Published August 27, 2010
Top stories in and around the Hub on a pleasant Friday morning:
- Boston Man Set Free In North Korea
A Boston man being held in North Korea since January for crossing into that country illegally was freed yesterday at the behest of former President Jimmy Carter, and is expected to arrive back in Boston today. (Globe) - Mayor Menino Blasts Vornado
The bottom line for Thomas Menino is that there’s a crater in the center of Boston’s Downtown Crossing shopping district, where Vornado halted construction in 2008 on a $700 million mixed-use high-rise. That Vornado is bidding on the Hancock Tower and also moving forward with plans to construct a Manhattan skyscraper has enraged Menino. (Herald)
- Brown’s Campaign Donations Keep Rolling In
Brown now has more than $6 million in his campaign account, and about two-thirds of his donations are coming from Massachusetts residents. (WBUR)
- First Family’s Vacation Winds Down
The president will go back refreshed from 10 days in a place where almost all the faces he saw were smiling and where the prime concern of almost everyone, even the trailing national media, was whether he was having a good time. (Vineyard Gazette) - A Mini Fenway Will Park In Norton
Phase one involved the Mini Fenway facade and landmarks, including the Green Monster and the Citgo sign, and two youth baseball fields and four practice fields. (Sun Chronicle)
What stories are you following?