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DES BISHOP: A CHAT WITH ONE OF IRELAND’S FUNNIEST

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted February 28, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then between the culture shock of crossing the pond twice and a brush with cancer, you’d think that Bishop would have to wait a lifetime to make things funny. But he figured it all out pretty quickly.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston, Cancer, Des Bishop, Ireland, Laugh Boston, New York

A PLEA FROM THE PIRATES: BENEVOLENT MASS POLITICAL PARTY NEEDS YOU!

Written by MIKE CANN Posted August 20, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS

We need to get out to the Freedom Rally to spread the word about how to best spread the word that doesn't fit the corporate picture.

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Big Oil, Big Pharma, Cancer, cannabis, Freedom Rally, hacking, liberty, Lucia Fiero, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Pirate Party, Politics, pot politics

RECYCLED MOTION: BRING YOUR OLD TECH HERE, HELP CANCER PATIENTS

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Shop

If nothing else, it’s a great way to network within the tech community, at an event that includes everybody from engineers to social media mavens, and in the end you help people with cancer simply by cleaning your room and going to a party.

Filed Under: Shop Tagged With: Cancer, charity, Computers, cords, Dig Boston, DigBoston, engineers, keyboards, laptop, look book, M.J. O'Connor's, monitors, networking, nice, PDAs, recycling, Tech in MOtio, technology

MY TIME WITH TOM: REFLECTIONS ON 14 YEARS COVERING MAYOR TOM MENINO

Written by DAVE WEDGE Posted October 30, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

I covered his administration. I would often stalk him by his black SUV in the horseshoe driveway in back of City Hall to press him on the news of the day. Some days, he’d be furious with me about something I had written. Other times, he’d shrug the hit off with a snarky quip. The man was not short on wit.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, boston calling, Boston Herald, boston marathon bombings, Boylston Street, Campaign, Cancer, City Hall, died, DigBoston, Dorchester, fdr, Governor Deval Patrick, ink block, Mayor tom Menino, Pine Street Inn, President Obama, Solas, State House, wheelchair

MAYOR MENINO WE MISS YOU ALREADY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 30, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

With news that Tom Menino passed this morning, Charlie Baker now has a reason to cry, as do millions of Massachusetts residents who the longest-serving mayor in Boston history impacted through the years.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 71, Boston, Cancer, Hyde Park, mayor, passing, Tom Menino

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