Results tagged “nationalguard”

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. more ›

Fresh off of his dinner with President Barack Obama, and both of their wives, Governor Deval Patrick is focused on Hurricane Irene. We assume Patrick got us some post-Irene FEMA aid. Governor Patrick activated 500 National Guard soldiers as Hurricane Irene approaches, and has a news conference scheduled for 1:15 p.m. today to discussing that and other preparations for the storm. more ›

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. more ›

Nine years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, over 1,000 National Guardsmen from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island were just deployed for active duty overseas. more ›

• National Guardsmen and women from the 379th Engineer Company left Brockton on Friday for a year-long deployment to Afghanistan. [WCVB]

• Somerville loves Google even if Harvard doesn't. [Somerille Journal]

--The Greater Boston Food Bank needs your help. [Boston Globe, Greater Boston Food Bank] more ›

--Are too many activities hurting the condition of the Common? The folks at Parks and Recreation think so. But what's the point of having a Common if people can't go there? [WBZ] more ›

The special election to replace Rep. Marty Meehan in the Fifth Congressional District will be tomorrow. The candidates are Democrat Niki Tsongas and Republican Jim Ogonowski. Tsongas is the widow of former Senator Paul Tsongas, and she has been able to bring in the big-time Democrat starpower. Ogonowski, a former member of the Air Force and National Guard, has been taking the door-to-door approach. The Globe said he planned "more than two dozen appearances" today.... more ›

Are random bag searches on the T back? The Crimson reports that the MBTA has embarked upon its first random bag searches at the Harvard Square T stop last Thursday. Security didn't rummage through any bags, but "the handles and zippers are swabbed with a special test strip which is then fed through an explosives detection machine." Lt. Salvatore Venturelli also told the Crimson that the T is using a "random mathematical permutation" to make... more ›

The death of Ciara Durkin, Quincy resident and member of the National Guard in Afghanistan, is gaining widespread attention because of questions surrounding her death. After saying that Durkin died in combat, the Pentagon has said that she did not die in combat, but she was actually shot in the head while on a secure base. Her family announced yesterday that Army investigators met with them for four hours on Wednesday to reassure them that... more ›

A Quincy resident was killed in action in Afghanistan on Thursday. Specialist Ciara Durkin was in the National Guard and part of a finance unit. She was 30. Via the Patriot-Ledger, RTE of Ireland is reporting that she was shot in the head inside Bagram Air Base. Her sister told the Globe, "She was in a secure area of the compound, which, even though the investigation is not complete, leads the family to believe it... more ›

--Police might be getting closer to tracking down the individual who attacked two women on the Esplanade on June 16 and July 29. The DA and the State Police put out a release saying they want to talk to five people who may have seen the man before the attacks happened. On June 16, one of the victims spotted a man by an Esplanade footbridge at 11:15. On July 29, the other victim saw two... more ›

--Why toss a bucket of paint on a richie's fur coat when you can stop furs at the source? In Hinsdale on Monday, someone set about 400 to 500 mink who were destined to become pricey furs free from a farm. That's a lot of mink to let loose! The owner of Berkshire Furs is naturally blaming the "antifur people." No one's been caught yet, and the owner said the animals wouldn't be able to... more ›

--The shootings of five people, including a 9-year-old girl, that took place in two different places in Mattapan on Saturday night may be related. Commish Ed Davis, who has been especially busy lately, referenced possible gang activity. The 9-year-old got shot in the back. In sheer coincidence, one of the shootings interrupted yet another birthday party. We're not sure why birthday parties have gotten so dangerous, but some gun-toting, allegedly birthday-hating thug(s) popped off and... more ›

The documentary Have You Seen Andy? will air on Cinemax tomorrow, Tuesday, June 12, at 7:00 pm. In an age of Amber Alerts, JonBenet Ramsey, and images of missing children on all the 24-hour news channels, it's difficult to imagine a disappearance that wasn't resolved. But 10-year-old Andy Puglisi, who vanished in 1976 from a Lawrence swimming pool, has never been found. One of his childhood friends, Melanie Perkins, grew up to be a... more ›

It’s good to know that Brian McGrory is still on his game. Bostonist felt that the opinion piece fell a bit short of due political criticism. Not to imply that it isn’t a great thing for Massachusetts to host the few hundred people at Camp Edwards, it is, nor suggest that Romney shouldn't have done it, he could and should, rather posit that something political was Mitt's motivation. more ›