City Profile
Covering just 46 square miles, or 119 square kilometres, is Boston, the capital city of the State of Massachusetts. Nestled on Massachusetts Bay, an offshoot of the Atlantic, Boston is today a busy metropolis with a population of 5.6million (1998), of which 1.6 million are resident in the central part of the City. Boston has been home to immigrants from all over the world, virtually from about 1800, when it's population was just a few thousand. By the turn of the 20th century the population had grown to half a million, of which more than half were Irish, and the balance split between Canadians and Europeans.
Boston is a truly international city in which everything is so close that the visitor only needs a pair of comfortable shoes to cross all the points of interest.
From Back Bay to Beacon Hill, of Newbury Street to North End, Boston it has something to offer to all that visit. From stores of luxury and magnificent restaurants to sites of historical interest and numerous cultural museums.
Pro Bowler Lynch brings plenty of experience New England Patriots If you have recently renewed your subscription to Patriots Football Weekly and are having trouble logging in, you may need to re-register with your new ID Number. Your ID Number can be found on...
Arroyo To Attend Hearing To Fight For Job WBZ Bodybuilding firefighter Albert Arroyo will be at a hearing in Boston Tuesday afternoon to fight for his job. Arroyo, 46, was fired earlier this month for defying an order to...
Abused Girl May Testify Against Stepdad Boston Channel A Springfield judge has set an Oct. 1 hearing to determine if a young brain-injured girl is able to testify at the trial of her stepfather, who's accused of abusing her. Haleigh...
No Tolls On Interstate 93 Boston Channel State Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen is saying for the first time that drivers who use Interstate 93 to get into Boston need not fear paying tolls to use the road.
Make TheBostonChannel.com Your Homepage Boston Channel If that doesn't work, then: Select "Tools" menu at the top of the screen. Select "Internet Options." Click the "General" tab. In the "Home page" area, type www.TheBostonChannel.com into the...
Specialists dig deep for motivation New England Patriots If you have recently renewed your subscription to Patriots Football Weekly and are having trouble logging in, you may need to re-register with your new ID Number. Your ID Number can be found on...
Learn from it and move on New England Patriots Tampa – Good thing it’s only preseason. That’s about the only good news the Patriots can take from Sunday night’s 27-10 pillaging by the pirates in pewter pants. The tone...
Patriots.com News Blitz - 8/19/2008 New England Patriots Brady speaks out on his foot injury and read why Tom seems to look better than ever without even stepping on the field. Also, Find out the reason players and coaches are not worried about the two...
Henry Cejudo rises up off mat Boston Herald S hawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are familiar faces by now, so seeing the gymnasts side-by-side on the medals stand yesterday was nice, but nothing new. For that, get to know another American gold...
Nothing new about Tom Brady Boston Herald ... was pretty evasive during his weekly radio spot on WEEI on Monday when talking about both his right foot injury and whether or not he would play Friday night against the Philadelphia Eagles. The...
First-rate rally lifts New York Mets Boston Herald C arlos Delgado hit a go-ahead double off the left-center field fence and the Mets broke loose in the eighth inning to rally past the Atlanta Braves, 7-3, last night in New York. Damion Easley...
Injury to prevent Matt Reis from saving day Boston Herald F If the Revolution are to bounce back from Saturday’s 4-0 clunker at San Jose, they must do so minus goalkeeper Matt Reis when they take on D.C. United tonight (7:30) at Gillette...
Patriots Backup QB Matt Cassel Fired Up By Critics WBZ Matt Cassel is aware of his critics. They say the New England Patriots are finished if Tom Brady misses games and he has to take over for a long period. They look at his...
Dustin Pedroia ejection leads to wild end Boston Herald After grounding out on the next pitch, he shouted at Marquez and home plate ump Bob Davidson on the way back to the dugout, resulting in an ejection by Davidson. Pedroia left the Sox in a bind...
Tampa Bay Rays best in AL Boston Herald S T. One night the Tampa Bay Rays play long ball. The next they rarely get the ball out of the infield and still beat the Los Angeles Angels. The surging Rays won for the ninth...
Carl Yastrzemski founder of this Nation Boston Herald ... he went 4-for-5 with four runs scored, two RBI, a double and a homer. The very next day, he hit a three-run homer in both ends of a...
Red Sox push back Beckett Boston Red Sox Sign up for mobile alerts - Red Sox ace Josh Beckett will be pushed back three days in the rotation and is now scheduled to make his next start on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. This, after...
Dave Matthews Band sax player, 46, dies Boston Herald L Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group’s founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died yesterday from injuries he sustained...
Usain Bolt makes it look too easy again Boston Herald B Must be pretty discouraging to race Usain Bolt. Not only are you likely to lose - he’ll beat you without even trying. Look, for example, at the way Bolt won his 200-meter semifinal...
Zack Greer re-laxes with Mike Pressler at Bryant College Boston Herald B ryant College announced a four-year extension for lacrosse coach Mike Pressler yesterday, keeping him with the school through 2015. Judging by the class Pressler has recruited for next season -...
U.S. Olympic softball team beats Japan in the ninth inning Boston Herald B One more for gold. One more before goodbye. Pushed to extra innings, the U.S. Olympic softball team scored four runs in the ninth inning and beat Japan, 4-1, this morning to move within...
Charles W. "Bucky" Hartman Boston Herald Beloved husband of Phyllis J. (Wilson) Hartman. Loving father of Paula A. of Dorchester, Mark A. of Dorchester, and the late...
Josh Beckett feeling uncomfortably numb Boston Herald Yankees . Meanwhile, Beckett seemed far less definitive on the date of his next outing, adding that he has been experiencing a similar sensation in his hand at various points this season. ...
Dice-K the magician wins No. 15 Boston Red Sox Watch - He has become the escape artist, weaving in and out of traffic and almost always coming away with a happy ending. It's hard to fathom just how Daisuke Matsuzaka has been able to...
Varitek finding his groove at the plate Boston Red Sox Bullpen needs to step up without Sherrill - For the first time in recent memory, Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek might actually be able to enjoy a day off. Despite the catcher's recent...
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