Top 10 Patch Stories of 2013 in Massachusetts

Posted by Kelly A. Mello

The year 2013 was a rough one for Massachusetts, from the Boston Marathon bombing to the slaying of Danvers math teacher Colleen Ritzer. Here is a look back at the most popular stories published across Massachusetts Patch sites.

• Danvers: Classmate Says Ritzer Asked Chism to Stay After Class to Go Over Exam
• Belmont: I’m the Level 3 Sex Offender All of You Have Been Talking About
• Watertown: MIT Officer Killed in Campus Shooting
• Danvers: Family, Friends Will Gather to Mourn Slain Teacher at Andover Church
• Fenway-Kenmore: FBI: We Know Who Robbed the Gardner Museum
• Watertown: ‘We Got the Call and We Got the Guy’
• Watertown: Eliza Dushku Worried for Family in Watertown as Police Pursued Bombers in Her Hometown
• Arlington: Four Found Dead in Arlington Home
• Belmont: Romney for...Senate? But It’s Not Mitt the GOP is Hoping to Run
• Jamaica Plain: Investigators Match Desalvo DNA to Sullivan Crime Scene