--Nancy Pelosi is coming into town on April 4 to speak at the inauguration of former US Rep Marty Meehan as he becomes chancellor of UMass-Lowell. [Boston Globe]

--More people than the state expected chose state-subsidized insurance with the new Massachusetts health care plan, and now the state is wondering how to pay for it all. [Boston Globe]

--Voters in Natick declared overwhelmingly that they want to keep the name "Redmen" for their school team after the School Committee decided it was racist and offensive. A former member of the school committee says he wouldn't budge. [MetroWest Daily News]

--Mandy the Mandrill of the Franklin Park Zoo died, and Michael Pahre wonders if perhaps Easter decorations had something to do with it. [Brighton Centered]

--UMass-Lowell isn't the only campus expecting guests. MTVu is coming to UMass-Boston. [Mass Media]

A Sam Adams tour in action. Image by apdonovan from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.