Explosions Hit near Finish Line of Boston Marathon

UPDATE:1602 ~ 22 Injured, 2 have died of their injuries. UPDATE:15:42 ~ Many Injuries Reported, Some Severe. Windows have been blown out in busineses several stories high along the 600 block in the Copley Square Area. One witness has reported seeing several packages outside the doors of 671 Boylston Street just before the explosions.

BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) – An apparent explosion has hit the finish line area of the Boston Marathon. Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion near the finish line just before 3 p.m. There appeared to be blood on the ground near the finish line. Video from Skyfox showed a number of emergency crews in the area tending to victims. Reuters was reporting that the Boston Marathon headquarters were in lockdown. It was not immediately known how many people were injured or the extent of their injuries. Click refresh on this page for updates as more information becomes available. Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/21982342/apparent-explosion-hits-near-finish-line-of-boston-marathon#ixzz2QYquZ6u9

Friday Babe

Simone Villas

Almost Off the Grid

Except for 1000 or so Burglaries, Breakins and Thievery
Maine hermit, living in woods for 27 years, caught

ROME, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a man who lived like a hermit for decades in the woods of central Maine and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries has been captured.

Police say 47-year-old Christopher Knight was arrested last week while stealing food from a camp in Rome.

Authorities on Tuesday found the campsite where they believed Knight — known as the North Pond Hermit — has lived for 27 years.

Sgt. Terry Hughes of the Maine Warden Service, who arrested Knight last Thursday as he left the camp with $280 worth of food, tells the Morning Sentinel ( ) that Knight told him he was the second human being he has spoken to since 1986.

Knight is being held on $5,000 bail at the Kennebec County jail on charges of burglary and theft.

The Iron Lady has Died

Rest in Peace Lady Margaret Thatcher

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Malia Jones

Boire Field Air Traffic Control Tower to Close

Sequestration. Making Sure it Hurts the Appropriate Demographic.
The Obama Effect.
Nashua is located in Southern NH with easy access to all major New England area business hubs. It takes $1000 a day to keep this tower operational. Folks that use this airport are the same folks that create jobs all over New England.

For Grins I'd like to see the per day tally of the latest Obama's Spring Break Extravaganza.
Just Sayin.

UPDATE:

The Nashua Airport Authority says it has signed a month-to-month agreement with Midwest Air Traffic Control Services, the company that runs the tower now, to help pay for controllers and other expenses.

NECN LINK

Home Based Gun Shop Remains Operational in NH

Weare zoning board: Garage-based gun shop can keep operating

Weare NH - The Weare zoning board ruled unanimously last night that a residential gun shop at the center of an ongoing neighbor dispute can continue to operate because the “reasonable” time period for appeals on it had passed.

The board heard public testimony at its meeting last month as to whether the business, which is owned by Michael Stevens, meets zoning code criteria for a proper “home-based” business. A neighbor, Al Provost, filed an administrative appeal last fall contending it does not.

But the board postponed a ruling last month on the case, explaining that it needed time to confer with the town’s attorney to see if it even had the authority to make a ruling, since the business appeared to have been in operation since at least 2009.

Speaking last night, board Chairman Jack Dearborn said that he had received more definitive evidence since the March meeting that the town had approved the shop’s existence at least once in 2009, which indicated to him that the window of time for an appeal had passed.

“If the neighbors didn’t like it in 2009 they had a reasonable amount of time to come and say that,” he said. “This is an issue for superior court if it gets beyond the reasonable period for administrative appeal.”

Stevens has also operated a commercial firing range in his backyard in the past, but he was ordered by the town administrator in December to cease that activity until he acquires a site plan review for it. The ruling last night does not impact that order.

More at the LINK ... Mostly though it's The Plaintiffs Lawyer Whining about the Decision.

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