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Several hundred gather for vigil to honor Michael Brown

Several hundred gather for vigil to honor Michael Brown

Tyler Lay August 23, 2014

About 200 people gathered outside Boston Police Headquarters Friday evening at a candlelight vigil to honor Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was shot to death by police in Ferguson, Mo....

New Balance funding launches BU varsity lacrosse program

Daily Free Press Admin February 23, 2014

Although the Boston University men’s lacrosse team has only played three games in its franchise history, talks of introducing the team to the university began prior to the start of the decade, said Director...

Officials seek end to manual tolls

Daily Free Press Admin December 11, 2012

Plans for implementing an all-electronic tolling system on the Massachusetts Turnpike are in effect, eliminating 80 to 90 percent of toll-takers in the state’s turnpike system, state officials said Monday. Patrick...

Menino urges Obama, Boehner to ‘tell us the truth’ on taxes

Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2012

From his location in Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wrote a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on Saturday urging them to avoid the “fiscal...

Few MBTA app downloads since release

Daily Free Press Admin November 19, 2012

A new Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority smartphone ticket app has garnered about 8,000 downloads from commuter rail customers since its launch on Nov. 12, according to the T’s Director of...

Men’s basketball struggles Colonials’ size in 72–59 defeat

Daily Free Press Admin November 19, 2012

The most obvious disadvantage endured by the Boston University men’s basketball team when it matched up with George Washington University was a lack of size. Junior co-captain Dom Morris did not start...

Officials identify BU student killed in Allston bicycle incident

Daily Free Press Admin November 15, 2012

Officials identified the Boston University bicyclist killed in Allston on Monday as College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Chung-Wei Yang, who authorities confirmed came into contact with a Massachusetts...

Bulger’s girlfriend Catherine Greig appeals for resentencing

Daily Free Press Admin November 15, 2012

Catherine Greig, girlfriend of alleged mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, appealed for a resentencing on her eight-year prison sentence on Wednesday, claiming that family members of victims should not...

Menino remains in hospital with further back complications

Daily Free Press Admin November 14, 2012

After spending weeks at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, doctors said Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been successfully treated for a viral infection and a blood clot but will remain in the hospital for...

Officials search for link between garage fire, ‘Allston flamer’

Daily Free Press Admin November 12, 2012

Investigators are probing into circumstances of a fire that ignited early Sunday morning in Allston, an incident that officials determined was the work of an arsonist. Boston Fire Department spokesman...

Men’s basketball to rely on Irving, Morris

Daily Free Press Admin November 8, 2012

For the second consecutive year, the Boston University men’s basketball team will be forced to begin anew after having graduated the America East Player of the Year. This may be the year that having...

UPDATE: Cigarette identified as cause of five-alarm fire in Allston

Daily Free Press Admin October 29, 2012

Fire investigators found a carelessly disposed cigarette the cause of a five-alarm fire that destroyed a wood-frame house in Allston in the early morning of Oct. 27, officials said. Boston Fire Department...

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