The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from March 2009:
Slice of the transit dream fractured by schedule changes
Mar 01, 2009; ... STARTS & STOPS / TRAFFIC UPDATES ONLINE AT WWW.BOSTON.COM/STARTS For 15 years, Barbara Fitzgerald has walked two blocks from herhome to the North Wilmington train station, taken the train forabout 40 minutes, then walked comfortably to her job as a legalsecretary at a downtown law ...
Faith and good works Mormon writers find their niche in wholesome young adult genre
Mar 01, 2009; ... MAYNARD - Julie Berry's first novel is a fairy tale with a princeand a witch and love and despair. But there's no swearing, and nosex. The novel is, she grudgingly admits, wholesome. And that's what links Berry, of Maynard, and other Mormonwriters, many of them young women, who are ...
Relative value unseen Healthcare units don't always measure the real benefits
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Observer Barack Obama read the riot act last Tuesday evening to members ofCongress and American people on healthcare reform. He added newurgency to the obvious reality that our healthcare system is awreck. The reform effort, he added, can only succeed by making thesystem more ...
Bird Sightings
Mar 01, 2009 ... Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts AudubonSociety. The slaty-backed gull in Turner's Falls was still present thereat least as recently as Thursday. A tufted duck was reported Friday from Marshfield in the sectionof the South River near the intersection of ...
KICK-OFF
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Tom Cole, wrote for stage and screen, captured character and dialogue; at 75
Mar 01, 2009; ... As if he had lived lives other than his own, Tom Cole wrotedialogue that captured humanity in all its brittle complexities.Conjuring scenes for stage and screen, he could craft delicatecounterpoints of innocence and sin in scripts that let actors shineand left audiences ...
Reeling conservatives assess damage Some maintain GOP played role in election losses
Mar 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON- Deeply wounded after big losses in the last twoelections, and horrified at what they see as a veer towardsocialism, conservatives are coming to the same conclusion as theirDemocratic foes: It's the Republicans' fault. Sure, President Obama is moving toward nationalizing ...
For the record
Mar 01, 2009 ... - Correction: Because of an editing error, a quote from SenatorMitch McConnell of Kentucky was ...
Cassel trade is a loud statement Patriots clearly counting on Brady's healthy return
Mar 01, 2009; ... Patriots fans worship at the altar of Bill Belichick. "In Bill WeTrust" is embossed on sweatshirts, jackets, posters, andcommemoratives from Super Bowls won in New Orleans, Houston, andJacksonville. Woe is anyone who questions His Hoodiness. It makesyou a traitor, a nitwit, or ...
YouTube dog clip sparks outrage Cruelty alleged at Allston store
Mar 01, 2009; ... Security-camera footage that shows a man kicking and jumping on apuppy's crate near the register of what appears to be a popularAllston liquor store has quickly attracted thousands of Internethits and caused customers to threaten a boycott. The incident has also prompted the ...
Would car traffic bring back the crowds?
Mar 01, 2009; ... Downtown Crossing's problems have been well-documented: Crime hasspawned fear, heightened by a stabbing and shooting in the midst ofa bustling afternoon. Shops that once thrived next to Jordan Marshand Filene's have shuttered, leaving empty storefronts cheek-by-jowl with pushcarts, ...
Episcopal Church marks a milestone Leader reflects on consecrating first female bishop
Mar 01, 2009; ... The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, who is leading thedenomination through a threatened schism over its approval of anopenly gay bishop, visited Boston yesterday to mark the 20thanniversary of a previously controversial consecration: that of thefirst woman ...
O'Malley, Menino are all smiles together
Mar 01, 2009; ... ARTICLES OF FAITH / RECENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM MICHAEL PAULSON'S BLOG| TO READ ALL THE POSTS, VISIT WWW.BOSTON.COM/RELIGION Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley and Mayor Thomas M. Menino have hadsome very rough patches - in 2005 Menino was so angered by how thearchdiocese handled the closing of ...
Fire sweeps through Cambridge apartments
Mar 01, 2009; ... CAMBRIDGE - A fast-moving fire swept through the top two floorsof a four-story apartment building last night, sending dozens ofpeople out into the cold. The three-alarm fire at 75 Hancock St. closed down parts ofMassachusetts Avenue for several hours as crews battled the blaze.No ...
