on the South Boston Waterfront, two officials briefed on the matter said.

A union official is sharply criticizing the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority's plans to expand the already-massive Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in South Boston, the Boston Herald reports.

British doctor 'travelled to Alaska for child sex after grooming six-year-old boy in internet chatroom' By Annette Witheridge and Ryan Kisiel Last updated at 9:41 AM on 24th November 2009 A British research doctor working for a pharmaceutical company has been arrested in Alaska in an internet sex sting.

The Boston Latino International Film Festival starts this Friday and the opening ceremony is a free event.

The City Council tomorrow considers a proposal by Council President Michael Ross to designate Huntington Avenue between Longwood and Ruggles as Lt.

The Mary Baker Eddy Library is celebrating the holiday season this year with "Caring for Christmas - a Nineteenth-Century American Story." This original musical and dramatic review will explore the evolution of Christmas as a holiday from pre-nineteenth century forward.

Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, an 11-year-old Springfield, Mass., student hanged himself last April after classmates harassed him because they thought he was gay.

The 58-year-old restaurant chain that takes credit for inventing the roast beef sandwich plans to revamp the former Marty's Liquor store in Allston into its first Hub location.

Did District E7 just make UH news for something other than a stabbing or "head punching"? Progress! Speaking of which, why By Alex Howell Wed, 11/18/2009 - 5:56pm Speaking of which, why doesn't UH cover other police districts with the same intensity as they do E-7? There definitely is news concerning Dorchester, but you never see anything about ...

Four minutes may not seem like a long time, unless you're a homeowner watching flames engulf your house.

Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley is honoring two people for their service in the region's black Roman Catholic community.

Salvation Army officials are expecting a record turnout when they distribute 1,200 Thanksgiving food baskets.

We all know getting around Boston isn't easy. Whether it's the confusing signs, a one way street, and lack of a grid system, it's tough to navigate.

District A-7 reports a man entering his Princeton Street apartment Wednesday night was robbed at gunpoint.

A 17-year old from Methuen was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after running over a 12-year old in Lowell on Wednesday.

The Massachusetts Port Authority board has voted to transfer the Tobin Bridge to the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

Police have found the car they believe struck and critically injured a 12-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident on Wednesday afternoon.

WILMINGTON, Mass. To make the holidays a little brighter for children whose families are being helped by domestic violence agencies, Verizon Wireless is conducting its 'Kids In Need' Holiday Drive for the ninth consecutive year at its Communications Stores throughout New England.

The Boston Police Department is investigating a shooting incident which occurred last evening in the gymnasium of the John Marshall School in Dorchester.

A shooting that Boston police called gang-related inside of a Dorchester elementary school has brought massive police and streetworker patrols to the neighborhood.

This morning the Boston Police Fugitive and Apprehension Unit arrested a shooting suspect, who is responsible for a recent shooting incident in Dorchester which took place on November 2, 2009.

Teachers and staff members gathered in the lobby for breakfast with the headmaster at English High School in September 2007.

"If you move into our city, respect our city," said Councilman Sal LaMattina, who represents Charlestown and sponsored the measure stating that the council "relentlessly defends" the Constitution's "patriotic rituals." LaMattina said it was "sad" that the issue, which he noted has pitted old-time "townies" versus newcomers to Charlestown's ...

Three different banks were robbed all within hours of each other in Boston Wednesday and police are investigating as to whether or not the crimes are related.

Boston Police say a 22-year-old man shot inside the John Marshall Elementary School gym last night "is well known to law enforcement" and that he attempted to flee the scene rather than wait for help.

Former Bennigan's restaurant in Transportation Building being converted into Boston's first Vapiano.

The body of a Pickering Wharf shop owner who often fished along the waterfront was found floating in the harbor early yesterday morning.

A shooting inside a school gymnasium in Dorchester has left one person hurt. Gunfire erupted in the John Marshall School gymnasium after school hours Tuesday afternoon.

One might think setting your own lyrics to a piano sonata by Ludwig Van Beethoven almost sacrilegious.

Tonight at 8, Radio Boston will be hosting a live recording of our weekly program.

Multiple Listing Service records show that a purchaser has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum for Jacobson's three-bedroom Trinity Place unit.

From : Sebouh Z Tashjian Date : Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:29 +0400 MAESTRO MICHEL LEGRAND CONCERT AT BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL AZG DAILY 11-11-2009 Culture Legendary French-Armenian composer, virtuoso pianist and multiple Oscar winner Michel Legrand will be playing a rare Boston engagement at Symphony Hall in Boston on Wednesday, November 18, at 8:00 pm.

When members of the Peabody School Committee met last week to consider merging that city's vocational school with two regional technical schools, one of the most pressing concerns was whether all current teachers would be guaranteed jobs with the new entity.

Revere police say the two aged 17 and 14, used a gun to hold up a Domino's delivery man and steal his car Friday night.

Cambridge police gave state Sen. Anthony Galluccio a ride home because they were worried he was too drunk to drive about 13 hours before Galluccio was involved in a hit-and-run accident last month.

