They’ve finally buried the marathon bomber. OK, he was an odious, murderous individual. One can’t blame people too much for not wanting his body buried in their town, where it might turn into some weird shrine for deranged terrorist souls. But still … We’re a civilized society. This really shouldn’t been so drawn out. Thank [...]

The BBJ has a big story (sub. req.) on how One Fund Boston, the main charity for the Boston Marathon attack victims, was put together so fast in the immediate hours after the terrorist bombings. It wasn’t the most important thing done in the 24 hours after the tragedy, but it was indeed important and [...]

The Washington Post has a very good interactive map of last week’s dramatic events in Boston — all the whos, wheres and whens etc. The subject of Friday’s day-long manhunt, i.e. the second suspect, didn’t travel very far from the scene of the original Watertown shootout to his final hiding place in a backyard boat. [...]

The Boston.com headlines say it all. Stay safe everyone. God bless. File under: Boston history, literally and figuratively

Thank you, FBI and BPD. Update — Now they say they don’t have him. … What a media/sources screw up. And, we suppose, blogger screw ups too for buying it. In the immortal words of Otter, “Hey, you f*#ked up …”

As terrible as yesterday’s bombings were, you still can’t help but feel proud of Boston and Bostonians today. The number of selfless, heroic acts of bravery and kindness yesterday simply astound. Above is MIT’s Green Building lit up in red, white and blue after yesterday’s bombings. File under: God bless all Update: Adam’s Universal Hub [...]

Adam has a lot over at Universal Hub on the tragic explosions and carnage in Copley Square. The photo above, via UH, is from Dan Lampariello. All our prayers are with those who were injured and those who lost loved ones. Update — The Globe is live blogging events from Copley Square. Update II — [...]

Here’s a real cool map from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Service, via BusinessInsider. It shows the make-up of the city by broad employment classes (click on map for larger version). Of course, there’s still lots of working-class residents in Boston and immediate areas. But notice how no one neighborhood is “primarily working class,” [...]

Here’s a pretty good guide for all the St. Patrick’s Day activities in the Boston area today. As we know, though, this is really Evacuation Day, the holiday solemnly set aside to remember, respect and cherish the forced British evacuation of Boston by the brave and humble minutemen, led by George Washington, during the American [...]

Another non-real estate post, but this is pretty big: The Boston Phoenix is closing. Though the writing was on the proverbial wall when the Phoenix recently switched from newsprint to glossy magazine in a desperate attempt to shake things up, it’s still shocking to see a once-mighty institution go under like this. For the Phoenix, [...]