For psychics, financial future in the cards
Mar 01, 2009; ... Barbara Bonham slowly shuffled the Tarot cards as Alex Palermo,owner of the Original Tremont Tearoom, locked eyes across a smalltable brightened by a row of smiling Buddhas. After spreading thecards before him, Palermo gently fingered his graying goatee as the$55 half-hour session ...
Gang unit investigates college graffiti
Mar 01, 2009; ... A Boston police unit that handles gang-related activity in thecity is investigating graffiti painted on a Harvard Medical Schoolbuilding late last week. On Friday, a G. Greene Construction Co. employee at 641Huntington Ave. called police to report 11 graffiti images on theoutside ...
ON THE ROPES - Hartford,which bills itself as `New England's rising star,' has struggled to right itself in a current of fiscal downturn and alleged corruption.
Mar 01, 2009; ... HARTFORD - The clatter of lonely footsteps echoes in the large,polished, nearly empty lobby of CityPlace - one pair here, a longpause, then a couple more there - toward the end of a midweekworkday. In a state capital that does not need another body blow, therecession has hit ...
Lester Heller, 89; involved in Provincetown arts scene
Mar 01, 2009; ... When teenage arsonists destroyed the Provincetown summerplayhouse in March 1977, Lester and Adele Heller, the owner-operators, committed to rebuilding. They relocated from Maryland to Provincetown and poured theirresources into the project, which included a design ...
Hot dog! This takes a bite out of winter It's opening weekend at Southie foodstand
Mar 01, 2009; ... Anne Cleary has a hot dog policy, and she's very strict about it.Each year, she eats just one hot dog, and always at her sister'sFourth of July cookout. But this is not a typical year, she said. The weather and the economy have been so miserable for so longthat yesterday morning ...
New library hailed as Mattapan's future $16.7m building is most modern in city
Mar 01, 2009; ... Ten-year-old Kayla Maloney broke out in a wide smile as she ranher small fingers along the bindings of books stacked in the youngadults section of the new Mattapan library. The fifth-grader, avoracious reader who says she often falls asleep with a book on herpillow, stopped every few ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Mar 01, 2009 ... GARDNER Man killed in crash on Route 2 ramp A man died yesterday after the vehicle in which he was ridingwent out of control on a highway ramp in Gardner, then rolled overand collided with a roadside rock formation. Kurt Swan of Athol, whowas not wearing a seat belt, was ...
Janet Pavliska, at 78; first woman bank president in Mass.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Janet (Morrison) Pavliska was one to watch her boss closely. Assecretary to the president of the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank,she saw how he carried out his job, and "It looked simple - I saidto myself, `I can do this,"' she told The American Banker in 1985. And she did. After ...
Down economy boosts military Enlistment figures spike
Mar 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - The faltering US economy is fueling a dramaticturnaround in military recruiting, with new statistics showing thatthe Army is experiencing the highest rate of new enlistments in sixyears. The Army exceeded its goals each month from October throughJanuary - the first ...
Endless game of Dodge ball McCourt, Ramirez just go back and forth
Mar 01, 2009 ... BASEBALL NOTES All along, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has been torn about theManny Ramirez negotiations. The dilemma has stemmed from one undeniable fact: Players in thegame who are no longer in their prime are settling for much lessthis year. So why should McCourt ...
Q&A with Ira Lit What busing really does to kids
Mar 01, 2009; ... WHO EVER LIKED riding the bus to school? In endless teen flicksand in our own psyches, the yellow school bus holds a unique placein the story of how American kids come of age -- the flying objectsand hard cruelties; the bully, the bus driver, and the outcast youhoped wouldn't sit next to ...
A big buildup for first outing of Papelbon
Mar 01, 2009; ... RED SOX NOTEBOOK FORT MYERS, Fla. - When the questionnaire was handed to him,Jonathan Papelbon marked down that he was not interested in playingin the World Baseball Classic. That was it. He was never asked againto be part of Team USA's bullpen, and the Red Sox certainly ...
Powers debuts on podium
Mar 01, 2009; ... NEWRY, Maine - Forget the halfpipe. Ross Powers proved yesterdayhe has the right line for snowboardcross. Competing in his first SBX World Cup, the two-time Olympichalfpipe medalist from Londonderry, Vt., took third place at SundayRiver behind Graham Watanabe of Sun Valley, Idaho, ...