A four-month-old girl is being treated at New England Medical Center in Boston this morning after she was assaulted by her teenage father, according to the District Attorney's office.

Acia and Sophia Johnson died in South Boston house fire in April, 2008, law enforcement officials allege resulted from a spat between their mother and her girlfriend.

Mario Rodas of Chelsea, shown in this Nov. 2, 2009 photo, poses at one of the gates to Harvard Yard at Harvard University.

Daniel Faneuf had two shows behind him , two drinks in him and at least two inches on the man who police say tried to mug him on Friday morning, so he decided to improvise.

Part drag show, part punk rock musical, all cabaret: Hedwig and the Angry Inch is, above all, a meditation on the fondest hope love offers: finding one's other half.

"I read about it in the papers, and I was very surprised," Brian Caffyn said from Hong Kong, where he is now building wind-energy farms in China and the Philipines.

The new state Department of Transportation is trying to encourage computer programmers to develop rider-friendly applications by giving them real-time data about bus locations.

I am always amazed when the police in any town or city in eastern Massachusetts cite a pedestrian for jaywalking or crossing illegally, an automobile driver for opening a door into traffic, or a bicyclist for failure to stop for a stop sign or red traffic light.

Featuring Melinda Doolittle from a oeAmerican Idola and R&B sensation Brian McKnight The City of Bostona s Official Tree Lighting hosted by Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, title sponsor Nova Scotia Come to life, and media sponsors WCVB-TV Channel 5 and MAGIC 106.7 FM comes to Boston Common on Thursday, December ...

A Boston man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with bank robbery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Blame it on the economy, a love of fine craftsmanship, an appreciation of beautiful detail or nostalgia for an earlier, more genteel era.

Gregory A. Phillips, 24, was stabbed once in the heart while he and a group of friends argued, first verbally and then physically.

Crews with the Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz spy flick " Knight & Day ," formerly known as "Wichita," are setting up shop outside of the Boston Public Library for a shoot slotted for Tuesday, Nov.

One man was hurt after a scaffolding collapse at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Safety officials said the accident at about 10:10 a.m. Thursday happened as workers were dismantling a crane, and one side of the scaffolding they were on suddenly tilted down.

At about 11:00am, on Thursday, November 12, 2009, officers from Area B-2 responded to a radio call for a body found in the area of 69 Clifford Street in Roxbury.

The Boston Licensing Board tackles the question Thursday when it decides what to do about neighborhood complaints about the bar at 5 North Square.

Gerald M. Hill, who was paroled two months ago, is being held on $1 million bail after he and an unidentified accomplice allegedly stole more than $21,000 from the Boston Cab Co.

A female pedestrian was struck by a Boston city vehicle in Downtown Crossing on Wednesday.

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The huge Halloween crowds last weekend included a record 9,000 train passengers who purchased commuter rail tickets to Salem.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 7:04 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ron Sanders BELMONT 1 of 4 Dr. Astrid Desrosiers returned home from the hospital on November 9. WBZ 2 of 4 Claude Desrosiers.

Share + Nov 10, 2009 1:05 pm US/Eastern BOSTON One of the men charged with robbing a Boston cab dispatch center this week was just released from jail after spending most of his adult life in prison.

At about 9:55am, on Monday, November 9, 2009, officers from Area D-4 responded to a radio call for a person with a gun at Boston Cab Dispatch located at 60 Kilmarnock Street.

Boston city councilor is fired up over attempts by high-end condo owners to muzzle Old Ironsides' twice-daily cannon blasts, calling their complaints of excessive noise "absolutely ridiculous" and vowing to push for a city resolution to support the time-honored tradition.

A giant iPod touch billboard in Boston that found itself at the center of a political controversy has been removed without explanation.

Dollars to doughnuts, Robert H. Rines will be mainly remembered not for holding more than 800 patents, starting a law school or writing music for the stage but for his dogged pursuit of the Loch Ness monster.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be in the hospital for at least four days following knee surgery after a fall at his son's Hyde Park home Sunday night.

An argument that began at the Kells early Sunday morning spilled onto Brighton Avenue, quickly became physical and ended with the stabbing death of Gregory Phillips, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 12:50 pm US/Eastern Boston police say a man was pistol-whipped in an cab dispatcher's office Monday morning and robbed of a "substantial amount of money." Investigators say two armed men were involved in the attack at the Boston Cab Association on Kilmarnock Street in the Fenway just before 10 a.m. The men ran out and the ...

A 24-year-old man was stabbed and killed in the area of Brighton and Harvard Avenue in Allston early Sunday.

Boston Police report a lit Molotov cocktail fizzled when it was thrown into Dorchester District Court around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Thanks to Bloggery Readers Ina and Kaitlin for the heads up, sadly I didn't get your emails in time to head over to Harvard Square this weekend to see the filming of Friday Night Lights.

On Sunday, November 8, 2009, at approximately 2:16am, a Boston Police Officer, assigned out of Area D-14 , was patrolling in the area of Brighton Avenue at Harvard Avenue when his attention was drawn to several people in the area.

