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The priest sex abuse scandal is still ongoing, and Mitchell Garabedian has the names to prove it. Delvonte Tisdale's family is suing over his fall from a plane and death. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

• The annual beach closings on Cape Cod that are designed to protect threatened shorebirds, especially piping plovers are starting to open. Sandy Neck in Barnstable, Nauset Beach in Orleans, and Cape Cod National Seashore are all included. [Cape Cod Times]

• If you propose to your girlfriend on a Cape Cod beach and you lose the ring because you tied it to a sand dollar, did you really propose. [WBZ]

-- Two plainclothes State troopers bought marijuana from two Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) seasonal employees on Revere Beach Saturday. Both workers no longer work for the DCR. Each susect was charged with distribution of a class D substance. [The Daily Item] more ›

Happy Animal Wednesday, everyone. We hope you enjoy the boldness and simplicity of this composition as much as we do. (Also a good reminder to break away from pyramid compositions now and then.) more ›

Nice newsy photo of the March 6th Revere Beach Passion Plunge, which evidently is an event where hundreds of people plunge into icy waters to raise money for the Special Olympics. We're glad it's for a good cause. Shot by 16WadeSt with a Nikon D90. more ›

~♥Angel♥~ has a great example of framing taken at the Revere Beach Sand Castle Competition that was held over the last several days. In addition, the details she captured in the sand sculptures themselves are terrific.
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"Myrevere" offers us an amazing video vantage point of the "Masters' Competition" that took place as part of the New England Sand Sculptures event this past weekend at Revere Beach. more ›

--A truck crashed on the Revere Beach Parkway last night. No one was hurt, but the incident shut down the parkway in both directions. According to WBZ, "State police officials said a truck went under the overpass on Route 107 North heading toward Chelsea and smashed into the top of the Route 16 bridge, bringing concrete down onto the roadway and damaging Route 16." The road has since been reopened. [WBZ, WHDH] more ›

--Early this morning, a man was found dead at 50 Archdale Road in Roslindale. That spot is, in BPD lingo, "known to police" - five young men were arrested for illegal firearms back in 2006. --In an instance of incredibly bad timing, a man got shot last night after a Dorchester peace rally at Dudley Street Park. Apparently the shooters didn't get the memo about that whole peace thing. The shooters haven't been caught, but... more ›

Spring training is just getting underway, but something will happen Saturday for the first time since the Red Sox clinched their first World Series win in 86 years. Saturday night the stars will be in alignment. Or, rather, the Sun, Earth, and the Moon will be in alignment for a total lunar eclipse – which only happens during a full moon. more ›

It is starting to rain. The downpour is accompanied by thunderstorms and some violent lightning and flooding that promises to wreak havoc on area commutes and weekend plans throughout the Hub. Canceling plans to beat the heat at Revere Beach or make way to the Cape may be easy decisions to make – the question remains, however, if Melisa DeMauro will keep her vigil atop a tree through the bad weather. Since Wednesday she's been occupying the upper branches of a tree that falls close to the line between her and her neighbors home in Tyngsboro. Her tree-top vigil was an effort to save the tree from her neighbors who want to cut it down. more ›