A row of snowplows moves down I-90 in Boston during the first snowstorm of 2014. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Kayakers head down a flooded Otis Road in Scituate. The first storm of 2014 also dropped 2 feet of snow on parts of the state. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Frank Porter stands amid anti-abortion signs just beyond the 35-foot perimeter outside of a Planned Parenthood office on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the buffer zone unconstitutional. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A wind-whipped nine-alarm fire at 298 Beacon St. killed Boston Firefighters Michael Kennedy and Lt. Edward Walsh. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Then-Deputy Chief Joseph Finn said he’s never seen a fire travel as fast as the blaze that took two of his firefighters’ lives. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Using a projector, Jodi Doyle points out shadows on the ceiling to students in her preschool class at the Eliot School in Boston’s North End. Boston has become a beacon for the universal preschool movement, but as of March it had only provided seats for about half the interested families. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Firefighters salute as Boston Lt. Edward Walsh’s casket is removed from atop Engine 33 ahead of his funeral Mass. A similar outpouring honored fallen Firefighter Michael Kennedy. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Archivist Marta Crilly holds a T-shirt that reads, “It’s My First Marathon” -- one of the thousands of items stored at the Boston City Archives in West Roxbury from the Marathon Memorial. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Wreaths were placed at the site of each Boston Marathon bomb blast. Here, police honor guards stand with a wreath placed outside Forum, the site where the second bomb exploded. (Joe Spurr/WBUR)
Final preparations to a wheelchair before the 118th Boston Marathon (Joe Spurr/WBUR)Runners pour over the Mass Pike overpass at mile 25. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Eunice Walerui and Jane Wanja of Kenya celebrate their home country hero Rita Jeptoo’s marathon win. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Wreckage lay at the scene in Bedford, where a private plane plunged down an embankment and erupted in flames during a takeoff attempt at Hanscom Field on May 31. Seven people died in the crash. (Fred Thys/WBUR)
Michael Moscariello, 32, looks out through the front door of his Cambridge apartment complex. Michael is on the autism spectrum, as is his younger brother, Jonathan. “[My sons are] the pioneer generation” for children on the spectrum, their father, Pete Moscariello, says. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Co-owners Arthur, left, and Chris Manjourides have been churning out breakfast orders at Charlie’s for over 50 years. Arthur has been there since he was 12 years old. There are plans to open Charlie's under new ownership in 2015. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Patrick Mbarushimana, 22, of Rwanda demonstrates how he can write with no hands. He has new prosthetics from a Dorchester manufacturer. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
The problem with kiteboarding, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is that the kites and their shadows scare federally protected piping plovers and other shorebirds. Barry Payne prepares to head out onto the water now that he has the kite airborne. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Friends and relatives gathered to remember five family members who died in a fast-moving apartment fire in Lowell on July 10. Here, Torn Sak’s mother carries a photo of her son as his casket is brought into the Glory Buddhist Temple in Lowell. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Arthur T. Demoulas supporters gather in Tewksbury. A management dispute severely disrupted the grocery chain's operations, until a deal was reached to give ownership to Arthur T. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Greg Miner of Charles River Charters holds a yellow perch, our only catch during our “urban fishing” outing in the lagoons alongside the Esplanade. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Ray Flynn was South Boston’s state representative during the busing crisis, and later mayor of the city. Here he is recently on the steps of South Boston High School. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Tammy Sprague Gallagher, whose son, a Massachusetts National Guard soldier, died by suicide last October, stands among tributes to him in her Raynham home. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Yes, there is an underground theater in Boston. Here’s a view from the balcony of Steinert Hall, across the piano parts and record boxes to the stage. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Carlos Arredondo, who rose to prominence in Boston after helping save the life of marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman, attended the ground breaking. His son, Marine Lance Cpl. Scott Alexander, died in Iraq in 2004. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
The USS Constitution faces Castle Island during a 21-gun salute on what was the final voyage around Boston Harbor before the ship went into drydock for restoration. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Someone holds “Thank You Mayor Menino” as Angela Menino, Mayor Thomas Menino’s wife of 48 years, and family stand in front of his casket outside of the Most Precious Blood Parish following the funeral service. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Joanne Kinchla passes out “I Voted” stickers after voters cast ballots at Burlington High School. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)A Charlie Baker supporter prays as Baker’s lead fluctuates in the governor's race. Baker's defeat of Martha Coakley was the closest governor's race in 50 years. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Gov.-elect Charlie Baker greets supporters at his election night rally in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Cherie King, with the group Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee, speaks in support of the homeless outside a public meeting in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Katherine Asuncion and Cairo Mendes watch President Obama’s televised address to the nation announcing his executive action on immigration at the Student Immigrant Movement offices in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
An estimated 1,400 protesters walked to the South Bay Corrections facility during their march in solidarity with protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. (Joe Spurr/WBUR)
Some 100 Harvard Medical School students protest the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police as well as racial inequality in medical treatment. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Lisette, left, is seeking asylum in the U.S. She fled El Salvador, with a daughter, on July 12, and arrived at Boston’s South Station, where she was embraced by her aunt, on Oct. 7. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Google Editor's Picks
![Michael Moscariello, 32, looks out through the front door of his Cambridge apartment complex. Michael is on the autism spectrum, as is his younger brother, Jonathan. “[My sons are] the pioneer generation” for children on the spectrum, their father, Pete Moscariello, says. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2014/12/0609_autism01.jpg)