George H. W. Bush was elected President on this day in 1988. Today is Sunday, Nov.

MassVOTE confirms one measure of the interest in this year's election in Boston: the highest turnout in a city election since 1993, when Thomas Menino won his first term as mayor.

Tickets can be purchased at SALMAGUNDI 765 Centre St., Jamaica Plain 617-522-5047 Hempest 207 Newbury St., Boston 617-421-9944 Admission will be $25 at the door b4 12AM and more after.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2009. There are 53 days left in the year.

From the T web page: Green E Line is being diverted at Brigham Circle due to a road paving project on Washington St.

Menino worked for Hillary Clinton. "I think it's been a great race, strong candidacies, and [am] looking forward to the outcome," Patrick told reporters.

John Keith reports the Upton Street agreement means the Inn will only turn two of the three buildings it owns there into housing for previously homeless people and sell of the third building at market rates.

Boston Police report three men wound up in the back seat of cruisers on gun-related charges after they broke simple traffic laws.

Police are issuing a warning to women about danger lurking in the dark in South Boston.

Boston's theater district is now home to the city's first W Hotel , which opened on October 29.

Boston development team has proposed a 25-story residential tower in the city's Fort Point Channel neighborhood.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 7:19 pm US/Central BOSTON It's a scary time to be a recent college graduate.

Federal agents descended on a small community on the Navajo Indian reservation early Thursday to make an arrest in the slaying of a nun whose body was found in her home on church property.

Boston police today released a photograph of a man who matches the description of an assailant accused of mugging three women in South Boston in the last two weeks.

The attack took place about 7:30 p.m. outside on Province Street, after a woman came down to get her car.

Now it is Ed Kelly, president of Boston Firefighters Local 718, who could see his position on the line.

Think of Election Day as a tale of two politicians. One, the President, who was flying high, but is now falling back to earth.

Mayoral candidate Michael F. Flaherty Jr. chatted with Sam Yoon and Kevin McCrea yesterday in Downtown Crossing.

Residents say that if you jam a leaf blower in the earth virtually anywhere in Allston, furry bottom feeders will be blown out of every crack and hole in sight and rain down like unsavory screeching meatballs.

This year's race for mayor will go down in the history books as the most expensive on record: The candidates have spent more than $94,000. According to finance reports filed with the city clerk's office this week, challenger Richard J. Alcombright has raised $54,587.26 and spent $44,701.78. Mayor John Barrett III, who began the campaign season with ...

Tonight, Mayor Thomas Menino was reelected to a historic fifth term, which, if served, will make him the longest serving mayor in Boston history.

Seven people, including three police officers rushing in to rescue residents, have been injured in a two-alarm house fire in Lynn.

A parking valet who armed himself with an umbrella was credited today with helping save a grandmother as she was being attacked in downtown Boston by a knife-wielding career criminal intent on being sent back to prison where he has spent half his life.

The police have since cleared the site, but the suspect is still at large. "They should make sure I have a safe place to vote," said Katherine Crawford, who came to vote at the John Marshall Elementary School on Westville Street.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 11:19 am US/Eastern A valet is being credited for helping fight off a homeless man who allegedly attacked a woman, stole her purse and tried to get away in her car.

A nun has been found dead in her residence at a church in a small community on the Navajo Indian reservation near the Arizona-New Mexico border, the FBI said Monday.

Nearly two dozen incumbent mayors are facing challenges on Election Day in Massachusetts.

Already Boston's longest-serving mayor, Thomas Menino is facing perhaps his strongest challenge yet as he seeks an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term.

Robert H. Rines, a lawyer, composer, inventor and physicist whose discoveries led to sharper resolution in radar, sonar and ultrasound imaging and who claimed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster, has died.

A "Level 3" sex offender was arrested at Massachusetts General Hospital Sunday and charged with trespassing and other offenses Monday.

Business Wire November 2, 2009 Monday 3:00 PM GMT 1254 words W Hotels Worldwide Opens Its Ninth Hotel in 2009 with the Unveiling of W Boston BOSTON W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, today unveils its latest insider escape with the opening of W Boston and The Residences at W Boston , the W brand's 35thhotel ...

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:09 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:09 a.m. It may be an off year for elections, but there are still a lot of races on Tuesday.

Boston's mayoral election tomorrow has attracted little national attention, even if it is the toughest election fight Mayor Thomas M. Menino has faced in 16 years.

IN THE BOSTON SEAPORT AREA , thereA are some shining examples of how the Seaport District is turning into the next hot spot.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined W Hotel officials and members of the Chinatown and Theater District communities to celebrate the opening of the hotel and residences, marking the occasion of the first major commercial development project to benefit from the City's Boston Invests in Growth initiative and the world-wide chain's first hotel in New ...

Peterson, formerly a partner at DLA Piper, has over two decades of experience planning and managing complex real estate transactions, environmental, permitting and land use projects and legislative engagements for a broad variety of businesses.