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PUBLIC SAFETY PREPARATIONS FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted April 13, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Security will be a priority for the first Boston Marathon held on Patriots' Day since the pandemic began

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: athletics, Boston Marathon, Health, race, safety

THE TOPPLING OF KING CULLEN

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 24, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

For a fraud like Cullen, whose pieces are Rockwellian minus the milkshakes, it’s fiction whether it is truly fabricated or if it’s a romanticized account of a thing that really happened.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Boston Globe, Boston Marathon, Journalism, Kevin Cullen, marathon bombing, media

THROWBACK: BRICKLAYER BILL AND THE ADVENTURES OF AN AMATEUR

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 7, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Non-fiction

A glimpse of the days when sports stars shone closer to earth

Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: books, Boston, Boston Marathon, Bricklayer Bill, history, Jamaica Plain, Patrick Kennedy, running, throwback, throwbacks

RESILIENCE & RECOVERY: THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ‘FINISH LINE’ AT THE SHUBERT THEATRE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted March 14, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Spaulding was gripped by the article, which mentioned Frangieh and Rafferty’s intentions to omit the bombers and focus instead on the resilience, recovery, and love.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Amie Lytle, and Lewis D. Wheeler, Boch Center, Boston, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Strong, Boston Theater Company, Ed Hoopman, Erika Brannock, finish line, Greg Maraio, Joey Frangieh, Karen MacDonald, Lisa Rafferty, Omar Robinson, Paula Plum, survivors

DIG THIS: #TEXTSTYLE, BEER SUMMIT, AND STEAK!

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 13, 2016 Filed Under: DigThis

Your to-do list for the week

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: Beer Summit, Boston Marathon, Castle, DTCV, finish line, Grill 23, MFA, Middle East, O'Brien's Pub, Park Plaza, ribeye, textstyle, Titletown

WHAT WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM ‘THE THREAD’

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 8, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

'The Thread' sets out to expose “how the internet manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers changed the face of journalism forever.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing, conspiracy theorists, death penalty, documentary, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Man on Wire, media, New Republic, Reddit, Tamerlan, The Thread, Todashev, trial, Tsarnaev, Watertown

YOUR ANNUAL RECAP: MIDNIGHT MARATHON RIDE 2015

Written by ddevelop Posted April 21, 2015 Filed Under: Lulz

I do this ride for the cruel but timely reminder of just how doughy I am heading into warmer months.

Filed Under: Lulz Tagged With: 2015, Boston bikes, Boston Marathon, cycling, Hopkington, MBTA, Midnight Marathon Ride, Shawn Musgrave

BUT ARE WE SAFER? A BOSTON MARATHON SECURITY CHECK

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted April 21, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

As I prepared for my second warrantless search of the afternoon ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Big Brother, Boston Marathon, Boston Police Department, Boston surveillance, BPD, Emily Hopkins, inspected, marathon monday, marathon security, police state

GRIDDLE ME THIS: GRIDDLER’S BURGERS & DOGS AIMS TO BE INSTITUTION OF FUN

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted March 25, 2015 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

“We want to be an institution,” he says. “Not just a chain.”

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Common, Boston Marathon, Brookline, burgers, cajun ham, chili, davis square, emerson college, euz azevedo, forum, games, hot dogs, kimchi, localvore, the tap trailhouse, wink and nod

Q&A: WEDGE & SHERMAN ON ‘BOSTON STRONG’

Written by DIG STAFF Posted February 3, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction

"I know we’re going to get people that roll their eyes about the name of the book because they think it’s a marketing ploy and a t-shirt, but to them I’ll just say 'read it.'"

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beyonce, Boston Marathon, Boston Strong, Boston Strong Book, Carlos Arredondo, Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge, Dzhokhar, First Lady, Jeff Bauman, marathon bombing, Michelle L’Heureux, Obama, Red Sox, Richard family, survivors

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