Army Lt. Timothy Steele of Duxbury was honored at a memorial service on Sunday at Holy Family Church. Steele, 25, died on August 23 in Afghanistan while serving in the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. He was buried on Friday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He graduated from West Point and Duxbury High School. The Timothy Steele Memorial Fund has been set up to help his family.Donations can also go to: Rockland Trust, P.O. Box 1627, Attn: Timothy J. Steele Memorial Fund, Duxbury, MA 02331.
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Four are injured after their SUV crashes into a historic Newport mansion. [Providence Eyewitness News]
A man was hit by a light pole in Brookline while trying to help the driver who ran into it. [WHDH]
Economic signs in New England are generally positive. [Boston Herald]
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Whoever stole a laptop from Anna's Taqueria has also put a major dent in cancer research. [Boston Herald]
Classified Afghanistan War documents probably ended up on WikiLeaks with the help of someone in Boston. [The Phoenix]
There is some legal debate on how legally creepy one can be on the T. [Boston Herald]
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An annual illegal fireworks display in Marshfield injured 3 people on Saturday. [Boston Channel]
Boston's "hot dog hope" didn't beat Joey Chestnut, but he didn't get arrested like Kobayashi. [Boston Herald]
From the "One More for the Road" department: If you're going to drive drunk, don't do it by the Charles after the fireworks and hit a cop. [WHDH]
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After a few weeks in Afghanistan, a New Hampshire teen soldier was killed on Friday. [Union Leader or WMUR]
Film editor and longtime Boston resident Karen Schmeer died over the weekend when she was hit by robbery getaway car in Manhattan. [Boston Globe]
An off-duty firefighter perished when his own home burned down. [Martha's Vineyard Times]
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Anything flammable from Yemen is getting closer scrutiny, as a LNG shipment is about to reach Boston Harbor. [Boston Globe]
The daughter of the murdered Tedeschi's clerk will be allowed into the country for his funeral. [WBUR]
Did you see that Senate hopeful Scott Brown (R) is associating himself with JFK in a campaign ad? [Talking Points Memo]
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Oysters not only taste great and tickle the libido; thousands are cleaning Boston Harbor. [Boston Herald]
Good news: The Bay State economy is looking up. Bad news: Unemployment will still suck. [Boston Globe]
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Congrats to Dr. Jack W. Szostak of Harvard/MGH for sharing the Nobel Prize in medicine. [New York Times]
Congrats to the 1,000+ lb. gourd that won the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair. [Salem News]
Congrats to a Waltham man who defended his title at the Garlicky Greens Eating Championship. [Boston Herald]
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Congressman John Tierney wants stricter regulations to review all spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a statement from his office. Tierney, whose the ranking member of the National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations Oversight Subcommittee, called for new rules in response to a report from the Commission on Wartime Contracting that said more than $30 billion in contracts and grants in Iraq and Afghanistan was wasted in the last 10 years.
Senator Scott Brown missed out on our latest natural disaster, Hurricane Irene, as he was out of the country fulfilling his National Guard commitment. Brown has been serving in Afghanistan, speaking of disasters, and returns on Thursday from his first combat zone training assignment. Brown is a lieutenant colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. A spokesman for Senator Brown, Marcie Kinzel, said his time in Kabul gave him "a heightened appreciation for the service and sacrifice demonstrated" by troops serving overseas.
General John Allen, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said the Taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down the military helicopter carrying 38 American and Afghan personnel on Saturday, and killing all of them, were tracked down and killed by the U.S. and NATO on Monday in an airstrike involving at least one F-16. Taliban leader Mullah Mohibullah and the insurgent who apparently fired the rocket-propelled grenade were killed. Former Barnstable High School graduate and Navy SEAL Kevin Houston was killed on that helicopter. A memorial service for Houston is scheduled for Thursday in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at the Atlantic Shores Baptist Church.
Steve Bohn, 24, of Peabody was injured in a suicide bomber attack while serving in Afghanistan in 2008. Now, the Army 101st Airborne Division veteran is recovering from emergency surgery after being beaten by two men outside of The Page, a bar in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Sunday. The Portsmouth Herald reported Bohn said he was assaulted and spit on by a group of people. Police said Bohn and a suspect were asked to leave the bar after an altercation of some kind. Police arrested two men for the assault. One is charged with simple assault and two counts of second-degree assault, and the other faces second degree assault, resisting arrest and simple assault charges.
