Scott Brown, like other pols, gets his history wrong
Beware of politicians bearing narratives, we warned earlier this week. An addendum can be added to that: Context, history and cynicism are necessary.
Police: Man tired of Greenwood School parents stopping in front of his driveway threatens one with a rifle
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Greenwood Street resident who’d finally snapped at all the parents who stop in front of his driveway to pick up kids at the school across the street.
According to police, a father of a Greenwood School student pulled up in front of Henry Perry’s house at 136 Greenwood St. around 3:30 p.m. yesterday.
The time for home
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food, and warmth,
for the touch of a friendly hand, and for a talk beside the fire.
It is the time for home.”
By British poet, Edith Sitwell
Early morning fire leaves one dead, several injured at Columbia Point

A three-alarm
Harbor School principal bullish on school’s future – Blake sees good progress despite out-of-class issues
Out of habit, Leah Blake still gets up at the break of dawn. A Dorchester native who grew up on Ashmont Hill, she took the bus to Wayland as part of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) program. Now she commutes from Brockton to the Harbor Middle School in Fields Corner, where she is the principal.
Lower Mills may see discolored water from MWRA work
As the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority wraps up its rehabbing of a major pipeline, Lower Mills and Milton residents could see discolored water starting next week.
State House and Senate redistricting maps
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Another broker pleads guilty to real-estate fraud
Prince Charles
The Reporter and the District 3 campaign
This newspaper
MASSterList: Patrick backs Obama’s transpo spending – Brown back from training – Patrick losing green base? – Wal-Mart in Bos.
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