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Registration for 2025 Boston Marathon opens Monday
Registration for next year’s Boston Marathon opens Monday.
“While race day may still be ten months away, we’re eager to welcome runners from across the nation and around the world for the 129th running of the Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America,” Jack Fleming, president and CEO of the Boston Athletic Association, noted in a press release.
To apply, participants had to have achieved their qualifying time for their gender and age group between September of 2023 and this upcoming Friday.
The BAA will then select the fastest runners for each age and gender group.
Registration opens at 10 a.m. Monday and closes Friday.
The 2025 Boston Marathon takes place on April 21, with 30,000 participants.
“History was made at the 2024 race on Patriots’ Day, with a course record set and groundbreaking fundraising totals achieved. We’ll look to build upon these milestones in April 2025, and celebrate the newest group of Boston Marathoners from Hopkinton to Boston,” said Fleming.
To register, visit baa.org.
2 Mass. schools increasing security after threats
Following last week’s school shooting in Georgia, Massachusetts schools are dealing with safety concerns.
Two school districts are increasing security Monday in light of threatening social media posts.
There will be an increased police presence as parents drop their children off at Timony Grammar School in Methuen and at schools in the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District.
The FBI alerted Methuen police Saturday about a social media threat involving the Timony Grammar School.
Through a search warrant of that social media account, investigators were able to confirm it belonged to a student at the school, searched that student’s home and determined the threat was not credible.
Also Saturday, Bridgewater-Raynham school officials contacted Raynham police about a concerning social media chat.
The school resource officer and detectives did a thorough investigation and determined that threat was not credible.
Both districts promised parents there would be an increased police presence Monday out of an abundance of caution.
This follows Friday’s canceled football games at Dedham High School after a caller with a blocked number said there was a rumor someone was going to shoot up the varsity game.
Concerns remain high after last week’s deadly school shooting in Georgia.
NBC10 Boston security expert and former state police trooper Todd McGhee says in the current environment, all school threats have to be taken seriously.
“Schools will most definitely have to test their communications, test their response protocols, treat these hoax incidents like they’re the real deal until they’re deemed non-credible, so it’s unfortunate that’s where we’re at today,” said McGhee.
He says while penalties for these threats are already stiff, he anticipates them being increased to deter others from making them.