The world can wait Without WBC, Papelbon can rest
Mar 01, 2009; ... RED SOX NOTEBOOK FORT MYERS, Fla. - When the questionnaire was handed to him,Jonathan Papelbon marked down that he was not interested in playingin the World Baseball Classic. That was it. He was never asked againto be part of Team USA's bullpen, and the Red Sox certainly ...
Lithuanians let visitors in on a bitter history
Mar 01, 2009; ... VILNIUS, Lithuania - Shivering in the depths of a moldy bunkerwith militia men barking curse-laden orders and dogs nipping at youis not most people's idea of fun. But "1984: The Survival Drama" isn't most people's idea of aperformance, either. Set in a former nuclear bunker on the ...
In these clashes, moderation takes a beating
Mar 01, 2009; ... BOOK REVIEW / On Sports BLOOD IN THE CAGE: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC By L. Jon Wertheim Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 251 pp., illustrated, $25 A COURSE CALLED IRELAND: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, ...
My Duro How I accidentally invented a word
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Word I'VE BEEN WORKING as a lexicographer -- someone who editsdictionaries, for those of you disinclined to pick one up just now -- for more than 15 years, and the question that I am asked mostoften, by far, is "How can I make up my own word and get it in ...
Bruschi rare breed in cap era Fewer players spend career with one team
Mar 01, 2009; ... FOOTBALL NOTES Spend 13 memorable seasons with the same football team, one thathas experienced unprecedented success, and this is the type ofwelcome that can be expected. Sporting a smile that seemed to be a football field wide, TedyBruschi emerged from behind the curtain, ...
Trade winds shift East Conference has movable parts
Mar 01, 2009; ... HOCKEY NOTES Is Chris Pronger walking through that door? Or Erik Cole? Howabout Tomas Kaberle? Maybe a homecoming party for Keith "Walt"Tkachuk? For the better part of the last three weeks, the NHL rumor millhas been humming along at warp speed, well in advance of ...
Hawks try to get homed in Young team must focus down stretch
Mar 01, 2009; ... BASKETBALL NOTES The Eastern Conference has three powers in the Celtics,Cavaliers, and Magic. A distant fourth are the up-and-down Hawks. Atlanta seemed like a franchise on the rise when it took theCeltics to seven games in the first round of the playoffs lastseason. But the ...
Letters
Mar 01, 2009 ... Beacon Hill out of touch with local communities IN WATCHING the economic events over the last several months and the reaction of our state government, one cannot help but conclude that our leaders are out of touch with ...
A few twists for parents, home buyers, the jobless
Mar 01, 2009; ... FEDERAL CHANGES The federal tax return for 2008 looks a lot like the one youdealt with a year ago. But looks can be deceiving. While some changes in the rules can trap the unwary, there alsoare new benefits. Whether you do your own return or hire aprofessional tax preparer, ...
PAINFUL MISTAKES - Avoid trouble with the IRS by steering clear of a few common pitfalls, including failing to deduct Social Security payments for the nanny
Mar 01, 2009; ... How full of gotchas is the tax code? Just ask the list ofpolitical figures and entertainers who have run into trouble becauseof glitches on their form 1040. Here are some ways ordinary taxpayers and even supposedly tax-savvy high fliers can avoid getting ensnared. Nanny tax: ...
How to find a tax preparer
Mar 01, 2009; ... If you're thinking about enlisting the help of a professional taxpreparer for the first time or are searching for someone new becauseyou're not satisfied with the service you're getting from yourcurrent preparer, follow these five steps. Step 1: Get a referral. Ask your friends, ...
Few curves for this pitcher Tazawa adapting like an old pro
Mar 01, 2009; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - The comfort with which Junichi Tazawa hasoperated during his first major league spring training astounds hisclosest observers. Manager Terry Francona raved about the confidenceand calm Tazawa exudes while he pitches. Fellow pitcher TakashiSaito suggested Tazawa could ...
Tax software for the do-it-yourself crowd Programs can take a bit of the pain out of preparing your return
Mar 01, 2009; ... Spending Smart It is inevitable: You have to do your taxes. The question is howare you going to get them done. You could pick up forms and do them the old-fashioned way. Youcould go to a tax preparer. Or, as millions of other self-preparersdo, you can use tax prep ...
