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Everything you need to know about the 128th Boston Marathon
Monday morning, thousands of people will line up at the finish line to cheer on some of the best of the best runners at the 128th Boston Marathon.
The 26.2-mile race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street in Boston starts just after 9 a.m. on Monday, April 15.
People have been flying in from all over the world and are planning on running for different charities.
There will be over 30,000 official participants, including runners from 129 countries and all 50 U.S. states. The event is expected to inject more than $200 million into the Greater Boston economy.
Here is a list of some of the notable runners in this year’s race. NBC10 Boston meteorologist Tevin Wooten is running as well.
The Boston Athletic Association announced earlier this month that famed former Patriots player Rob Gronkowski has been named the grand marshal for the 2024 marathon.
This year’s race will be on the same day as One Boston Day, which honors the victims, survivors and first responders of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. A wreath laying will be held at 8 a.m. and bells will toll at 2:49 p.m.
Boston Marathon start times
- 9:02 a.m. ET – Wheelchair Division – Men
- 9:05 a.m. ET – Wheelchair Division – Women
- 9:30 a.m. ET – Handcycle & Duo Participants
- 9:37 a.m. ET – Professional Men
- 9:47 a.m. ET – Professional Women
- 9:50 a.m. ET – Para Athletics Divisions
- 10:00 a.m. ET – Wave 1
- 10:25 a.m. ET – Wave 2
- 10:50 a.m. ET – Wave 3
- 11:15 a.m. ET – Wave 4
Public safety precautions
On Friday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was joined by Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox, Chief of Emergency Medical Services James Hooley, Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke, Chief of Emergency Management Shumeane Benford, public safety officials from the Commonwealth and from neighboring communities to address marathon preparations.
She said federal, state, and local partners are working together to ensure a safe and enjoyable Boston Marathon for all athletes and spectators.
Here’s a quick look at some of the precautions being taken, by department:
Police Department
- Boston Police Department will have uniformed and undercover officers along the marathon route.
- Cameras will be active along the Boston portion of the Marathon route, and observation points will be set up around the finish line area in Back Bay to monitor the crowd.
- Spectators are encouraged to leave large items such as backpacks and strollers at home. These items are not banned; however, individuals may be subject to search.
- Call 9-1-1 in an emergency situation and follow @bostonpolice for race safety updates.
Fire Department
- Boston Fire will have walking patrols along the course to respond to fires, alarms, render medical aid, and to call in additional assets if needed.
- Boston Fire will position units on both sides of the course during the race to provide a full first-alarm assignment on each side of the course without disrupting the race.
- Hazardous materials & decontamination assets will be staged along the racecourse and will conduct active environmental monitoring for the presence of hazardous products.
- Technical rescue units will be staged at strategic locations along the course to assist police mitigate any course disruption and to stand ready to respond to any emergency.
- Boston Fire will activate two drones to enhance situational awareness in any fire or emergency that may occur in the area of the race route.
Emergency Medical Services
- Boston EMS will have enhanced medical coverage, including additional personnel in the field, dispatch and special operations.
- Units will be deployed along the Boston portion of the route and in the finish line area, ready to serve anyone requiring medical assistance, including runners, spectators, and volunteers. This will include EMTs and Paramedics working on ambulances, bikes and carts, as well as in medical stations.
- Through close coordination with medical volunteers, Boston EMS works to treat and release as many people on scene as possible, which is intended to mitigate the impact to the hospital system.
- Boston EMS plans to increase the number of ambulances citywide to ensure there will be no disruption in services to residents.
Emergency Communications
- The City’s Emergency Operations Center will be open on Monday to monitor the races. The EOC will be staffed by City departments, state agencies and non-profit partners to coordinate the City’s operational plan. Additionally, the EOC will monitor the weather, maintain situational awareness regarding the various Marathon events, respond to any resource requests from public safety, and manage family reunification if needed.
