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Howie Carr: Trick or treat, taxpayers! Ex-pols cleaning up in the hackerama

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

Forgotten, but not gone.That’s how ex-pols are often described at the State House after they leave elective office. But after checking out the latest Beacon Hill lobbying reports, that old saw needs to be updated.Forgotten, but not gone – and filthy rich!It is astonishing to see how much some of these ancient shiftless hacks are grabbing, especially when you consider how long it’s been since any of them ever won an election.Let’s start with 79-year-old ex-Lt. Gov. Tommy O’Neill – “Thomas P. O’Neill da Turd” as the sergeant-at-arms used to describe him when he entered the House chambers for the annual State of the State address.Da Turd is the son of ex-House speaker Tip O’Neill, and he was dragged into office twice on the bottom of the Democrat gubernatorial ticket. But on his own Tipleet won just a single election – as a state rep in Cambridge, in 1972.No problem, though. For the first six months of the year, his firm, O’Neill and Associates, collected $1.89 million from 59 clients....

BSC cross-country: Needham’s Greta Hammer avenges loss to Werner

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

WRENTHAM — With decisive victories at the Frank Kelley and Twilight Invitationals, Brookline’s Lucia Werner went to the starting line of Saturday’s Bay State Conference Championships as the heavy favorite in unseasonably warm conditions at the Wrentham Developmental Center layout.It was Needham’s Greta Hammer, though, who shook free of Werner and Weymouth’s Gracie Richard after the 2-mile mark and extended her lead. Hammer was well clear of the field as she crossed the finish line of the 5k course in 18 minutes, 16.6 seconds. The always-consistent Richard powered home for the silver medal and 18:39.8 ahead of an exhausted Werner, who took third in 18:55.4Hammer exacted a little revenge over Werner, who defeated the Needham harrier on her home course in a dual meet on Sep. 20, winning by six seconds over 3.1 miles, 18:40 to 18:46.A pack of six passed the first mile in 5:50 and that was whittled down to Hammer, Werner and Richard at 2-miles. Hammer put in a big...

Brookline boys claim BSC cross country championship

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

WRENTHAM — Newton North’s Gabriel Grove considers himself very lucky to be running in the Bay State Conference.“It’s a privilege to run in this conference,” said the senior. “There are a lot of great runners and Brookline is the best team in the state and one of the best in the country.”Most of Grove’s competitors probably wished he took Saturday’s BSC Championships off.Grove, a 4:26 miler and 9:21 2-miler, was brilliant.Racing on the rolling Wrentham Developmental Center layout under bright skies in warm temperatures, the Tiger senior passed the mile in 4:49 with Wellesley’s Stephen Goehringer and Eli Merritt in tow. Grove made a strong move halfway through and put daylight between himself and the two harriers. He extended his lead and leaped across the finish line in a quick time of 15 minutes, 47.8 seconds for the win. Goehringer was also under 16 minutes with a second-place finish in 15:58.Altamo Aschkenasy led Brookline̵...

Big Little: Belmont Hill QB has big day

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

BELMONT — Sophomore quarterback Reis Little turned in one of his best performances of the season, finishing with 249 total yards and six touchdowns, as Belmont Hill won its fifth straight game with a 42-28 statement victory over BB&N.“As a team, we obviously work hard for this,” said Little. “We practiced all week for this. We knew what they had, we knew their defense, and all it came down to was making the right reads, making the right plays, knowing what to do when we’re in that situation. I just think we really executed today.”Little completed 14-of-20 passes for 186 yards, while adding 63 yards rushing, and Belmont Hill (5-1) needed just about every one of his plays in this one. He provided his group a 7-0 edge with 6:37 to play in the opening quarter, as he lobbed a 49-yard touchdown pass down the sideline to Charlie Walsh. Belmont Hill extended its lead to 14-7 in the second quarter, as Little connected with Nick Andersen for a 6-yard touchdown strike.BB&N’s Henr...

St. John’s Prep stays perfect

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

The defending Div. 1 champions will enter the postseason as the team to beat.Jimmy Nardone had two touchdowns as part of a rushing attack that totaled 232 yards as St. John’s Prep finished off an undefeated regular season with a 34-6 win over BC High on Saturday afternoon at Murphy Family Stadium.The win gives St. John’s Prep a share of the Catholic Conference title and all but guarantees it the top overall seed in the Div. 1 State Tournament.“We are focused on bigger things so we are going to try and carry some momentum into the playoffs,” Nardone said. “We’re going to try to play our best now that the playoffs are here.”St. John’s Prep’s dominance throughout the game was impressive. It was coming off a statement win over rival Catholic Memorial but showed no signs of a letdown. Starting running back Dylan Aliberti was out with a lower body injury. Senior lineman Wells Gillet was also sidelined.Defensively, the visitors were rel...

