Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has surged to a clear lead in the Republican race for the presidential nomination, but his party's attacks on President Obama's economic stewardship have yet to shake the president's lead over the GOP, a new poll finds.
Boston Bruins fans cheer the team's arrival in Boston, Thursday. The Bruins won the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Wednesday night beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Click on the link, above left, for a report from the Boston Globe on plans for a victory celebration Saturday. Also, see a related video from NECN below.- Hub plans big victory parade for Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins (video) [Boston.com]
- Holyoke Fire Chief William Moran reportedly sent engine company to false alarm (video) [cbs3springfield.com]
- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney solidly leads Republicans in race for White House, new poll says (video) [online.WSJ..com]
- With Anthony Weiner's resignation in sex scandal, Democrats lose vocal advocate for progressive issues [CSMonitor.com]
- Berkshire Medical Center to close its day-care center for children [BerkshireEagle.com]
- Looters, gawkers make tornado victims' lives even harder, Brimfield Police Chief Charles Kuss says [Telegram&Gazette.com]
- Political favoritism alleged in nominations for clerk-magistrates of Northampton, Greenfield courts [GreenfieldRecorder.com]
- Sen. Bernie Sanders says Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted secretly to urge Justice Department to side with Vermont Yankee nuclear power station owners [BurlingtonFreePress.com]
- Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]
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