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  • Has the metrosexual market gone too far

    Call it Metrosexual 2.0. Some retailers see the gents of today as hairy sorority girls, ready to lounge in yoga pants, lightly scented candles and slip into some leggings to run errands. Check out these additions to the modern male’s closet - discuss: Meet the ...

  • Bostons Irish community praise Kenny for standing up to Church

    By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent in BostonThe Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has been applauded by prominent members of the Irish community in Boston for what was described as his "courage" in standing up to religious institutions.Boston Cardinal, Sean O'Malley, is to boycott a speech by Mr Kenny in Boston College tomorrow because he believes the Taoiseach is "aggresively ...

  • Police Chief and Former Intelligence Officer Media Blackout Over Serious Boston Bombing Questions

    I recently spoke with current Police Chief and former military intelligence officerJohnW.Gaissert regarding the mainstream media blackout over numerous portions of the Boston bombings, and I was inspired to hear the former Navy Commander detail the situation based on his expert ...

  • Plans would turn naturalists home into refuge

    ‘‘We see this as the visitor contact station, with a large open space in the center for exhibits about wildlife and the estuary,’’ Shaun Roche, park ranger for the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Westbrook, said Tuesday. He was standing outside the house, which was built sometime in the 1920s or ...

  • Lime Rock hosts race for electric cars

    SALISBURY, Conn. (AP) - Two flat tires didn’t deflate the enthusiasm of the Housatonic Valley Regional High School team that competed in the Electrathon at Lime Rock ...


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Savage Grace

Savage Grace

Rarely has a film lived up to its marketing hook so thoroughly. Rest assured that Savage Grace, Tom Kalins provocative but frustratingly shallow true-life portrait of a wealthy American familys interpersonal debauchery, proves quite convincingly that Truth is more shocking than f ... ...

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  • Gaming consultant to report findings

    A representative from Cummings Associates, the town’s gaming consultant, will deliver the company’s findings at a 7 p.m. public forum Wednesday at the Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School, 72 Messenger St. (Route 106). The consulting firm was hired to analyze the potential effects on the town if Plainridge Racecourse won the state’s lone license for a slot machine parlor. For ...

  • Farmers market to return June 13

    The Brookline Farmers Market will return for its outdoor season June 13 in the Centre Street West parking lot in Coolidge Corner. Everything from fresh produce and flowers to bread and meats will be featured at the nonprofit market, which will held each Thursday from 1:30 p.m. until dusk through Oct. 31 (except for July 4). For more information, visit its page on the town’s ...

  • Movie reels will be spinning for cyclists

    Cyclists can take off their helmets and still enjoy the ride at Ciclismo Classico’s fourth annual Bike Travel Film Festival, taking place Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St. The event will feature a dozen short films on two-wheeled adventures, including the festival’s centerpiece, "The New Woman: Annie ‘Londonderry’ Kopchovsky," which ...

  • 5K Sunday benefits One Fund Boston

    Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School is hosting a 5K road race Sunday at 10 a.m. at the high school to benefit One Fund Boston, the fund set up to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Gayle Arrighi said she and her niece, Lindsay Arrighi, both teachers in the Bridgewater-Raynham schools, got the idea for the event, and when Lindsay Arrighi presented it to one of her classes as a ...

  • Slate of 300th festivities next weekend

    A three-sided clock representing Lexington’s first 300 years and a time capsule reflecting community life in 2013 will be dedicated at 4 p.m. Saturday in Depot Square’s Emery Park as part of the culminating weekend of the town’s tercentennial celebrations. Other events over the Memorial Day weekend include old-time baseball games and family activities next Sunday at Center ...

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