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IIIC welcomes Sarah Chapple-Sokol as their new Education Coordinator

Sarah Chapple-SokolSarah Chapple-Sokol, a native of Arlington MA, has recently joined the IIIC as the new Education Coordinator. Sarah is a graduate of Colby College, in Maine, where as an undergraduate she studied Anthropology an ...

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Need financial advice? Just ask Arlington

Sean O'SullivanIn the good old days, if you had a credit score of 700 or better, you qualified for 100 percent financing when you bought a house. Countrywide in their heyday (before Bank of America had to bail them out) had a mort ...

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Saying goodbye, and thank you, to Fr. Brendan Duggan

Fr. Brendan DugganIt is with great sadness that I write this ... ...

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Highlights for the upcoming 2013 Boston Irish Festival

Eileen IversThe 2013 Boston Irish Festival looks to be better than ever this year, with entertainment spanning from internationally recognized headliner acts to homegrown talent, as well as the 5K Road Race, Redhead World Recor ...

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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino pays tribute to Irish who helped in bombing aftermath

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino paid a special tribute to the Irish who helped in the aftermath of last month’s marathon bombings, in which three people were killed and over 260 injured. ...

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Richard Donohue recovers in hospital with his wife at his side

NYPD cops plan fundraiser for Richard Donohue - Boston MBTA cop injured in Tsarnaev shoot out

Members of the NYPD are planning a fundraiser for MBTA police officer Richard ‘Dick’ Donohue, 33, who was injured in the shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. ...

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Irish American cop shot in showdown with alleged Boston bombers in good spirits

MBTA Transit Police Officer Richard Donohue Jr, who was shot during the firefight between authorities and the Tsarnaev brothers on April 19 in Watertown, MA, penned a letter in which he displays good spirits and says he expects to ...

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is an evil terrorist, not a misunderstood young boy

There is only one thing that comes close to shocking me as much as the horrific attacks last week at the Boston Marathon, and that is the American media’s relentless pursuit of an angle that paints suspected terrorist Dzhokhar Tsa ...

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Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov (left and center) identified as the two friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (right) charged with conspiring to obstruct justice

Police arrest three 19-year-olds who covered tracks of Tsarnaev brothers, alleged Boston bombers - VIDEO

Boston police have arrested three 19-year-olds who they believed disposed of materials following the Boston Marathon attacks covering the tracks of the Tsarnaev brothers. ...

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“I Know” - A Song for Krystle

Krystle Campbell with her close friend Matt LynchIn the aftermath of the recent terror attacks at the Boston marathon, several fundraisers and benefit events have been set up to raise money for foundations such as the ‘One Fund’. ...

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Boston Irish community will honor Sr. Lena Deevy at Florian Hall event

Sr Lena Deevy LSA is presented with the inaugural Presidential Distinguished Service AwardThe Irish Emigrant would like to thank Sister Lena Deevy, L.S.A. for the tremendous work that she has done for the Irish community in her 24 ...

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Irish Hunger Commemoration

Memorial statues in downtown BostonEvery year, people of Irish heritage worldwide are asked to participate at masses and other memorial services to commemorate the Irish Hunger Victims of 1845-51. The Boston memorial is well atten ...

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SMA Fathers

In 1943, the SMA Fathers were welcomed into the Archdiocese of Boston. The Latin initials: “SMA”- Societas Missionum ad Afros, is our official name but over these fifty something years, we fondly became known in Boston as the “SM ...

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Taoiseach to Receive Honorary Degree at Boston College

An Taoiseach Enda KennyIrish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will address graduates of Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, at the school’s 137th annual Commencement Exercises on May 20.Boston College President ... ...

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Road Bowling Championships

Road Bowling Championship coming to East DurhamThe USA national championship (North American Region Finals) of one of the world’s oldest sports, Irish road bowling, will send bowls flying down a country lane in East Durham, New Yo ...