THE BIG PICTURE
Extreme cold weather hits Europe
- Frigid temperatures have gripped Europe in the last week, with the mercury reaching as low as 35 degrees Celsius below zero. After what had been a relatively mild winter, the sudden cold caught many unprepared. Recorded temperatures in Italy were the lowest in 27 years. (45 photos total)
Pine Street Inn goes into corporate catering
- Like other nonprofits, the shelter in Boston has turned to the world of corporate catering as a way to help pay for job training programs.
Homeless veterans are target of new housing initiative
- Participants in a new federally funded program will receive federal housing vouchers specifically for veterans, mental health services, and psychiatric evaluations.
Christmas comes early to children with little
- Thousands of homeless children and parents enjoyed the holiday season at yesterday’s 23d annual Christmas in the City celebration.
Next station stop, the unlikely trio
Extraordinary deeds arise out of ordinary circumstances, which is exactly what happened when a homeless mother and her son met up with an MBTA police officer.
Revere man, 82, accused of shooting two people he suspected were trying to break into his home
An 82-year-old Revere man used a rifle to shoot and wound two people he believed were breaking into his Revere home early Wednesday morning, authorities said.
Man accused of beach nudity is held
A Massachusetts man is facing lewdness charges after he allegedly refused to stop shaving himself while nude on a beach.
Globe Editorial - Kip Tiernan: Avatar for the poor
— Hunger and homelessness are insistent enemies. That’s why social activist Kip Tiernan was equally persistent when battling them. Tiernan, who died of cancer July 2 at age 85, left her fingerprints all over the city’s most important social agencies, including Boston Health Care for the Homeless and the Boston Food Bank. But her name is synonymous with Rosie’s Place, which she founded in 1974 as the nation’s first shelter for homeless women.
115th Boston Marathon: Running for her life
- Jackie Kenyon is a recovering drug addict, a formerly homeless woman who stole from stores on Newbury Street to fund her habit, a child of alcoholic parents, a victim of domestic abuse, a convicted criminal who spent nine years bouncing between jails in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. And she is a marathon runner.
For homeless kids (and moms), one wish - A party, a cake, and the feeling that ‘someone in the world still does care about us,’ delivered by nonprofit Birthday Wishes.
