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Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelical organization, has set up a collection station in Abington for its Operation Christmas Child gift-giving program.

For a nearly two-year period, the Quincy Housing Authority ignored repeated orders by the city health department to fix dangerous health code violations at an apartment rented to a family of six in the Germantown section of the city.

The subject of much debate for a half-century, President John F. Kennedy’s assassination remains for some a treasure trove of unanswered questions. Friday’s anniversary attracted academics, history buffs and conspiracy-minded activists to the city for another round of conversation.

The subject of much debate for a half-century, President John F. Kennedy’s assassination remains for some a treasure trove of unanswered questions. Friday’s anniversary attracted academics, history buffs and conspiracy-minded activists to the city for another round of conversation.

The subject of much debate for a half-century, President John F. Kennedy’s assassination remains for some a treasure trove of unanswered questions. Friday’s anniversary attracted academics, history buffs and conspiracy-minded activists to the city for another round of conversation.

The subject of much debate for a half-century, President John F. Kennedy’s assassination remains for some a treasure trove of unanswered questions. Friday’s anniversary attracted academics, history buffs and conspiracy-minded activists to the city for another round of conversation.

“We always knew before we were married that adoption was a path we wanted to follow,” said Jennifer Murray of Kingston. She and her husband Mike legally adopted Soleil, 21-months-old, into their family on Friday. They already have three biological children: Ryan, 12, Grace, 10, and Bennett, 8.

I was a seminarian at St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen Seminary when the news came in.  In those days we were not allowed to have television sets in our monasteries, but I still recall that for the president’s funeral they brought in a television set and we watched Cardinal Cushing celebrate the Mass.