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‘The first chapter of a new Boston sports story': Details about new women's soccer team unveiled
Boston sports teams are certainly not strangers to hanging up championship banners. Now, another sports team is coming to New England to try and bring even more titles to the region. A brand new women’s professional soccer team will call George R. White Stadium in Franklin Park home, after the National Women’s Soccer League awarded Boston the rights to...
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Boston police cruiser, other car involved in crash near Franklin Park
Aerial footage showed a police cruiser and another car damaged after a crash near Boston’s Franklin Park. The crash took place Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Seaver Street and Elm Hill Avenue in Roxbury. Details were limited, with police only saying that an officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. No further information was immediately available.
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Mayor Wu Announces Franklin Park Action Plan
More lighting and signage, better infrastructure for pedestrians and improved access are part of the Franklin Park Action Plan, as are renovations for some of the structures inside, officials said.
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Unveiling New Vision for Franklin Park, Boston Aims for Inclusivity, Safety
Boston aims to make Franklin Park more welcoming to all, according to the detailed plan for the city’s biggest open space that Mayor Michelle Wu released Tuesday. More lighting and signage; better infrastructure for pedestrians; upgrades to structures, trails, play areas, athletic fields and picnic sites; and improved access are part of the Franklin Park Action Plan, officials said....
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B.A.A. Half Marathon Back In-Person After 3 Years
The Boston Athletic Association’s half marathon is back with thousands of runners taking off in person for the first time since 2019.
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JP Residents Meet to Discuss Recent Violence, Dangers in Parks
People in Jamaica Plain held a meeting to discuss violence weeks after Boston civil rights icon Jean McGuire was stabbed there.
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Police Share 1st Photos of Man Sought in Jean McGuire's Stabbing in Franklin Park
UPDATE (Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022): The person police were seeking was found and is not a person of interest in the stabbing, officials say. The Boston Police Department is searching for a man in connection with the stabbing of a 91-year-old civil rights pioneer last week in Franklin Park. Jean McGuire was attacked while walking her dog around 8:30 p.m….
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Jean McGuire: ‘Angels Without Wings' Helped Her After She Was Stabbed in Franklin Park
Trailblazing Boston civil rights activist Jean McGuire was all smiles Tuesday morning as she prepared to leave Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she was treated after being stabbed in Franklin Park last week. Despite the circumstances, the 91-year-old education leader was filled with humor and gratitude, as she was joined by family and her care team at the hospital…
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Former Boston School Committee Member Stabbed in Franklin Park
Jean McGuire served as the executive director of METCO, which aims to increase racial diversity in Massachusetts by allowing students to attend schools outside their districts, for 43 years, from 1973 to 2016.
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Influential Boston Educator, 91, Stabbed Multiple Times in Franklin Park
The victim of Tuesday night’s stabbing in Franklin Park is a 91-year-old woman, who was stabbed multiple times, according to Boston police. Civil rights icon Jean McGuire — a former Boston School Committee member and the first Black woman elected to the panel, as well as the longtime head of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, or METCO, was attacked…
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Police Investigating Stabbing in Franklin Park
Authorities have not given any information about who was stabbed. The victim was taken to an area hospital, and that person’s condition was not known to police.
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Person Stabbed in Franklin Park, Boston Police Say
The Boston Police Department is investigating a stabbing Tuesday night in Franklin Park. The attack happened on Playstead Road in Roxbury. Police were called around 8:50 p.m. Authorities have not given any information about who was stabbed. The victim was taken to an area hospital, and that person’s condition was not known to police. No arrests have been made.