Brenden Jenness, a 17-year old from Lexington whose father is a firefighter, helped rescue a woman froma home fire in Lexington. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Five deserving veterans will receive fully accessible homes this week courtesy of Homes for Our Troops, a Taunton-based organization that donates homes to disabled veterans. Since 2005, the group has completed 70 homes. [PoliticsDaily.com] Forty soldiers, including Pfc. Jesus Moreta of Worcester, will become American citizens in Iraq today. [Boston Globe]
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Worcester police may have a break in several decades-old cases although the suspect is dead. [Telegram & Gazette]
Dozens of nonviolent offenders with outstanding warrants surrendered in Mattapan on the first of a 4-day leniency program. [Dorchester Reporter]
A long-forgotten collection of colonial artifacts from the Lexington house of John Hancock's grandfather was found in one of its closets. [Boston Globe]
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Boston will consider eliminating the sales of high-calorie drinks at city-owned properties. [Boston Globe]
Four Bay State banks still owe TARP money. [Boston Herald]
Believe it or not, schools in Boston (and Springfield) are rather segregated. [Boston Globe]
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One of today's re-enactors in Lexington is a descendent of the American who may have fired the "Shot heard 'round the world." [Boston Globe]
While some state legislators want to eliminate Patriot's Day, a brewer wants to take it national. [Boston Herald]
Congratulations to South Africa's Ernst Van Dyk and Japan's Wakako Tsuchida for winning the wheelchair races at the Boston Marathon. [WBZ-TV]
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Results tagged “lexington”
- The annual Lexington Veterans Day parade starts at 10 a.m. with stops scheduled at several important town memorials. The Lexington Minute Men will fire volleys. [Lexington Minuteman]
-- Authorities say that a "college aged" man was shot in the gut outside Harvard's Kirkland House dorm around five o'clock this afternoon. Harvard administrators quickly claimed that no Kirkland House resident was involved in the shooting, but they have yet to rule out whether the victim or the shooter were Harvard students. The victim is in stable condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and no arrests have been announced. Critics of Harvard's proposed reduction in late night shuttle service were quick to link the incident to their complaints, but, presumably, a late night shuttle can do little to keep you from being shot in the gut in broad daylight. [Harvard Crimson, Cambridge Chronicle, IvyGate]
Salina Kosgei (Kenya) wins the women's Marathon, and Deriba Merga (Ethiopia) wins the men's race. Americans finish third in both divisions. [Boston Herald]
--Twenty-four hours after a Herald cover story about BPD undercover agents who are aiming to reduce groping of women on public transportation, the tabloid reports that they've already busted one alleged criminal. The incident was on the green line and involved a 20-year-old BU student victim. [Boston Herald]
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