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Hacker group: BPD will pay for Occupy eviction
The Internet vigilante group Anonymous refuses to give up on its stranglehold of the Boston police website and...
Hackathon to hit Hub
Budding entrepreneurs in the Boston area will go head-to-head early next month with their San Francisco counterparts...
Patriots can't pass up Super soiree
INDIANAPOLIS - There won't be a parade in Boston today, but the New England Patriots did get their party on Sunday...
Curious George to return to Harvard Square
Fair warning to the man in the yellow hat: Curious George will be making mischief once again in Harvard Square. A pair of Roslindale entrepreneurs will be reopening the Curious George store in Cambridge in April, the Boston Herald reportsAdam Hirsch will open the new store April 28 with his wife, Jamie, The couple have invested several hundred thousand dollars in the business, including gutting the 160-year-old building where the former Curious George romped before the business closed last...
Fidelity wins whistle-blower appeal
Handing a victory to Fidelity Investments, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that federal law that protects employees at public companies when they blow the whistle on alleged fraud does not apply to mutual fund firms, the Boston Globe reports.The ruling overturns a Boston federal judge's decision involving two former Fidelity employees. The ruling determines that employees of mutual fund companies are not protected under Sarbanes-Oxley, the Globe reports.
UMass puts $158M toward financial aid
The University of Massachusetts is putting $158 million of its own funds toward student financial aid during the current year, the Boston Business Journal reports. The amount represents an increase from the $133 million UMass distributed last year and more than double what it gave five years ago.UMass President Robert L. Caret has proposed that the state pay 50 percent of UMass' general education programs, with student fees providing the other half. The state now pays 45 percent of general...
Boston Herald Super Bowl Game Day Live: Giants vs....
Be a part of the conversation as the sports staff hosts Boston Herald Game Day Live -- a live chat during Sunday's...
Kevin Garnett carries Celtics to 4th straight win
BOSTON -- Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers could see that Kevin Garnett was looking and feeling spry.Running...
BU plans major building update
Boston University is on the cusp of a decade-long building boom designed to update aging campus facilities and...
Gov. Patrick raps Gingrich in debate over job...
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick took a swipe at Republicans seeking to defeat President Barack Obama and said federal...
New York state of mind at Hub bar
Boston is made for sports fans - as long as you're rooting for the home team. But even New York Giants supporters...
As Web growth fizzles, Globe sale may be best move
The Boston Globe's new subscription website racked up a measly 16,000 subscribers and, as parent New York Times...
Michele Bachmann calls on Globe to retract story
Former GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is shooting down a Boston Globe report that speculated she'd be...
Report: Merrimack Pharma postpones IPO
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals has postponed its $166 million IPO, originally scheduled for this week, according to IPO tracker Renaissance Capital, due to poor market conditions.The Cambridge, Mass-based company, which is developing potential treatments for cancer, planned to sell 16,666,667 shares of common stock at an estimated initial offering price of between $8 and $10. The company is also granting underwriters the option to purchase up to 2.5 million additional shares for 30 days. The company...

Winthrop cops probing body found near home
Police are investigating the discovery of a body near a home on Winthrop Street in Winthrop, Suffolk District...
Drill, baby, drill!
First responders pulled off more than a dozen terror and emergency response drills from Winthrop to Quincy yesterday...
State: 9 strikes & you're out!
A Winthrop man who was arrested this weekend on his ninth drunken-driving charge is behind bars without bail, waiting...
Two women are charged in bloody rob attempt
Two Everett women were each held on $50,000 bail yesterday in connection with the near-fatal stabbing of a Winthrop...
Winthrop Realty Trust raises expectations
Winthrop Realty Trust said it has increased the size of a stock offering that could raise up to $75.6 million in net proceeds. (FUR)
Human Capital: People on the Move Sept. 17
• The Winthrop Federal Credit Union board of directors added Daniel Plourde to the supervisory committee and Paul Roy to the board. Plourde works as a fund administration manager for State Street Corp. Roy is the chairman of the board of directors of Elliot Whittier Insurance.
Human Capital, people on the move, Sept. 3
Winthrop Federal Credit Union promoted Jack Jaques to senior vice president. Jaques previously served as vice president of business development and lending. Prior to joining Winthrop Federal Credit Union, Jaques was employed by Citizens Bank.
New ferry option for Boston-bound commuters
WINTHROP - There's a new way to commute to Boston by sea.Ferry service from Winthrop to Rowe's Wharf...
Brawl mars English-Winthrop tilt
LYNN - A fantastic high school basketball game between Northeastern Conference rivals Lynn English and Winthrop...
Vikings conquer Fenway
Although last night's contest at Fenway Park between Winthrop and Marblehead was more about the experience...
Mike Eruzione: Fenway miracle
Thirty years after the original "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Mike Eruzione appears to have done it again. Eruzione, who lives in Winthrop and...
DeLeo nixes talk of another office
House Speaker Robert DeLeo says he's staying put.The Winthrop Democrat told reporters today he and his members will have a busy agenda in the new year, and he plans...
Clerk shot to death in Taunton
A Taunton gas station clerk was found shot to death late last night behind the counter of Planet Petroleum on Winthrop Street. The gruesome discovery of Hegazy Sayed's...
Man pulled from water after drowning
A 39-year-old East Boston man died last night after he was pulled from the waters off of Winthrop Beach, authorities said. The drowning is not being treated as a homicide...
Tyler MacDonald fuels Lynn English win
LYNN - Tyler MacDonald threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns, including three to Travonne Berry-Rogers, as Lynn English defeated Winthrop, 33-21, at Manning Field last night....
Have it your way
A Winthrop man with a whopper of a craving was reportedly caught in the bathroom of an East Boston burger joint shooting up heroin, police report. Police said they were...
Two dogs rescued from Provincetown apartment fire
PROVINCETOWN - A clothes dryer fire yesterday morning at a Winthrop Street apartment sent two dogs to an animal hospital for evaluation, according to public safety officials.At...
Winthrop a winner
ANGLER: Eric Andlauer, 46, Ashland. OCCUPATION: Co-owner of Lunker's Bait & Tackle Co. Inc., Ashland. BASS PAST: Started fishing tournaments in the 1990s,...
Orlando Bocachica rides three winners
Jockey Orlando Bocachica rode three winners in yesterday's nine-race card at Suffolk Downs as the track celebrated "Winthrop Day," the fifth of eight "Commitment...
Winthrop man held in Conn. bank heist, chase
BRISTOL, Conn. - A Massachusetts man has now been charged with a Connecticut bank robbery in a heist that resulted in a police chase and shots fired.Thirty-five-year-old...
Winthrop silences Latin Academy
Put enough balls in play and good things will happen. Such was the case for the Winthrop softball team yesterday at Madison Park. The 20th-seeded Vikings cranked out...
Winthrop man pleads not guilty to Provincetown...
ORLEANS - A judge in Orleans District Court has rejected a prosecutor's request for a $10,000 cash bail for Eric Patten, the 20 year old charged with assaulting two young...
Alleged gay-basher called 'good kid' at home
A Winthrop man charged in an alleged gay-bashing attack in Provincetown this weekend was described in his well-heeled, waterfront neighborhood yesterday as a "good kid."...
Man faces hate rap in Provincetown
A Winthrop man has been charged with a hate crime after police say he beat up a woman while screaming anti-homosexual slurs on a crowded street in Provincetown. Eric...
Workers rest easier after mattress plant reopens
Katherine Gleeson reported for work last week at a Chelsea mattress factory as she had for 35 years. But instead of starting her day scheduling deliveries, the Winthrop resident...

  Joan F. Culliton
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