As opening statements get underway in the James “Whitey” Bulger trial Wednesday, Emily Rooney examines the decades long saga of Boston’s most notorious gangster on Greater Boston. For the families and victims of Bulger’s decades-long criminal spree the trial is a moment in justice long overdue. Tonight, Greater Boston takes you through Bulger’s criminal enterprise – a record that spans some 70-years, but began in earnest in the 1960’s. The feature will excerpt the 2001 documentary, The Outlaw and the Lawman; interviews Emily has conducted with Continue reading >>>

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DANVERS, Mass. High Liner Foods, the leading value-added frozen seafood supplier in North America, today announced a partnership with The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) to donate the use of dock space at its Peabody, MA facility. GBFB, the largest hunger-relief organization in New England with an objective to distribute enough food to provide one meal a day to those in need, is committed to increasing its food distribution in 2013. High Liner Foods’ donated dock space will be used to facilitate food deliveries in northeastern Massachusetts. Continue reading >>>

While he’s not a huge sports fan, Gov. Deval Patrick has agreed to the proverbial friendly wager between ranking elected officials on the eve of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals pitting the Boston Bruins against the Chicago Blackhawks. But Patrick and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn are deviating from the traditional setup in which governors agree to exchange food and beverages indigenous to their states. Instead, the governor of the losing team’s state will volunteer at the food bank of the winning governor’s choice. If the Bruins win, Quinn will volunteer at the Greater Boston Continue reading >>>

Massachusetts and Illinois will be fixated on the Stanley Cup finals over the next few days, and it appears the governors of those states will be as well. Tuesday, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick announced the wager made between himself and Illinois governor Pat Quinn over the outcome of the series between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks. Under the terms of the wager, if the Bruins win, Quinn will volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank. If the Blackhawks win, Patrick will volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Both governors exchanged some good-natured trash talk along Continue reading >>>

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As opening statements get underway in the James “Whitey” Bulger trial, Emily Rooney examines the decades long saga of Boston’s most notorious gangster on Greater Boston Wednesday night at 7. Rooney tells the Whitey story from the very beginning in South Boston to his capture and impending trial. The broadcast Special includes past interviews with key players like former FBI agent John Connolly and convicted mobster Kevin Weeks plus analysis of opening arguments. Wednesday night from 7-8 on WGBH. Continue reading >>>

Story by 89 WLS Web Writer Kim Rasmussen (CHICAGO) Governor Pat Quinn has announced the wager he made with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick concerning the Stanley Cup Final. The governor of the losing team's state will volunteer at the food bank of the winning governor's choice. If the Chicago Blackhawks win, Patrick will volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. If the Boston Bruins win, Quinn will volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank. “Governor Patrick is skating on thin ice by betting against the mighty Chicago Blackhawks,” Quinn said. “But the Greater Chicago Food Continue reading >>>

5/26/2013 2:55 p.m.A faculty member found personal belongings and dog food in a bathroom in McCormack Hall. The faculty member believes that someone is sleeping in the bathroom. When officers arrived on the scene, nobody was present, and the dog food and personal effects were gone.5/28/2012 1:10 p.m.A strange man in the Science Center approached a member of the UMass Boston community, called this person a "faggot bitch, and talked about slapping people. 5/28/2013 2:00 p.m.Approximately 20 cars were blocked from exiting Lot A by other cars that were double parked.5/29/2013 4:42 p.m.During Continue reading >>>