Becoming Bostonian

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LET’S FACE IT, Boston isn’t a city you dream of moving to when you grow up. It doesn’t promise the glamour of Paris or the spitting energy of New York. There are plenty of places with more pleasant weather. No, Boston tends to be a city you come to for school, or for work, or because you’ve followed some boy or girl who, if you didn’t, would surely break your heart. Yet, once you’re here, Boston has a way of getting under your skin. Maybe you graduate, or lose that job, or get your heart broken after all, but something still keeps you tied here. Perhaps it’s the friends or the Continue reading >>>

‘Running with the Bridesmaids’ charity race held on Saturday – WDAM

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BOSTON (WCVB/CNN) – Anyone who's ever been a bridesmaid has had the thought of, "When am I ever going to wear this dress again?" A charity race in Boston gives women a chance to reuse those gowns while raising money for a good cause. Hundreds of racers lined up in their formal wear on Saturday for the second annual "Running with the Bridesmaids" fun run in Boston. They did a lap around Boston Common in a benefit race for the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston. When they were done, racers were treated to an after party featuring a wedding DJ, mimosa bar and brunch bites. Prized were Continue reading >>>

Column: Placing value on where we live

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Where are the best places in the U.S. to live if you want to age successfully? If you guess cities in Florida or Arizona, you are wrong. New rankings broadcasted earlier this month on the PBS News Hour presented five choices among large metropolitan areas. You may be surprised to discover that our area, described as Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.–New Hampshire, finishes in fourth place, ahead of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, which finishes only fifth. (Incidentally, the first three are Provo-Orem, Utah; Madison, Wis.; and Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb./Iowa.) Who, Continue reading >>>

GRIFFIN COLUMN: Placing value on where we live

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Where are the best places in the U.S. to live if you want to age successfully? If you guess cities in Florida or Arizona, you are wrong. New rankings broadcasted earlier this month on the PBS News Hour presented five choices among large metropolitan areas. You may be surprised to discover that our area, described as Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.–New Hampshire, finishes in fourth place, ahead of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, which finishes only fifth. (Incidentally, the first three are Provo-Orem, Utah; Madison, Wis.; and Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb./Iowa.) Who, Continue reading >>>

Griffin: Placing value on where we live

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Where are the best places in the U.S. to live if you want to age successfully? If you guess cities in Florida or Arizona, you are wrong. New rankings broadcasted earlier this month on the PBS News Hour presented five choices among large metropolitan areas. You may be surprised to discover that our area, described as Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.–New Hampshire, finishes in fourth place, ahead of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, which finishes only fifth.(Incidentally, the first three are Provo-Orem, Utah; Madison, Wis.; and Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb./Iowa.) Who, Continue reading >>>

Woburn man to serve up to 9 years for part in Burlington cop’s drug ring …

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By Jaclyn Reiss, Town Correspondent A Woburn man will serve up to nine years in state prison for trafficking cocaine to various Greater Boston communities -- including Waltham -- in a large-scale drug ring that was run by a former Burlington cop, the Middlesex District Attorney's office said today. William Najjar, 25, pleaded guilty in Middlesex Superior Court on Wednesday to charges of trafficking cocaine over 100 grams, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, four counts of distributing cocaine, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of ammunition, said a statement Continue reading >>>

Homing in on pigeon racing

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HERKIMER, N.Y. — At 6:35 a.m., under a blood-red sky, 1,075 pigeons sip water in a ventilated trailer in the Wal-Mart parking lot before the Greater Boston Homing Pigeon Concourse race to Boston. They are athletes, thoroughbreds of the sky, but they are also rookies, all born in 2013. I am an aging news veteran, and a victim of gravity. But I have a heavy foot, an old Honda Civic, a GPS, and a Fast Pass. I chug a large coffee even though it ensures a pit stop and the loss of precious time. The weekly pigeon race begins in 25 minutes, and I am an unofficial entrant. Weeks earlier, while visiting Continue reading >>>