July 1, 2012 1 Comment
Many historical and fascinating ships will be available for people to visit in Boston this week thanks to Boston Harborfest, Navy Week, War of 1812 celebrations and OpSail Boston. Between June 28 and July 6 almost two dozen ships will dock in Boston. Below is a list of the naval and tall ships that you don’t want to miss:
April 25, 2012 Leave a Comment
New Hampshire authorities today revealed startling evidence against the girlfriend of a drug suspect, at first painted as an innocent victim in a horrific scene that rocked New England earlier this month. The April 12 drug raid on the home of Cullen Mutrie, 29, left Greenland, N.H. Police Chief Michael Maloney dead and four other [...]
March 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Non-evil fog, but fog still
Jan. 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
In the days before the New Hampshire primary, Occupy Manchester set up a camp in Veterans Memorial Park to serve as daytime base of operations for activists who came from as far away as the West Coast to protest the perversion of politics by corporate money. On the night before voting, the proximity of this [...]
Jan. 11, 2012 Leave a Comment
After confiscating a Massachusetts woman’s cupcake, the federal Transportation Security Administration is defending their decision according to boston.com. Rebecca Hains of Peabody was not allowed to take her cupcake on the plain from Las Vegas to Massachusetts, and called the TSA’s defense “terrible logic.” The TSA says the cupcake was packed in a jar full [...]
Jan. 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
$15,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest
Dec. 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
Police confirm that two people were shot in an Allston apartment on the third floor of 15 Chester Street, according to Universal Hub. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. on Friday night and both victims have been taken to Boston area hospitals, reports Fox 25. There are no reports on their statuses. Police have found [...]
Dec. 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – On Tuesday morning, a Lee County Deputy Sheriff shot and killed a fugitive who had fled from New Hampshire after the fugitive brandished a firearm at officers. Joseph Cleary, 22, from Rochester, New Hampshire was wanted for failing to follow the conditions of his probation and bail in connection to being [...]
Dec. 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? JOHN MURPHY: Murph. I’m 24, from Boston, union carpenter, student at community college. BLAST: What do you do? JM: Making sure the movement moves forward. Putting a foot to people’s asses when need be. Simple as that. I would rather be part of history than read about it. BLAST: What’s your [...]
Dec. 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? AL SUAREZ: My name is Alexander Suarez. Most people on camp called me Al. My hometown is Boston. I’m 27, unemployed. I’m one of the 46 arrested December 10th at the camp, and one of the 25 first arraigned, and one of the 8 of them who plead not guilty and [...]
Dec. 24, 2011 2 Comments
A document faxed from One Bullfinch Place to the Twitter offices in San Francisco Friday details a subpoena “Pursuant to an official criminal investigation being conducted by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s and the Boston Police Department” filed by the DA’s office Special Prosecutions Unit. Dated December 14, the subpoena is signed by Benjamin Goldberger, [...]
Dec. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? NICOLE SULLIVAN: Well, it depends who you ask. First, important demographics: I am a twenty one year old queer women living in Somerville and going to school at a local community college. I have been involved in activism for over a year, I started with anti-rape activism (I am survivor of [...]
Dec. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
BLAST: Who are you? ELIZABETH HOLMES: Who am I? I’m Elizabeth, also known as Mom or Eli. BLAST: What do you do? EH: I am a part of medical, safety, wellness, legal and jail support; was in media and direct action. BLAST: What’s your gripe? EH: I’m tired of hearing that there are people starving, [...]
Dec. 18, 2011 1 Comment
BLAST: Who are you? MIKE KOSTIGEN: I’m 22, Born and raised in Boston. Sailing Instructor. Former Marine Transportation major, transferring to study history. BLAST: What do you do? MK: Within Occupy Boston I work with the Direct Action working group. We help to plan marches, as well as try to keep everyone safe during the [...]
Dec. 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
King Mel is a long-time Boston community activist and civil rights leader who served as State Representative and ran for Mayor of Boston in 1982. Early in his career, he was a vocal organizer of a 1968 protest in which neighborhood activists erected a tent city in a parking lot where the Boston Redevelopment Authority [...]
Dec. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
Former Revere police officer, Todd Randall, was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI during questioning about a public corruption investigation. Randall, 40, was sentenced to four months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, during which he must stay away from drugs, alcohol and weapons, [...]
Dec. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
On Monday, an associate of the organized crime group, La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release, according to an FBI press release. Thomas Iafrate, 70, of Johnston, R.I., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and admitted he was [...]
Dec. 12, 2011 3 Comments
Editor’s note: John Stephen Dwyer, a contributing editor for Blast, has been writing about Occupy Boston and spending several nights a week in Dewey Square since the protest began on September 30. He also reports on Occupy Harvard, the protest that began on November 9 and continues behind the locked and guarded gates of Harvard [...]
Dec. 8, 2011 1 Comment
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, speaking less than 24 hours after Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre lifted a restraining order that kept the city from raiding Occupy Boston’s tent city at Dewey Square Park, seems to have issued an ultimatum to the activists by saying “We’re going to ask the occupants of Dewey Square [...]
Dec. 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino has issued an ultimatum to Occupy Boston Protesters: Leave by midnight, or the city will force you out. The news comes just a day after a Suffolk Superior Court judge lifted a restraining order that kept the city from raiding the tent city at Dewey Square. The ultimatum brings a [...]