- Boston EMS, Police, Fire, and the Office of Emergency Management will have personnel assigned to the multi-agency coordination center at the Massachusetts Emergency Operation Center in Framingham.
- BPHC will open the Medical Intelligence Center to make sure hospitals have proper resources and coordinate care for anyone who needs to go to the hospital.
- Sign up for AlertBoston to receive emergency notifications from the City at boston.gov/emergency. Alerts are available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Cape Verdean Creole, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Soomaali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Boston Marathon map
Boston Marathon road closures, parking restrictions
Boston police have announced the following road closures as a result of this year’s marathon:
NO STOPPING APRIL 8 – 18
- Exeter Street (east side) Boylston Street to Blagden Street
- Blagden Street (south side, opposite side of library), from Huntington Avenue to Exeter Street
- Blagden Street (north side, library side), BPL Driveway to Exeter Street
- Boylston Street (both sides), Exeter Street to Dartmouth Street
- Boylston Street from Dartmouth Street
- Blagden Street (north side), Dartmouth Street to BPL Driveway
NO STOPPING APRIL 10 – 16
- Exeter Street (west side). Alley 441 to Boylston Street
NO STOPPING: FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND MONDAY
- Beacon Street (south side, Boston Common side), Charles Street to Joy Street
- Boylston Street (both sides), Dalton Street to Dartmouth Street, unless otherwise posted
- Dartmouth Street (both sides), Boylston Street to Commonwealth Avenue
- Exeter Street (both sides), Newbury Street to Huntington Avenue, unless otherwise posted.
NO STOPPING: THURSDAY TO MONDAY
- Clarendon Street (both sides), Newbury Street to Stuart Street
NO STOPPING: SATURDAY TO MONDAY
- Beacon Street, Bay State Road to Brookline Town Line (both sides)
- Berkeley Street (both sides), Stuart Street to Newbury Street
- Boylston Street (both sides), Dartmouth Street to Charles Street, unless otherwise posted
- Cambridge Street (both sides), Court Street to Sudbury Street
- Charles Street (both sides), Boylston Street to Beacon Street
- Saint James Avenue (both sides), Arlington Street to Dartmouth Street
- Stuart Street (both sides), Huntington Avenue to Arlington Street
NO STOPPING: SUNDAY AND MONDAY
- Clarendon Street (both sides), Public Alley 436 to Newbury Street
- Newbury Street (both sides) for Media Vehicles, #29 Newbury Street crossing over Berkeley Street to #69 Newbury Street
NO STOPPING: SATURDAY 12:01 A.M. THROUGH 3 P.M.
- Newbury Street (both sides), Dartmouth Street to Exeter Street
NO STOPPING: MONDAY
- Arlington Street (both sides), Beacon Street to Isabella Street
- Beacon Street, Brighton (both sides), Chestnut Hill Avenue to Brookline Line
- Beacon Street, Back Bay (South side, Public Garden side), Charles Street to Arlington Street
- Berkeley Street (both sides), Columbus Avenue to Commonwealth Avenue, unless otherwise posted
- Belvidere Street (both sides), Huntington Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue
- Boylston Street (both sides), Massachusetts Avenue to Dalton Street
- Cambria Street (both sides), Boylston Street to the loading dock of the Hynes Center
- Charles Street South (both sides), Park Plaza to Boylston Street
- Chestnut Hill Ave. (both sides), Commonwealth Avenue to Beacon Street
- Clarendon Street (both sides), Commonwealth Avenue to Columbus Avenue, unless otherwise posted
- Cleveland Circle (both sides), (Parking area adjacent to Cassidy Playground parking area adjacent to Sutherland Road) from Beacon Street to Chestnut Hill Avenue, 24 hours
- Columbus Avenue (both sides), Arlington Street to Dartmouth Street
- Commonwealth Avenue (south, inbound, side), Beacon Street (Kenmore Square) to 80’ east of Hereford Street, the section of roadway between the entrance to the Massachusetts Avenue underpass and Massachusetts Avenue does not need to be posted.
