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She saw her son's killer, sentenced to life with no parole, at the grocery store
When Janette Jackson of Dorchester saw her son’s convicted killer at her neighborhood grocery store, it stunned her. Then it snapped her into action. “When I saw him at Stop & Shop, I'm like, 'Oh my God, that's him,'” Jackson said. “And he just dashed right out when I saw him.”
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Boston mourns percussion king, 96
Principal timpanist for the Boston Pops and assistant percussionist of the Boston Symphony, Arthur Press was a commanding figure at Symphony Hall for 46 years (1956 to 1992), playing on more than 50 recordings. He died last week at a great age. From his obit:. “Arthur Press was in many...
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Boston’s famous reject has died
The death has been made known of Danny Katzen, a hornist who is said to have auditioned 48 times for the second horn position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra before finally being given the job. Danny entered the orchestra in 1979 and played for 29 years, retiring in 2008. He performed in Leonard Bernstein’s final lifetime concert at Tanglewood and can also be heard on most of the Boston Pops’ celebrated recordings, as well as on the John Williams soundtrack of Schindler’s List.
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Target is knocking down a wall to expand in Somerville and add a full grocery area
The expansion of a Target store into an empty next-door building means fresh produce and other groceries to fill a food-shopping gap in Somerville’s Ward 2 neighborhood. The city’s Zoning Board of Appeals approved on Wednesday the expansion of a 92,000-square- foot Target store at 180 Somerville Ave. into a vacant space next door of 34,000 square feet, making for a combined space close to the department store chain’s typical size nationwide of about 130,000 square feet.
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The Tiny Restaurant Tucked Away In Massachusetts That Will Make You A Loyal Customer Forever
If loyalty could be cooked into a dish, Rino’s Place in East Boston would have figured out the recipe a long time ago. This is a restaurant that turns first-time visitors into regulars with a reliability that should probably be studied by someone with a clipboard and a research grant.
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Weymouth's CeCe's Pizza Closes Nov. 14 After 12 Years Blending Italian Pies, Korean Plates
CeCe's Pizza, the Weymouth spot that spent 12 years serving up Italian-style pies alongside Korean-inspired plates like bulgogi and teriyaki chicken rice bowls, will permanently close its doors on Nov. 14. The restaurant has operated out of 4 Union St. since 2014, and its last day of business is confirmed on both the restaurant's own site and in a new report detailing the closure.
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Malden Public Library Piques their Curiosity with “The Sheep Detectives” Movie Night
Simra Sheikh and Erica Mugimu also contributed to this article. “After all, life is a mystery.” – The Sheep Detectives. The line to the Maccario room in the Malden Public Library formed around 5:50 PM, and ten minutes later, the doors to Family Movie Night flew open, and people old and young began bustling in, eager to find good seats in the room.
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Off-duty officer hurt, one person arrested after fight at Dorchester McDonald’s
The incident – one of several violent altercations in local fast food establishments in recent months – remains under investigation, police said. An off-duty police officer was injured after he intervened in a fight at a McDonald’s in Dorchester, the Boston Police Department said. Shortly after 8...
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Cambridge Honors Slain City Worker With Memorial Steps From Where He Was Killed
A Cambridge public works employee gunned down by three masked men while walking to work is being remembered with a memorial bench near where he was killed. Family, friends, and coworkers gathered Sunday, Nov. 8, to unveil the bench honoring Xavier Bautista, 32, at Sennott Park. It sits steps from th…