BOSTON — Boston College said Tuesday the number of students complaining of gastrointestinal symptoms after eating at a Chipotle this weekend has climbed to 80, up from the 30 it reported the previous day. The illnesses come as Chipotle’s sales are already being slammed by a multi-state outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants. […]
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Reports: Red Sox sign free agent David Price
The Boston Red Sox made a splash in the free agent market Tuesday, setting the bar high for the remaining pitchers on the market. According to multiple media reports and first reported by the Boston Globe, the Red Sox agreed Tuesday to a 7-year, $217 million contract with top free agent left-handed pitcher David Price, […]
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Orlando works its Magic on the Celts
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Victor Oladipo scored 19 points and Nik Vucevic added 18 points and 10 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 110-91 on Sunday night for their third straight victory. Tobias Harris had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Magic. Andrew Nicholson added 14 points and eight rebounds […]
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Nancy DeHart Wood
1935 – 2015 NORWAY — Nancy DeHart Wood, longtime Norway resident, died Monday, Nov. 23, after a brief illness at the home of her son, Peter Wood. She was 80. She was born in Boston on March 5, 1935, to Albert and Susan Greene and grew up in Ashland, Mass., at the family apple orchard. […]
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FBI: 9 of 16 guns stolen from Army Reserve center recovered
BOSTON — Federal authorities have recovered nine of the 16 guns stolen from a Massachusetts Army Reserve facility. The FBI said Monday five of six M4 assault rifles and four of 10 M11 handguns stolen Nov. 14 from the Lincoln Stoddard Army Reserve Center in Worcester are back in the hands of law enforcement. Three […]
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Watch Fenway Park turn into a football stadium
Watch the #RedSox grounds crew take #FenwayPark to another level in preparation for #NDvsBC. #ShamrockSeries pic.twitter.com/kSmI8VOAw3 — Fenway Park (@fenwaypark) November 13, 2015 On Saturday, Boston College (3-7) will play No. 5 Notre Dame in a football game at Fenway Park in Boston. Yes, Fenway. Which isn’t the first football game in the stadium. But […]
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Two men accused of threatening Pokemon competition in Boston
BOSTON — Two Iowa men charged with threatening violence at a Pokemon competition in Boston have been ordered held on $150,000 bail. Kevin Norton, of Ames, and James Stumbo, of Boone, pleaded not guilty to weapons charges during their arraignment Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court. Prosecutors say the men made social media threats against the […]
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Mark D. Bourassa
1963 – 2015 BOSTON, Mass. — Mark D. Bourassa, 52, of Lewiston, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Massachusetts General Hospital, due to a brief illness. He was born on Sept. 27, 1963, in Lewiston, the son of Arthur and Roberta (McCaslin) Bourassa. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1983. He was an […]
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David George Cornoni
1959 – 2015 MECHANIC FALLS — David George Cornoni, 56, passed away at his home on Saturday, Oct. 17, after a long illness. He was born on March 23, 1959, in Meriden, Conn., the son of Ronald B. and Anita V. Belanger Cornoni. David attended Greene Central School and Leavitt Area High School before joining […]
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Boston man sentenced in Farmington drug case
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Friday to serve 290 days for selling cocaine base in the Farmington area in 2013. Taurus Allen, 36, of Boston pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful possession of a schedule W drug in Franklin County Superior Court. Allen was living in the Farmington area when Farmington […]