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AM Briefing: Fenway Turns 100; BC Board Member Resigns
Happy Friday. Top local stories and what we're watching today:
-- Happy 100th birthday, Fenway Park! The festivities begin at 2 p.m., and the game against the Yankees starts at 3 p.m.
-- A Boston College Board of Trustees member has resigned following allegations that he failed to act against clergy sex abuse in Chicago. Related:
- A Dorchester parish is defending a late priest who has been accused of abuse. [Boston Globe]
- Parishioners are fuming after being locked out of a closed church in East Boston. [Boston Herald]
-- MIT is seeking to invest $450 million to build a research facility at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford [Globe]
-- Crews are continuing to search for a 2-year-old who disappeared from a Rockport beach yesterday. [NECN]
-- Massachusetts members of Congress are reeling in cash from political action committees. [AP, via Herald]
Sports:
-- The Bruins lose and head back to Boston with a 2-2 series.
This program aired on April 20, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.