- Commonwealth Avenue, Lake Street to Chestnut Hill Avenue (inbound)
- Dartmouth Street (both sides), Saint James Avenue to Columbus Avenue
- Deerfield Street (both sides), Commonwealth Avenue to Bay State Road
- East Dedham Street (both sides), Harrison Avenue to Albany Street
- Exeter Street (both sides), Commonwealth Avenue to Newbury Street
- Fairfield Street (both sides), Boylston Street to Commonwealth Avenue
- Gloucester Street (both sides), Commonwealth Avenue to Boylston Street
- Hereford Street (both sides), Commonwealth Avenue to Boylston Street
- Hanover Street (both sides) for Patriot’s Day Parade, Congress Street to Commercial Street
- Kenmore Street (both sides), Newbury Street to Beacon Street
- Nassau Street (for Tufts Medical), Both sides, from Washington Street to Harrison Avenue
- Newbury Street (both sides), Arlington Street to Brookline Avenue excluding the section already posted from #29 to #69 Newbury also over post any other signs on Dartmouth Street to Exeter Street
- Plympton Street (both sides), Harrison Avenue to Albany Street
- Raleigh Street (both sides), Bay State Road to Beacon Street
- Stanhope Street (both sides), Berkeley Street to Clarendon Street
- Scotia Street (both sides), Dalton Street to St. Cecilia Street
- St. Cecilia Street (both sides), Belvidere Street to Boylston Street
- Washington Street (for Tufts Medical), Both sides, from Oak Street to Nassau Street
- East side (even side), from Nassau Street to Kneeland Street
- Blagden Street (both sides), Huntington Avenue to Exeter Street, unless otherwise posted
- Congress Street (north side, Faneuil Hall side) for Patriot’s Day Parade, State Street to Hanover Street
- Commonwealth Avenue, Charlesgate West to Deerfield Street (outbound)
- Dalton Street (both sides), Boylston Street to Clearway Street
- Huntington Avenue (northwest side, odd side), Blagden Street to Massachusetts Avenue
- New Chardon Street (both sides), Merrimac Street to Cambridge Street
- Providence Street (both sides), Arlington Street to Berkeley Street
- State Street (both sides) for Patriot’s Day Parade, Congress Street to Washington Street
- Tremont Street (both sides) for Patriot’s Day Parade, Cambridge Street/Beacon Street to Stuart Street
- Washington Street (both sides) for Patriot’s Day Parade, Winter Street to State Street
- Winter Street (both sides) for Patriot’s Day Parade, Tremont Street to Washington Street
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Driver fleeing arrest on Martha’s Vineyard crashes into police cruiser, launches off ferry ramp into water
A driver crashed into a police cruiser on Martha’s Vineyard and then launched his truck off the Steamship Authority ferry ramp and into the water while attempting to evade arrest on domestic violence charges Thursday night.
Oak Bluffs police said one of their sergeants was on patrol around 9:30 p.m. Thursday and observed a Ford F-250 believed to be operated by a subject wanted for a domestic violence incident that had occurred in town earlier that evening. The sergeant attempted to stop the truck on Masonic Avenue, but id did not stop even after he activated his cruiser’s lights and siren.
The truck continued driving toward Massasoit Avenue and eventually came to a stop. The sergeant, believing that the driver of the truck had given up, placed his cruiser in park.
The driver of the truck then put his truck in reverse, accelerating rapidly toward the cruiser and ramming into the front of the cruiser, causing significant damage. The truck then sped off toward Seaview Avenue at a high rate of speed.
Due to the damage to the cruiser, the sergeant updated responding officers and was able to keep his cruiser driving slowly so he could still see the fleeing truck. He watched as the truck turned onto the gated ramp of the Steamship Authority dock at the corner of Seaview Avenue and Oak Bluffs Avenue. The truck then launched off the ferry ramp and into the water.
