Kyle Van De Giesen was a quarterback for the Saint Anselm College football team.
Funeral services are held Friday for Marine Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen, killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last month. Van De Giesen was from North Attleborough, where thousands of people, including his daughter and pregnant widow, crowded the football field Thursday night for a candlelight vigil.
In his quest to succeed Edward Kennedy in the U.S. Senate, Rep. Michael Capuano is stressing his stature as a Washington insider. During an interview on the campaign trail this week, Capuano compared himself to Kennedy, while defending the value of Washington connections.
The City of Cambridge lost an icon this week: master storyteller Brother Blue. For more than a decade, Brother Blue and his wife Ruth produced hundreds of hours of storytelling on Cambridge Community Television.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined WBUR’s Tom Ashbrook at MIT on Thursday in a discussion about the next Internet. Watch the video of their conversation.
A Massachusetts hedge fund manager has been arrested in the huge Galleon insider trading case, and more local businesspeople could still be charged in the alleged scheme.
Carmen Ortiz has been confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, becoming the first Hispanic and the first woman to hold the top federal prosecutor’s job in the state.
Massachusetts is profiting from its competitive technical prowess. But the news that Evergreen Solar is moving production jobs to China is a reminder that the manufacturing future for green energy is difficult.
As the Obama administration tries to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the town of Amherst is offering a little help. Voters in Amherst this week decided to welcome detainees from Guantanamo who are cleared of terrorism allegations.
In his quest to succeed Edward Kennedy in the U.S. Senate, Rep. Michael Capuano is stressing his stature as a Washington insider. During an interview on the campaign trail this week, Capuano compared himself to Kennedy, while defending the value of Washington connections.
Funeral services are being held this morning for Marine Captain Kyle Van De Giesen, killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last month. Van De Giesen was from North Attleborough, where Thursday night, thousands of people, including his daughter and pregnant widow, crowded the football field for a candlelight vigil.
The nation’s first offshore wind farm faces more delay after a Massachusetts official said two Indian tribes’ claim to Nantucket Sound needed more study.
The Rev. Thomas P. O’Malley, who served as president of two Jesuit universities, Loyola Marymount and John Carroll, has died. He was 79.
After winning a record fifth term in office this week, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino says he is ready to take some risks. He spoke to WBUR for the first time since winning re-election.
The City of Cambridge lost an icon this week: master storyteller Brother Blue. For more than a decade, Brother Blue and his wife Ruth produced hundreds of hours of storytelling on Cambridge Community Television.
A unit of the state’s maximum security prison in Shirley is in lockdown after an inmate assaulted four correction officers Thursday night.
A Belmont High School student was killed by a commuter train on the tracks behind the school Thursday afternoon.
All four Democratic candidates running to fill Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat are now advertising on television. Look at some of the ads.
Politics and health policy professor Robert Blendon says Americans won’t support reform unless they’re convinced they’ll get help paying for insurance requirements.
