Aboard Romney’s farewell tour
Boston, Massachusetts By Brian Snyder Election Day: We received the email with the election day schedule around 1am and we weren’t even at our hotel for the night yet. The 6:55am call time for Tuesday...
View ArticleDigging out from Boston’s blizzard
Boston, Massachusetts By Brian Snyder It might not be news that it snows in New England in winter. But the recent snow storm (there seems to be some debate as to whether it met the criteria to be...
View ArticleNew Mexico’s Holy Week
New Mexico By Brian Snyder The high desert of northern New Mexico, with Taos as its unofficial capital, is a confluence of cultures and eras. Native American, Spanish, Mexican and American cultures...
View ArticleThe blind cheering the blind
Watertown, Massachusetts By Brian Snyder Almost universally, when I told friends or family that I was going to cover the 67th annual Eastern Athletic Association for the Blind track and field...
View ArticleA day on the lobster boat
In waters off Cape Elizabeth, Maine By Brian Snyder The instructions were: “Meet my sternman, and friend, Rob at 4:45am at the fish pier in Portland, Maine. From there, you two will catch a ride on...
View ArticleHernandez: From Patriot to suspect
Fall River, Massachusetts By Brian Snyder Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was in court again yesterday, charged with murder in the death of his friend and semi professional...
View ArticleInside the connected food bank web
Manchester, New Hampshire By Brian Snyder It’s all connected. The New Hampshire Food Bank serves food to people who need meals. The people getting the meals need job and life skills to get to the point...
View ArticleStanding in JFK’s shadow
By Brian Snyder John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, and there are reminders of him all over Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and New England. There’s the John F. Kennedy...
View ArticlePrecious by name, precocious by nature
Chelsea, United States By Brian Snyder When I first met Precious Perez, she was with a group of blind children and adolescents who had come to meet horses performing in an acrobatic show. The kids...
View ArticlePastor-politician slain in Charleston is mourned at state capitol
By Brian Snyder COLUMBIA (Reuters) – The body of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the state senator and pastor gunned down with eight others at a historic black church in Charleston last week, was taken on...
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