The sergeant then requested assistance from the Oak Bluffs Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard.
As additional police and fire personnel arrived at the scene, the driver of the truck was seen swimming away from the ramp and climbing a ladder onto a large piling. Oak Bluffs police and firefighters responded to the area in a boat and retrieved the driver from the piling. He was taken into custody and transported to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital for minor hand injuries sustained when he got out of his truck.
The driver, whose name has not been released, was charged with two counts of assault and battery on a family or household member, assault and battery with a motor vehicle, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, two counts of vandalism, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, refusal to stop for police, trespassing with a motor vehicle and speeding.
He was held overnight at Dukes County Jail and scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Edgartown District Court.
The sergeant whose cruiser was struck was not injured. Police said the truck will be removed from the area of the Steamship Authority pier when the weather conditions improve.
Running group accuses Newton police of racial profiling during 2023 Boston Marathon
A lawsuit has been filed by a Black-led running group over last year’s Boston Marathon.
Lawyers on behalf of the group TrailblazHers Run Co. filed the federal lawsuit on Thursday against the Boston Athletic Association — the race’s organizer — and Newtown police, claiming the group was racially profiled by police.
“As the Boston Athletic Association (‘BAA’)…describes it, spectators ‘play a powerful role in fostering a sense of belonging and community for participants, volunteers, staff, and fellow spectators,’” the complaint reads.
TrailblazHers, however, alleges that BAA “does not extend that same sense of belonging and community back to all spectators equally.”
Lawyers on behalf of group said they “established a ‘cheer zone’” at about mile 21 in Newton with food, music and confetti. More than 100 people showed up to the cheer zone, according to the lawsuit.
During the 2023 marathon, the TrailblazHers claim the BAA and officers “jointly and actively engaged” in subjecting them to hours of police barricades, surveillance and harassment, the lawsuit alleges.
At one point, officers allegedly formed a human barricade to block their view of the race and to “physically separate the running crews of color from the event.”
“While white spectators viewed and enjoyed the event in peace, the people of color were racially profiled and discriminated against,” the lawsuit reads.
NBC10 Boston reached out to the BAA and Newton police for comment but have yet to hear back.
However, at the time, police said they received multiple requests from BAA to keep spectators from jumping out in front of the runners.
City’s nightlife czar plans on investing in and ‘reimagining’ Boston
Over a year ago, Corean Reynolds became Boston’s first Director of Nightlife Economy.
Segun Idowu, Boston’s chief of economic opportunity and inclusion, announced the appointment in a press conference saying, “Her goal will be to focus on the macro-level on how we create long-term solutions to have a more vibrant and sustainable nightlife here in the city, and how we’re redefining nightlife to be something that’s more than clubs and more than restaurants and bars.”
This week, she shared what she’s assessed about Boston’s nightlife during her 13 months in the role and how she plans on helping the city’s social scene continue to grow.
Read excerpts from the interview below, and watch the full interview above.
NBC10 Boston: You’ve been in the role for a bit over a year now. What have you assessed about Boston?
Corean Reynolds: Boston is a fun city. I want to make that super clear.
I’ve assessed that there are some hurdles and some narratives around the issues of bringing people together in unique ways. We have some state issues that serve as a barrier, as far as access to liquor licenses or changing our happy hour laws or extending liquor sales. Those are some issues. We have issues regarding the workforce as far as transportation. Those are the main issues. We just want to make sure that folks see a path to City Hall, a path that they may not have had in the past.
Boston is a 2 a.m. city. What have conversations looked like for you when it comes to convincing establishments, if you have done that, to stay open a little later and keep the people outside?
I want to demystify this idea that you can’t have fun in a 2 a.m. city. There are many cities across the U.S., major cities that, you know, bars close at 2 a.m. For example, L.A. closes at 2. A lot of bars in Chicago close at 2. We’re trying to encourage innovation. How can we have the most fun up until that marker while also thinking through, again, the policy, how can we look at what we can change to encourage growth in the nighttime sector?
