BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Boston Globe Magazine announced today that it has selected US Attorney Carmen Ortiz as “Bostonian of the Year” for 2011. She will be featured in a special edition of The Sunday Globe magazine on January 1, and online at www.bostonglobe.com/magazine and boston.com. The magazine will also include profiles of several other Bostonians notable for their achievements in 2011. “We are excited to honor a woman who has faced, and cleared, many hurdles – she is Boston’s first female and first Hispanic US attorney Continue reading >>>

Then, in 1992, Morisi, who was just 34, was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. For eight years, Morisi, Ortiz, and their two young daughters battled through ups and downs, as he underwent various treatments. He made it to August 2000, when his body finally gave out. Their daughters were 8 and 13. Ortiz, now faced with raising a family alone, wasn’t sure she could continue in her legal career, despite all the work she’d done to get there. “The thought of being a lawyer – I had no energy,” she says. “It was hard for me to pick up the pieces.” But she did, and those around her Continue reading >>>

Kerry Brett By targeting corruption and white-collar crime, Carmen Ortiz is restoring our faith in the system. Visit BostonGlobe.com/magazine Sunday to read profiles of the runners-up for 2011 Bostonian of the Year. Continue reading below Related Photos 2010 - The Life of the party: Scott Brown 2009 - The Watchdog: Elizabeth Warren 2008 Continue reading >>>

BOSTON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Boston Globe Magazine announced today that it has selected US Attorney Carmen Ortiz as “Bostonian of the Year” for 2011. She will be featured in a special edition of The Sunday Globe magazine on January 1, and online at www.bostonglobe.com/magazine and boston.com. The magazine will also include profiles of several other Bostonians notable for their achievements in 2011. “We are excited to honor a woman who has faced, and cleared, many hurdles – she is Boston’s first female and first Hispanic Continue reading >>>

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz Named the Boston Globe Magazine’s “Bostonian of the Year” Published on Friday, 30 December 2011 08:34 Written by TradersHuddle Staff BOSTON-( Business Wire )- The Boston Globe Magazine announced today that it has selected US Attorney Carmen Ortiz as “Bostonian of the Year” for 2011. She will be featured in a special edition of The Sunday Globe magazine on January 1, and online at www.bostonglobe.com/magazine and boston.com. The magazine will also Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Dec 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Boston Globe Magazine announced today that it has selected US Attorney Carmen Ortiz as "Bostonian of the Year" for 2011. She will be featured in a special edition of The Sunday Globe magazine on January 1, and online at www.bostonglobe.com/magazine and boston.com. The magazine will also include profiles of several other Bostonians notable for their achievements in 2011. Ms. Continue reading >>>

I spent most of the first two and a half decades of my life a proud Bostonian, able to recite stories of the Revolutionary War by heart and always ready to get a round of “Yankees suck!” chants going, if necessary. There are lots of things I miss about Massachusetts: the sparkling ocean that’s just as beautiful in the city as on the Cape. Walden Pond (just minutes from my father’s house in Concord) and the silent, shady forests that stretch for miles, into Western Mass. and up to the New Hampshire border. The ever-present promise of a White Christmas. Fresh-basked bagels. While Continue reading >>>

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Denise Hajjar always knew she wanted to be a fashion designer ever since she was a young child; but she never could have imagined becoming one Boston’s top designers having sold her creations nationally to department stores, specialty boutiques, celebrities, politicians and news anchors. After graduating from The School of Fashion Design, Hajjar decided to start her career in Boston and 30 years later, she is still going stronger than ever. We chatted with her recently to find out why she decided to stay in her hometown, how she defines beautiful, and what it’s like to see her fashions on Continue reading >>>

Published on Monday 26 December 2011 12:25 HOSPITAL staff have been receiving positive feedback from patients thanks to a festive idea from their Ward Sister. Karen Birch, a Sister on the Bostonian Ward at Pilgrim Hospital, had the idea of asking patients to let them know about how they feel they have been treated by staff and then pinning their messages up on a Christmas Continue reading >>>