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The rain didn’t dampen the spirit of 6-year-old Danny Keefe, who was a special guest of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will offer extended commuter rail and subway service after midnight on New Year’s Eve to accommodate South Shore and Metro Boston residents attending First Night in Boston. The MBTA will not collect fares after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.

Police are investigating a Christmas Eve hit-and-run accident after they say a woman driving a dark-colored car crashed through the sliding glass door and into the living room of an unoccupied Braintree Village apartment before fleeing the scene.

In the days leading up to its closing, hundreds of longtime and new Christo’s patrons have made their last pilgrimage to the home of the “Greek Salad King” in hopes of creating new memories, and in some case, relive old ones.

Today's post is a thank you to an amazing girl who recently did something incredibly selfless to help out our wildlife.

A late-night apartment fire displaced three in Brockton on Friday. Brockton Fire responded to a report of a kitchen fire at 544 Chatham West Drive at 11:39 p.m. Friday.

Come to a book discussion about Stephanie Schorow's book, The Crime of the Century: How the Brinks Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston led by Milton Library Director, Will Adamczyk on January 7 from 7-8 p.m. at the Milton Public Library.

They were the robbers everybody loved.  Find out more. 

The Crime of the Century by Stephanie Schorow

The kindness of strangers makes life bearable for families experiencing hard times this holiday season.

Alice Merryweather, 17, of Hingham is on course to be a legitimate contender for a spot on the U.S. Ski Team and a berth in next season’s World Cup. She’s a junior at the Stratton Mountain School in Vermont, a private school that focuses on balancing winter sports training with a rigorous curriculum.

Uncertainty over the national economic position, sequester cuts affecting key state industries such as defense and medical research, mixed unemployment figures, and a real estate market dragging itself out of the doldrums all contributed to a year of slow economic recovery for the state and the South Shore.