Something new this morning, have gone in and out of Chrome 5 times since my initial posting, trying to check the July 2012 thread.  Blank page under the boston.com headings.  This time did get just a start a new discussion heading, so am taking advantage of that.  Can't spend any more time on this, places to go, people to see.  Will give it a try at the end of the day.

I'm having a bit of trouble, too. Hope they get things straightened out soon. Have a great day tt; glad you could let us know you're ok.

It took a while to get into the actual forum. I could see it was trying to load, so I just waited. I would say it took at least a minute.
When I posted this, I got this prompt:

The connection was reset
     
       
          The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
   
          The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
    moments.
  If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
    connection.
  If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
    that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

ETA. I had to rewrite my post and post again.

It seems like "whack-a-mole" with BDC technology problems thesedays.