The same bear seen in Attleboro on Sunday has since been spotted in the Taunton area. [Taunton Gazette] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A former New Hampshire resident, Chief Warrant Officer Christopher R. Thibodeau, 28, was killed Thursday in Afghanistan when his helicopter crashed in a combat operation. Thibodeau flew an Apache helicopter for the 1st Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Hood, Texas. He attended Marlborough Elementary School and Keene High School before moving to Ohio. It was his first deployment in Afghanistan. [WHDH]
While Senator Scott Brown plans to fulfill his National Guard commitment in Afghanistan, Senator John Kerry is rumored to be visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first high profile.visit to the region since Osama bin Laden was killed.
New England will send 800 Marines with the 1st Battalion, 25th Marine unit from Fort Devens to Afghanistan this summer. The death of Osama bin Laden spiked Internet traffic to 4.1 million page views per minute Sunday night, according to Akamai Technologies of Cambridge. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Major David L. Brodeur, 34, of Auburn was one of nine Americans shot and killed on Wednesday in Kabul by an officer in Afghanistan's Air Corps. Brodeur, a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, was one of eight soldiers killed. The ninth fatality was a civilian contractor.
Boston police dispatchers Jeanne Smallcomb and Melinda Santos were honored for service during two high-profile crimes. The Meadhall craft beer restaurant opened today at 4 Cambridge Center in Kendall Square with 100 craft beers on tap. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The 182nd Infantry includs 690 members of Massachusetts National Guard who are preparing to go to Afghanistan. They'll relieve the 181st Infantry, and spend the next year deployed in Afghanistan. Capt. Mark Gillen discussed the deployment. It's a tough decision, but the right one," he said. "Anything we can do to make it better for the Afghan people and the government, and make lives of the people there easier and safer, we definitely want to do," The unit is based at the Melrose Armory. [WCVB], [Melrose Patch]
Two Bay State soldiers were killed in action in Afghanistan last week.
According to "60 Minutes" and RAWA News, the National Guard's 101st Field Artillery Regiment with soldiers from the Boston area are in Kabul, Afghanistan helping train the Afghan police for a year. Lt. General William Caldwell is in charge of training the Afghan police. He said it's vital to get them trained for the mission there to be complete. The police have to succeed," he said.
Marine First Lieutenant James R. Zimmerman was killed in Afghanistan on November 2. Days earlier he told his father he was ready to come home from a tour filled with firefights.
Massachusetts State Police trooper Timothy J. Walsh, 41, of Dorchester faces multiple charges, including operating under the influence of alcohol and illegal discharge of a firearm, after allegedly driving drunk on South Munroe Terrace, colliding with parked cars, pointing a gun at an off-duty Boston police officer, and shooting into his living room ceiling. (This is not what "locked and loaded" means.) According to media reports, Walsh received the Army Commendation Medal for valor while serving in Afghanistan in 2009. He has been on military leave for five years, He was reportedly using a personal weapon he was licensed to carry. All charges alleged until proven under law. [Globe], [WHDH]
Politics is hyper-partisan in the 21st Century. Usually, Bostonist enjoys the full-contact sport of politics. We also enjoy politicians who occasionally act without partisanship.
In a skermish between Governor Deval Patrick and the Boston Globe, Bostonist wouldn't really support either side. We're underwhelmed by Governor Patrick, and, well, it's the Globe.
Massachusetts has two Republicans constantly on the receiving end of the national media glare. Senator Scott Brown and ex-Governor Mitt Romney have a knack for keeping Americans focused on whatever it is they are up to.
- Rats are terrorizing the North End. Anne M. Pistorio, a member of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association, said it's like living in a "Third World country." [Boston Globe]
- With the Democratic candidates running to be the next Senator from Massachusetts all opposed to expanding the military's mission in Afghanistan, one current Senator, John Kerry, is expected to support President Obama's new plan. [Boston Globe]
- Veterans activists are protesting $1 million in cuts that could force the closure of outpatient facilities at Soldiers Homes in Chelsea and Holyoke. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
John Kerry apparently wanted to be Secretary of State for President Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton got the job, and Kerry had to settle for being chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Nine months into Obama's term, Kerry is acting like the country's top diplomat anyway. He dashed off to Afghanistan to talk policy and elections with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The new John Kerry, with an even higher profile, has earned the scrutiny of the funny newspeople like Jon Stewart. Last night, Stewart said Kerry met with Karzai in order to use "water boring" to get him into agree to a run-off election. Kerry is seen discussing Karzai in his usually glacial speaking style.
