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Dorchester native. Boston Globe journalist, Blotter Tales columnist, and Cold Case Files reporter. Sign up for my newsletter here: https://bit.ly/coldcasefiles

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Snow up to your chest, monstrous potholes, an overwhelmed T: It’s no winter wonderland out there - The Boston Globe Getting around Boston isn’t easy. Adding snow and slush to the mix makes it a complete nightmare.

...and then arguing with them about the logistics and legality of this ages-old Boston tradition. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/03/m...

04.02.2026 10:46 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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I'm an ardent supporter of space savers. Years ago, we held a strong majority. But as time goes by, I find myself in the ever-dwindling minority... and having to explain to more and more people what space savers are....

04.02.2026 10:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This is what the #MBTA was supposed to look like. In 1947 the Boston Globe published this map w/ the Green Line going all the way out to Woburn... the Red Line out to Lexington... Orange Line to Dedham... and Blue Line extended out to Lynn.

29.01.2026 16:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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A huge fire destroyed Saint Ambrose church in Dorchester. The fire was intentionally set...but who did it?

#boston #unsolved #truecrime #sharethispost

23.01.2026 18:06 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I'm reporting live from the Boston Globe newsroom...and I want to show you the favorite thing at my desk. #bostonglobe #journalism #writerlife

14.01.2026 14:33 👍 28 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Santa Claus made the front page of the Boston Globe when he was arrested for drunkenness in 1926.🎅Walter Murphy, 25, was hired to parade around Waltham dressed as St. Nick, but “he was seen to stagger considerably” and collapsed on Moody Street. A kid told a patrolman: “Santa Claus dropped dead.”

23.12.2025 20:56 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What to know about the shooting death of an MIT professor in Brookline - The Boston Globe Nuno Loureiro, an acclaimed theoretical physicist, was shot multiple times Monday night inside the entrance of the Gibbs Street building where he lived.

MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline: What we know so far www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/m...

17.12.2025 17:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of Boston's Weekly Dig, died earlier this week... 😞He was 54 years old.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/12/m...

13.12.2025 01:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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36 years later, the fate of Jennifer Lynn Fay remains a mystery. She was 16 years old when she vanished from her Brockton neighborhood in 1989. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/m...

10.12.2025 16:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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At 8 p.m. tonight I'll be talking to Dan Rea about the unsolved murder of Theresa Corley. Tune in to @wbznewsradio.bsky.social (📻1030 AM in #Boston) to listen...and read the story in the @bostonglobe.com #ColdCaseFiles.

04.12.2025 15:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Police dog finds a missing man, a horse gets loose, and a coyote causes a scare - The Boston Globe A dog named Cruiser tracks down a missing man, a runaway horse is corralled, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

A police dog finds a missing man, a horse gets loose, and a coyote causes a scare in my latest Blotter Tales column on @bostonglobe.com 🚓🚨

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

03.12.2025 14:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NightSide News Update 11/20/25 - NightSide With Dan Rea | iHeart <p>We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!</p> <p><br>The disappearance of Jennifer Lynn Fay in Brockton in November 1989....

ICYMI, you can listen to the segment here: www.iheart.com/podcast/1002...

25.11.2025 14:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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At 8 p.m. tonight I'll be talking to Dan Rea about Jennifer Lynn Fay, who vanished in 1989. Tune in to @wbznewsradio.bsky.social (📻1030 AM in #Boston) to listen...and read the story coming out soon in the @bostonglobe.com #ColdCaseFiles.

20.11.2025 11:09 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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At 9 p.m. tonight I'll be talking to Bradley Jay on WBZ NightSide @wbznewsradio.bsky.social about creepy places to visit around New England. Do you know any creepy places that are worth checking out?
📞Call the studio line at 617-254-1030 and tell us about them😱

14.11.2025 20:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
colorful squirrels

colorful squirrels

Has anyone else seen squirrels like this?

I have so many questions

12.11.2025 13:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Colorful squirrels are spotted, an SUV ends up in the ocean, and lizards are rescued in this edition of Blotter Tales....

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/26/m... via @bostonglobe.com

11.11.2025 22:01 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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​Had fun filming with Dara Ó Cinnéide ​and the crew from Loosehorse productions on Tuesday! 🎬 They traveled all the way from Ireland to shoot a documentary about a murder mystery with a Boston connection.🔍Watch for it on @rte.ie!

06.11.2025 22:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The strange disappearance of Christopher Bird, last seen on a camping trip to the White Mountains in 1984 - The Boston Globe Bird was last seen with Richard B. Brunt, who had been convicted of killing his boyfriend in Florida in 1975. Brunt died in 2019.

Secret letters and a violent past: Clues in a New Hampshire cold case

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/m...

24.10.2025 15:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My mom watched the segment and later said she loved the polka dot print shirt I was wearing (you may not be able to see the tiny dots in this pic....but believe me, they're there...and Ma noticed :) I told her to thank Segun for my styling that day. 👔✨

23.10.2025 23:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Remembering the time I borrowed a shirt and tie from Segun Oduolowu because I couldn't go on @bostonglobe.com TV with my hoodie. I cleaned up nice for the cameras....just had to roll up my sleeves and strategically tuck in his XL shirt...(1/2)

23.10.2025 23:32 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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🎃 13 creepy places in New England for you to explore.... (if you dare)

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/16/l... 😱 via @bostonglobe.com @globenh.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social

16.10.2025 11:35 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Our next meetup for journalists will take place at Tiki Rock in Boston on Tuesday, Oct. 14. 🎉All media professionals are welcome to attend, so please spread the word to your colleagues! 🎊This FREE event is a joint effort of BABJ, NAHJ New England, AAJA New England, NLGJA Boston and NESNE.

09.10.2025 13:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ready for a Boston mob TV marathon?📺
You can watch every episode of the "Bloody Boston" docuseries that I appeared in w/​Pat Nee, Bobby Martini, Myles Connor, Howie Carr, Steven Boozang & Fred M. Wyshak Jr.🎬on the Reelz channel🎬Saturday, Sept. 20...starting at 11am!⏰

12.09.2025 03:27 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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"He was hunting females along the Cape Cod Canal." Investigators explore new lead - and potential suspect - in the 1977 disappearance of Simone Ridinger. www.boston.com/news/the-bos...

11.08.2025 02:01 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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A horse gallops down a highway, chickens run loose, and ‘Biggy Steaks’ gets arrested in my latest Blotter Tales column...check it out: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/22/m... via @bostonglobe.com

28.08.2025 13:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"He was hunting females along the Cape Cod Canal." Investigators explore new lead - and potential suspect - in the 1977 disappearance of Simone Ridinger. www.boston.com/news/the-bos...

11.08.2025 02:01 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Did you know Boston had a "Gay Times Square"? And look at how many LGBTQ+ bars there were back in the 1940s, 50s and 60s! Wow 👀

#ImproperBostonians #thehistoryproject

06.08.2025 10:10 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Had a blast at the Fight Night book event at City Winery🥊💥...thanks to everyone who came out to the show! 🎉

06.08.2025 10:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Retired State Police detective lieutenant says a @bostonglobe.com story helped him develop a new lead in a decades-old missing person case:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/m...

04.08.2025 16:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is happening on July 30th :)

bsky.app/profile/emil...

23.07.2025 19:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0