What They Were Thinking
Mar 01, 2009; ... North Attleboro High School's MICKEY TAYLOR (right), using hishead, hand, and body to defeat Natick's John McElaney in theDivision 2 state tournament at North Attleboro, Feb. 24, 2009:"There was just a minute or two left. I was already up, so I wastrying for the pin to get 6 points for ...
Job seekers may be able to get a break on their returns
Mar 01, 2009; ... Looking for work? Don't neglect tax deductions for job hunting. But it's not a slam dunk. "There are a lot of thresholds tocross," warns tax lawyer Barbara Weltman, an editor at the J.K.Lasser annual tax guide. Many of the rules, for example, are subjective, so how ...
WHERE THEY WENT
Mar 01, 2009; ... Where they went / West Point, N.Y. WHO: Bill, 62, and Diane Reilly, 58, of Lynn, and Jim, 62, andRachel Farley, 60, of Peabody. WHERE: West Point, N.Y. WHEN: Two days in October. WHY: To visit the United States Military Academy and attend afootball ...
It's bad news for victorious Bears
Mar 01, 2009 ... WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP It was a scream Baylor players have heard before. It was one theyhoped they would never hear again. But they did. And when junior forward Danielle Wilson cried outand crumpled in a heap under the basket, the sixth-ranked Lady Bearsknew it ...
On the route to a renaissance
Mar 01, 2009; ... ARIZONA WINSLOW - Few and far between is the American of a certain agewho cannot sing the lines: "Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner inWinslow, Arizona/ And such a fine sight to see/ It's a girl, mylord, in a flatbed Ford/ Slowin' down to take a look at me." Thoughthat corner, ...
MEASURES OF CHARTER SCHOOL SUCCESS
Mar 01, 2009 ... Above all, you have to show progress WHILE LAUDING Governor Patrick's plan to lift the charter school cap for students most at risk, Michael Mayo (''Lessons from a 'failed' charter school,'' Op-ed, Feb. 22) fails to acknowledge that ...
Scam artists already using the stimulus plan as bait
Mar 01, 2009; ... Consumer alert Some people just can't help themselves when they see anopportunity to make money off those who can least afford it. Whentimes are tough, people tend to be a bit more vulnerable whensomeone is dangling the idea of free money in front of them. Scammers being who ...
Snowballing renovations In Amherst, a new development has sprung up on a historical estate
Mar 01, 2009; ... AMHERST - In 1859, businessman Leonard M. Hills and his son,Henry, opened a straw-hat business next to the new railroad depot, ahalf-mile from town. A few years later, the pair built twin Italianate mansionsoverlooking their factory. The architect had recently designed asimilar ...
Once toys, now a ton of treasures
Mar 01, 2009; ... Antiques & Collectibles The antique and vintage toy collection amassed over 55 years byDonald Kaufman of Pittsfield, the cofounder of K-B Toys, will go onthe auction block this month in Vineland, N.J. The collection, which has been called "the king of all toycollections," ...
A cookie crossroads
Mar 01, 2009; ... RAVE ALBUQUERQUE - Fond childhood memories of the baker who alwaysgreeted him with a cookie inspired Pratt Morales to open aneighborhood bakery. Now the proprietor of Golden Crown Panaderia,Morales greets each customer with a biscochito, the anise andcinnamon-flavored shortbread ...
`Baggage' carousel can spin both ways
Mar 01, 2009; ... To this day, Tom Heinsohn still can't understand why the PhoenixSuns would wrap a for-sale sign around a three-time NBA All-Star whogave them 25 points a night. The Suns had come up with all kinds of labels for Charlie Scott. "He was a `malcontent,' a `cancer,' all that," ...
It's been rough week But Calhoun has UConn focused
Mar 01, 2009; ... CHASING THE BID STORRS, Conn. - The goal is different and Jim Calhoun knows it.So does his team, although sometimes the message gets lost in theintensity of a Big East game. For the second-ranked University of Connecticut Huskies, chasinga bid for the NCAA Tournament is not a ...