Latin Academy doubles up on Boston City League soccer championships

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

BOSTON – With overtime looming, Latin Academy dug down and capitalized on a late corner to win their second straight Boston City League boys’ soccer title.Junior Yussef Oulalite headed the ball in off a deflection to boost the Dragons over Boston International 3-2 at Madison Park High Saturday morning.“We worked on set pieces for like an hour yesterday,” said Dragons coach Patrick Mudie about the late tally. Defending, we gave up the first one of the game, but a lot of repetitions and we have a lot of quality guys.”“It’s crazy,” Oulalite said about winning his second straight BCL title. “We’ve gone through a lot of hard times this season and a lot of ups and downs. We lost to (Boston International) two times and it feels amazing to beat them today.”The tally came in stoppage time and was the second goal of the second half as senior Santiago Vanegas also connected on a header in the 57th minute.The first half was dominated by Boston International (16-2) as they delivered seven shots ...

Lawrence Academy line fuels win over Tabor Academy

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

MARION — A coach will bark out plenty of orders during a game, but sometimes he has to listen to his players.On the final drive of Saturday’s game with Tabor Academy, Lawrence Academy coach Jason Swepson took the advice of his offensive line.Instead of breaking a late tie with a field goal, the Spartans went for a touchdown, and got it, to earn a 28-21 win between two Independent School League unbeatens.With the win, Lawrence Academy stays perfect with a 6-0 record, while Tabor drops to 5-1. Both are in good position to make a NEPSAC bowl game.That final drive started at the Lawrence 35-yard line with 3:23 to go. Lawrence had been mounting long drives all game.“Perfect amount (of time), because we have a kicker (Rollin Hughes),” Swepson said. “We’ve just got to get in field-goal range. We got into field-goal range, and then the o-line said, ‘We want to score a touchdown.’ I was playing for a field goal. O-line said, ‘Hell no, let’...

Boston College upends UConn for fourth straight win

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

Boston College closed out the non-league portion of its schedule and extended its win streak to four games with a 21-14 victory over UConn in a regional grudge match on Saturday before 36,902 at Alumni Stadium.BC improved to 5-3 and can attain bowl eligibility with a third ACC win on Friday night at old rival Syracuse. The Eagles avenged last season’s disastrous 13-3 loss at UConn and leads the series 13-1-2. The final score in both ties was 0-0.“We’ve won four in a row and that’s not easy to do, it’s not easy to win a game,” said BC coach Jeff Hafley. “We have a short week and we have to turn it around and I thought UConn had a good plan and played hard.“It was a game we should win and ultimately it is what we did. When we play them, that’s the expectation.”BC quarterback Thomas Castellanos took advantage of the unseasonably warm playing conditions to pass for 151 yards and a touchdown. Tailback Kye Robichaux led the ground game with 112 yards on 23 carries with two touchdowns. Ale...

This popular San Diego bakery is closing for the rest of the year

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- There's some bad news for pastry lovers in San Diego. One of the areas most popular bakeries is closing it's doors for the remainder of the year.It may be some time before locals and tourist alike can indulge in the small-batch croissants and wild sourdough from IZOLA in the East Village. Many have raved about this shop online, with Yelp ranking it No. 2 in top spots for croissants in the U.S. earlier this year. A few months later, Yelp also listed the bakery among most reviewed LGBTQ-owned bakeries nationwide E. coli cases linked to Miguel’s Cocina jump to 20 as victim speaks out Before that in June 2022, IZOLA received its greatest accolade from Yelp -- it was named the top bakery in the country.So why the sudden closure? Though the bad news is that the business will not be operational for the next two months, the good news is it's only temporary.Jeffrey Brown and Jenny Chen, the masterminds behind this bakery, announced on social media Friday that the closure...

Mixed emotions as Port Credit pizzeria closes after three-plus decades

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:42:42 GMT

After more than three decades, the doors at Amadio’s Pizza in Port Credit will close for the last time on Saturday night.“The last couple years have been very challenging with COVID and aging family passing away, so it’s time,” an emotional owner Joe Leroux tells CityNews. Leroux adds a significant factor in his decision to close was the six-month-long road closure for construction on nearby train tracks which seriously changed traffic patterns in the area, cutting business to the pizzeria in half.“Our sales dropped the day that they shut the tracks down because it became so inconvenient to come here. In reality, in life, it only takes like 30 days to change habits and to create a new habit,” explained Leroux. “And when the track’s opened back up again, the state of the economy prevented a lot of people from coming back. The math just doesn’t add up.”In an online post announcing the closure, Leroux said they just don’...