Joshua Sullivan

The city of Boston is making sure the homeless are not forgotten on Thanksgiving. Hundreds of volunteers, including sports legends and politicians, gathered at the Pine Street Inn to prepare and serve turkey dinners. Close to 800 pounds of mashed potatoes were served, 74 turkeys and 50 gallons of gravy. There was also 400 pounds of stuffing, 200 pounds of cranberry sauce and 205 assorted pies.

The Boston’s Children’s Theatre has canceled its classes and will close before its holiday performances, after its director’s resignation amidst misconduct charges. The theater group filed for bankruptcy Wednesday night, according to The Boston Globe.

Mayor Marty Walsh, Bruins’ captain Zedeno Chara and police commissioner William Gross stopped by St. Francis House to serve a dinner at the homeless shelter.

Today (Thanksgiving Day): AM rain & wet flakes to a drying, chilly wind. Highs in the 40s, wind chill 30s. Overnight Thursday Night: Clearing, colder. Lows in the 20s, wind chill 0s. Friday: Mostly sunny, cold wind. Highs around 40, wind chill 30.

Today (Thanksgiving Day): AM rain & wet flakes to a drying, chilly wind. Highs in the 40s, wind chill 30s. Overnight Thursday Night: Clearing, colder. Lows in the 20s, wind chill 0s. Friday: Mostly sunny, cold wind. Highs around 40, wind chill 30.

Gusty winds this morning will continue into the afternoon. A few showers or snow showers will be possible the mid to late morning. We can expect some clearing by the afternoon. Friday and Saturday look cold and quiet.

An 80-year-old man was been hit by a vehicle Saturday at the intersection of Whittier Street and Tremont Street in Roxbury, according to Boston police.

Mark Sousa has a big hockey game in Canada on Sunday. He had to get ready fast, and that included a last minute trip to Boston on Friday to pick up his new passport. But when he was next to TD Garden, Sousa swerved to get out of the way of another car, and crashed into someone’s Porsche.

Boston police are still searching for suspects in a Dedham robbery from Friday.

A cyclist was brought to a Boston-area hospital after he was struck by a vehicle in Wellfleet Saturday afternoon. Around 2:16, the Wellfleet Police Department responded to reports of a bicyclist struck by a motor vehicle near Route 6, police said.

The Nubian Square Coalition spoke to a group in Roxbury about the potential name change to Dudley Square. Dudley Square is named for Thomas Dudley, a former governor of Massachusetts who signed pieces of legislation that allowed for slave trade.

New surveillance video that shows two suspects near the scene of a police chase in Dedham, Massachusetts surfaced Saturday. Boston police said they were aware of the video as they continued to search for suspects in Friday’s armed robbery.

An 80-year-old man was hit by a vehicle Saturday as he was crossing a busy street in Roxbury, Boston police say.

A group has proposed renaming Boston’s Dudley Square. Dudley Square was named for a mayor who signed legislation that allowed for the sale of slaves.

A private boarding school in New Hampshire has made a bid to buy a closed Vermont college. The Bennington Banner reports that the head of Oliverian School in Pike, New Hampshire, and the board chairman of the former Southern Vermont College, confirmed Friday that that the private school has offered $4.9 million for the 371-campus and buildings in Bennington.

The Reading Water Department recently detected E. coli bacteria in drinking water at a building located at 295 Salem Street. “As our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we are doing to correct this situation,” a news release from the town said. “On Thursday, officials collected routine samples at 10 locations throughout Reading.”

A search-and-rescue plane found the boat 100 miles off the coast of Virginia on Monday

The Coast Guard has launched a search for a missing boater who left Rhode Island on Wednesday bound for Miami. Coast Guard officials say 40-year-old Ryan Hollis left Jamestown in a 43-foot Beneteau sailing boat, the Carol K.

A jury has acquitted a former Vermont lawmaker in his fourth sex crimes trial. Former state Sen. Norm McAllister was accused of setting up his tenant at his Highgate farm to have sex with an acquaintance to pay the tenant’s electric bill. He was initially convicted, but he appealed and the Vermont Supreme Court granted him a new trial.