The pattern has finally relaxed. And warmed as evidenced by our widespread 70s Monday. While the next few days are still above normal, we’re at the end of the line with the summer warmth.
Cooler air in the upper atmosphere will drop us to the…
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Video shows car crash that shuttered Revere restaurant
Video shows the moment a black car suddenly reverses into an SUV, then slams into a restaurant window in Revere, Massachusetts, on Sunday, shuttering the restaurant for the time being.
Its owner fears the damage could drive La Esquina del Sabor, o…
Boston Marathon athletes’ stories: Running ‘helps me to grow and heal’
Some 30,000 people made their way through the Scream Tunnel, up Heartbreak Hill and down Kenmore Square on Marathon Monday in Boston.
Among them was Caleb McCoy, who said at the Boston Marathon finish line that running has opened doors for him amid a 15-year struggle with addiction.
“Eleven years ago, I was shooting up meth and opioids,” he said at the finish line.
Running, McCoy said, “helps me to grow and heal and stay out of trouble.”
When runners’ feet failed, hands and heart prevailed.
Zach Prescott showed the kind of teamwork that’s become commonplace in the final leg, helping to carry a fellow marathoner the last half-mile “and plopped him across the finish line,” he said.
“I went out for a personal goal and that went out the window, so the last four miles became enjoying it and helping people out,” he explained.
The crowds at Marathon Monday are some of the best in sports. Among them was Alex Gornick’s family, stationed atop Heartbreak Hill, each carrying a different cutout of his face making a silly expression.
They’d been out to support him in the past, too — they this is his fourth, Boston Marathon, they said, adding that they expected him to cross the finish line in about 3-and-a-half hours despite carrying a niggling injury.
Also leaning on the support of her family was former champion Desiree Linden, whose father attended for the first time in years since being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
“I think there’s always tough moments and you think about the people that are watching you and who are expecting you,” she said, adding that her parents told her she “did an awesome job.”
Worcester police investigate deadly shooting as family mourns 24-year-old man
Loved ones are remembering a 24-year-old man who was killed this weekend in a shooting in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. Saturday on Allendale Street, police say. No arrests have been made.
Family members tell N…
Patrick Clancy runs marathon for 3 slain kids: ‘With Cora, Dawson, and Callan in spirit’
A man at the center of one of Massachusetts’ most tragic criminal cases is running the Boston Marathon on Monday in tribute to his three slain children and to raise money for the hospital that, as he put it, gave him “a little more time with” his baby boy.
Patrick Clancy’s three children, 5-year-old Cora Clancy, 3-year-old Dawson Clancy, and 8-month-old Callan Clancy, were killed by his wife — their mother — early last year at their home in Duxbury. Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is still pending; she’s pleaded not guilty to the charges and has remained hospitalized.
Days after the killings, Patrick Clancy released a statement, his first time publicly addressing what happened to his family, but has largely kept his grief private.
But he announced that he’d be running the marathon on Boston Children’s Hospital’s Miles for Miracles team.
“Callan spent his last moments in my arms before he passed at Boston Children’s Hospital. Although I wished so badly for a different outcome, I was overwhelmed by the compassion and professionalism of the doctors and nurses in the ICU. They gave me a little more time with my boy and I’ll forever be grateful for that,” he said in a statement on a fundraising page.
He posted an update on the weekend of the race, calling the messages and donations he’d received immensely heartening ahead of the “special day.”
Clancy signed the update, “With Cora, Dawson, and Callan in spirit, see you at the finish line.”
He ran the 26.2 miles in just under 4 hours, and raised tens of thousands of dollars. In fact, Clancy had aimed to bring in $65,000 but ended up bringing in over $73,000 by Monday afternoon.
Floramo’s Restaurant in Malden has closed; plans to open in new location
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]
A popular spot for steak tips has shut down, though it plans to open back up in another space.
According to a Facebook post, Floramo’s Restaurant in Malden is closed, with replies from…
