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Thursday | Boston Globe

Boston firefighters stage protests at firehouses

The three-year battle between Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the city's firefighters took a dramatic turn today when union firefighters took up positions inside neighborhood firehouses in defiance of City Hall's insistence that their presence there was illegal.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

Boston Herald

Boston fire union refuses to leave closed stations

"It's the people's firehouse. We are volunteering to staff these firehouses to make sure the public gets the protection it deserves," said Boston firefighters union President Ed Kelly, who used a department radio this morning to report that "Volunteer Engine 20 is in service." The Fire Department "browned out" three fire companies this morning: ...

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Boston Herald

The Cheese stands alone

C armen "The Cheeseman" DiNunzio may be walking the plank today, but both he and his prospective in-laws insist he won't be walking down the aisle anytime soon.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Boston Globe

Relief, protest greet opening of mosque in Roxbury

Imam Abdullah Faaruuq and Charles Jacobs argued over the merits of the new mosque in Roxbury after supporters of the mosque presented Jacobs and other protesters with white roses in a gesture of peace.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Boston.com

Veterans get free ride at Suffolk University

The federal government accepted Suffolk University into a new program yesterday that would cover the entire bill for enrolled veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Phoenix

Scup's in the Harbor

Scouting out great cheap restaurants takes me down some strange byways, but I almost never make it to Boston's waterfront.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Boston Herald

Reduced fat a Cheesea to wed

"When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!" The late Dean Martin is unavailable to croon for the reception band, but reputed Boston Mafia godfather Carmen "The Cheeseman" DiNunzio has been shot by Cupid's arrow and is engaged to be married, the Herald has learned.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Boston Globe

Rescuers lauded for saving girl

Four months ago, Boston EMT Philip Kennard worked frantically in an auditorium at the East Boston Central Catholic School to revive a 6-year-old girl whose heart had stopped during a gym class.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Universal Hub

Boston to businesses: Don't penalize workers for staying home with the flu

Barbara Ferrer: Boston public-health director. The city Public Health Commission is attempting to convince local businesses to not penalize workers who stay home for seven days either because they have the flu or they have to care for kids with it.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

The Phoenix

East Boston Parking Spot Sells for $30

In a landmark property deal that wowed members of the Eastie community this week, Gold's Gym personal trainer Anthony "Skinny Six-Pack" DiBennedetto bought a Maverick Square parking spot for $30 cash - the lowest amount ever paid for a space anywhere in Boston.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

WBUR-AM Boston

Boston Holds Job Fair For City Workers Facing Layoffs

The city of Boston expects to lay off more than 550 people at the end of June. Three hundred and sixty-four people in the schools, including 200 teachers, are expected to lose their jobs two weeks from Tuesday, and another 191 people in the public libraries, the police department and at the city's printing office are expected to be laid off as ...

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Universal Hub

There are good neighborhood newspapers - and then there is the East Boston Times

Jimbo says it's not so much the continual typos that get him so much as the near complete lack of any actual reporting in the East Boston Times: ... On the back page is what we've come to expect from the Times: eight static photos of Chamber of Commerce members.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Universal Hub

Would-be Charlestown city councilor would eliminate Charlestown-based holiday

Chris Kulikoski, running against incumbent Sal LaMattina in district 1 says he would work to eliminate Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day as paid city holidays: Boston has a proud history and Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day are certainly part of that history.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Universal Hub

Another Boston cop bit, but by alleged drug dealer, not zombie

Boston Police report arresting a Malden man in East Boston yesterday on charges he bit an officer attempting to arrest him after an alleged drug transaction.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

TheBostonChannel

9th Hub School Closes For Flu-Like Illness

Another Bay State school has been forced to close because of unusually high numbers of absences attributed to a flu-like illness.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

EMaxHealth

Blackstone Elementary School Closed Due To Flu Concerns

Superintendent Carol R. Johnson announced today that the William Blackstone Elementary School in the South End will be closed for seven calendar days because of concerns about influenza.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

Cw56.com

East Boston cancels Italian festival

The economic emergency has claimed another victim. East Boston has been forced to say "ciao for now" to its Italian festival, which has been going on for 14 years.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

Boston Herald

East Bostona s Otis Elementary closed by flu

In a letter sent home with students, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson said Otis Elementary School will close for seven days because of "unusually high levels of influenza-like illness in recent days." "When you have almost half the school out, you have to do something," said Lucia Granado, whose 8-year-old son Alexander was one of ...

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

WBZ-AM Allston

More cases of swine flu in MA; CT reports first death

The state department of Public Health confirms another 61 cases of swine flu in Massachusetts.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

Annals of Internal Medicine

Advances in Measuring the Effect of Individual Predictors of...

Models for risk prediction are widely used in clinical practice to stratify risk and assign treatment strategies.

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