Today's Boston Globe City / Region stories
Masters keep knowledge of crafts alive with support from state
To step into Firefly Press is to enter a Victorian scene of cast-iron typecasting machines and printing presses, hand-operated antique contraptions that forge neat rows of metal type as they clatter and thump.
Father and son die in 1 of 18 fires
NORTHAMPTON - Two people were killed early yesterday in one of at least 18 fires set during what the state’s top firefighter called the state’s worst day of arson in memory.
Suffolk prosecutors record 95 percent conviction rate
Suffolk County prosecutors racked up their highest percentage of homicide convictions in at least five years in 2009, according to statistics provided by District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, who credits improved investigation techniques and the establishment of a state witness protection program.
From campuses of MIT and Harvard to chambers of City Hall, Cheung a new Cantabrigian
CAMBRIDGE - Leland Cheung is a fast talker, with a blistering schedule and an unforgiving iPhone.
Church aims to better a neighborhood
When they bought an abandoned, boarded-up Catholic parish three years ago, members of Bethel Tabernacle Pentecostal Church said they found a family of raccoons living in the roof and heard warnings of prostitutes and drug dealers roaming the streets around them.
Victim in Jamaica Plain store shooting identified; no arrests yet
Business owners and customers yesterday mourned the death of convenience store clerk Surendra Dangoi, identified as the victim of a weekend shooting in Jamaica Plain.
Voter registration deadline is Wednesday
Voters have only a few more days to register to cast ballots in the special election to fill the US Senate seat left vacant by Edward Kennedy’s death. Wednesday is the registration deadline. Town clerks’ offices typically stay open until 8 p.m. to accommodate voters who need to add their names to the rolls at the last minute. Three candidates ...
Man charged in fatal crash on Mass. Pike
A Boston man who police said was driving drunk and heading the wrong way on the Massachusetts Turnpike early yesterday was charged with killing another man in a head-on collision.
Conn. college to train students to run parishes
HARTFORD - With the number of ordained priests declining nationwide, a Connecticut college is launching a master’s degree program to train laypeople to become parish administrators.
Logan passengers take intensified security precautions in stride
Passengers at Logan International Airport yesterday shrugged off new security measures adopted following the alleged attempted terrorist attack on an international flight approaching Detroit on Christmas day.