Look no further, New England has found Nemo! The storm is raging, snow piling up at a tremendous pace. The visibility at times is nearly nil, and I can just make out the glow of lights in the windows of the house across the street . . . not the house itself! Miraculously we still …
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Sports Center Saturday – Boston Marathon 0
When I was a kid the famed Boston Marathon held a personal touch for me and my family. For several years my 1st cousin (1x removed) Arthur “Frank” Annis ran the marathon, which made Patriot’s Day in Boston a day for the family to gather at my aunt’s house on Newbury Street, where we …
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Boston’s Great Molasses Disaster of 1919 0
Molasses disaster? It doesn’t seem possible that the words “molasses” and “disaster” could coexist in the same sentence! But on January 15, 1919, the city of Boston was rocked by an explosion that would send 2.3 million gallons of thick, sticky molasses coursing through the streets of Boston’s North End in a wave up to …
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