A FIFA study projected a city hosting the World Cup would generate $400 million in spending, adding that the number would have to be adjusted now that Boston is set to host 7 games.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Local & State
Pittston woman and her car were chosen to be an extra in film directed by George Clooney
After answering a casting call she ‘forgot about,’ Smith has headed down to filming twice now, and wrapped up Friday.
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Boston turns historic page with Kim Janey, city’s first female and first Black mayor
Fellow Democrat Marty Walsh resigned Monday to become President Joe Biden’s labor secretary.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, Nation & World, News
Maine companies send workers to Boston for health care at ‘fraction of the cost’
Competition among metro-area hospitals pulls prices down, but the outsourcing of patients leads to higher costs in Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State
The Wrap: There’s a slew of new places opening
Plus a new brew and the return of a favored event.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Dorchester Day helps inner-city youth get close to nature
Once a year, 150 Boston kids learn to learn to ski and snowboard at Shawnee Peak. For many, the great outdoors is its own adventure.
Posted inNation & World
Marathon bomber’s lawyers want death sentence tossed out
They tell an appeals court it was unfair to hold the trial in Boston and raise other issues with the 2015 court case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Gardener, Source
Wintry weather and frozen earth got you down? Plan a gardening trip
Just thinking about exotic places with gorgeous gardens can keep you sane till spring.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid
PORTLAND — A Boston man denied a federal charge Thursday in connection with what investigators who rounded up more than a dozen suspects called a major drug operation in the Twin Cities that sold surplus medical marijuana out of state and to non-patients. Yehudi Pardo, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a […]
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Telling Room students to be guests of Michelle Obama at her talk in Boston on Saturday
There’s a history between the former first lady and the Portland writing center.