For example, there is an ordinance that forbids entertainment, amplified noise, you name it, between the hours of 2 and 6 a.m. That’s something that we can address on the municipal level.
We can’t extend liquor operations, but we can extend entertainment if we rethink what this ordinance looks like. The idea of potentially imposing a “sober hour,” if you will, that extends entertainment until 3 a.m., allows establishments to go a little bit later, but it also allows for more safety throughout the city.
So this “sober hour.” Is that something you’re considering piloting?
Yes.
From a public transportation standpoint, what conversations have you had on that level, if any?
Our transit system is a regional transit system, and Boston is one of the many markets that the MBTA serves. The addition of a Boston representative on the MBTA board is super important.
What I’ve been doing in the last year is creating the strong enough case for late-night extended versions, having those conversations, and bringing these issues of the late-night workforce. This is also another equity issue as far as who is our transportation serving. It shows that there are inequities. Compiling that and presenting that information to the powers that be that control our transit system has been a part of this role in part of the last year. And then on the flip side of that, thinking through different innovations.
We’ve created a proposal for potential late-night transit independent of the MBTA. How do we expand upon that proposal? How do we realize that proposal? How do we find investment for that? That will be super important in the year to come.
[Boston] is very much a college town, a lot of [the lack of] diversity doesn’t necessarily mean diversity of race. A lot of times it ends up being diversity of age. Have you had conversations about the 30-plus crowd or even 40-plus crowd about where they would like to be? But also thinking about people of color as well and finding spaces where they feel comfortable?
I think a thriving nighttime economy and a thriving nightlife ecosystem serves a lot of different people, right? It serves folks who don’t want to center their night around alcohol. It serves folks of all ages, all generations, all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, etc.
We are trying to think through how we can invest in those particular buckets and beyond. We have made an investment in Dani’s Queer Bar, which will be opening up soon. I look forward to checking that out.
What we’ve seen is a growth of diverse-owned businesses. When you think of Grace by Nia, that’s a brand new spot that just opened up. Hue, Estella, The Pearl — the list goes on and on. These are businesses that didn’t exist 10 years ago. We’re seeing a growth in this market and we’re seeing growth in representation in nightlife.
I think the trends will skew toward more lounges. That’s what I’m hearing from the 30-plus, 40-plus crowd. They want more lounges, not as much dancing. We’ve got places that serve that. But I see in the works folks growing that concept out. I look forward to supporting the work of these entrepreneurs and establishing that in the city of Boston.
We’ll be investing in all types of spaces and reimagining the city, using the city as a canvas to see what can really happen in the city of Boston. We’ll be doing direct investments in that. I’m extremely excited about that.
Corean Reynolds
Director of Nightlife Economy for the City of Boston
What is your biggest priority as you enter this second year?
I look forward to investing in more nightlife activity. We’ll be investing in all types of spaces and reimagining the city, using the city as a canvas to see what can really happen in the city of Boston. We’ll be doing direct investments in that.
It’ll be free and open to the public. What does it look like when your grandmother and her grandchild are partying in the same space? What does it look like when we’re doing more cultural events in the evening time? What does it look like when we activate our downtown on the weekday? What does nightlife look like during the weekday?
As well as investing in resources for our nighttime workforce. I want our workforce to feel empowered when they’re doing their job. I want them to feel like they have opportunities for professional development and I want them to feel heard. Investing in trainings for them and ensuring that they feel equipped with the knowledge they need to create a safe environment for all patrons in the bar is at the top of my list as well.
Is there a specific timeline to those investments or is that just over time?
You will see this rollout in the next week or so.
Public asked to review surveillance footage for ‘aggressive driving’ in Hopkinton road rage incident
A week after a woman was allegedly intentionally hit by a car in a road rage incident in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office are asking for the public’s help in the investigation.
The crash occu…
