Everywhere, of course, there were reminders of a year ago, but the prevailing mood was celebratory, not somber.
KEVIN CULLEN
Ordinary beauty drowns out past horrorEverything that was so wrong about Patriots Day last year was swamped on Monday in a sea of normalcy.
Heartbreak Hill
At mile 20, the beating and the blessingsYou have to put Heartbreak Hill behind you to run Boston. It’s one of the things that makes our marathon so special.
Police presence felt, appreciated in a uneventful dayGoing into this year’s Marathon, authorities had said they wanted the extra security measures to be as unobtrusive as possible.
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Suddenly, the loudest sounds at the finish line were the rhythmic padding of runners’ shoes. It was 2:49 p.m.
Boston Capital
Slow action on TelexFree may prove costlyNo doubt it takes time to make cases like these. But in the interim, a lot of people continued to send money.
Both have narratives of liberation, and though often unknown, their histories are intertwined.
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Blue highway: Berkshires CEO treks across AmericaStep by step, Nancy Fitzpatrick, now 67, is walking across America on US Route 20, east to west.
From the archives
The Old North ChurchBoston’s oldest church structure is where Paul Revere told patriots to hang two lanterns that warned of the impending British occupation.
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The Hoyts had planned to make the 2013 Marathon their last but came back to finish and honor those killed and injured last year.
For some, this morning’s annual reenactment of the opening shots of the American Revolution had special significance.
When medication-assisted treatment works, addicts get back to functioning. But the stigma remains, despite clinical proof.
Norelli presided over the Legislature as it approved civil unions in 2007 and then gay marriage in 2009.
A top US diplomat warned that Russia has ‘‘days, not weeks’’ to abide by an international accord aimed at stemming the crisis.
“It’s one of those weekends that retailers live for,” said Edward Albertian, chief executive officer of City Sports.
The heart of Elizabeth Warren’s new memoir is her work over the past two decades in Washington.
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