Where everybody knows your EKG
Mar 01, 2009; ... BOOK REVIEW HEART AND SOUL By Maeve Binchy Knopf, 418 pp., $26.95 The title of Irish writer Maeve Binchy's 15th novel, "Heart andSoul," couldn't be more apt. If Binchy were any more heartwarming,you'd need ice packs. She's like a hot flash for the ...
Dawson's trickery helps Blazers befuddle Stealth
Mar 01, 2009; ... Blazers 16 Stealth 10 The behind-the-back passes to set up goals were astonishingenough, but the changeup that Dan Dawson threw past the surprisedSan Jose goaltender defied logic. Dawson scored three goals and set up five more to lead the BostonBlazers to a 16-10 ...
Letters
Mar 01, 2009 ... Divert funds for high-speed rail The Boston Globe reported an earmark of $8 billion for high-speed rail put into the fiscal stimulus bill by Senator Kerry ("Willstimulus funds put rail on the fast track? Some observers say costis just one factor working against high-speed ...
Southwest, AirTran deals Hertz's car-share move
Mar 01, 2009; ... GLOBE-TROTTING / NOTES FROM OUR BLOG Southwest and AirTran have launched fare sales for travel throughat least late June. Southwest is offering nationwide one-way faresof $49-$129. Purchases must be made online before March 3 for travelthrough June 24. A 14-day advance purchase is ...
SHORT FUSE
Mar 01, 2009 ... Contracts: Shocking indeed at Massport The Massachusetts Port Authority is finally seeking bids for acontract to promote airline and port business in China - but onlyafter the Globe reported on the existing no-bid contract last month.Massport has paid $1.5 million over eight years ...
Hunwick on ice and impressive, for a change
Mar 01, 2009; ... BRUINS NOTEBOOK In February, Matt Hunwick appeared in only three NHL games. Therookie defenseman missed four games because of flu-like symptoms. Hewas a healthy scratch for six more. While the Bruins scored a 6-1win over the Florida Panthers last Tuesday, Hunwick was inProvidence ...
Bookings
Mar 01, 2009; ... TODAY: Poets Christine Casson, Wendy Mnookin, and others read at2 p.m., at Forsyth Chapel, Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest HillsAve., Jamaica Plain. TOMORROW: John Perkins discusses "The Secret History of theAmerican Empire," at 7 p.m., at the Harvard Square Coop, ...
Newest Breakers set to kick off training
Mar 01, 2009; ... For a little more than a year, Women's Professional Soccerorganizers have been forming teams, hiring coaches, luring playersand appealing to fan bases in anticipation of their inauguralseason. Today the teams can take over. The Boston Breakers are among the seven WPS teams that ...
BU destroys UMass Tourney seedings still up for grabs
Mar 01, 2009; ... BU 7 UMass 2 So, what was learned last night during the penultimate weekend inthe Hockey East regular season? Although the eight teams have been determined for thequarterfinals - Providence and Merrimack were eliminated - for many,the seedings will come down to the ...
A RAMBLE IN WINE COUNTRY Plans can be put aside and pleasures found on and off the beaten track
Mar 01, 2009; ... CALIFORNIA VALLEJO - We were hurtling down Sonoma Boulevard in the urbanEast Bay on a sun-struck Friday afternoon, hoping to find our ownway across the wine-thick valleys farther north and to the ocean'sedge beyond, when we spotted, parked at the corner of Ohio Street, atruck ...
What to do when you can't pay on time
Mar 01, 2009; ... Warm and cuddly the IRS may never be. But the agency is promisingto be more understanding now that even straight-arrow taxpayers maybe pressed by the economic downturn. It isn't offering amnesty on tax owed or related penalties andinterest. But the agency does say it will consider ...
Cassel is traded to Chiefs QB, Vrabel net second-rounder
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Kansas City Chiefs changed the course of Matt Cassel's careerby injuring Patriots franchise quarterback Tom Brady in the 2008season opener, and now the Patriots have sent the franchise-taggedCassel to Kansas City to be the Chiefs' franchise quarterback. Striking a deal with ...
Marbury an eager student
Mar 01, 2009; ... For the sendoff game before their last road trip three weeks ago,the Celtics' bench was occupied by Tony Allen, Sam Cassell, PatrickO'Bryant, Gabe Pruitt, and Brian Scalabrine. Kevin Garnett was inthe starting lineup. At the time, Stephon Marbury was an exiled NewYork Knickerbocker and ...