E-mail: Becca.Manning@patch.com
Phone: 781-217-4233
Hometown: Resident of Malden since 2013; previously resided in East Boston and Newton. Moved to Massachusetts (South Shore) in 2008. Born and raised in Troy, Ohio.
Birthday: November 6
About Me: A Massachusetts transplant, I grew up in Ohio and moved to the East Coast three years ago, spurred by a love of the ocean and a special affinity for Boston in particular. My first job in Massachusetts was working as assistant editor of a community weekly, the Pembroke Express, for the independent, family-owned Clipper Press. I had a great experience there, starting a newspaper from scratch in the town of Pembroke and watching it grow and become well received by the town. I was promoted to editor in 2009 and briefly took over as editor of two other Clipper Press weeklies, the Hanson Express and the Whitman Express, before signing on with Patch. I love community news, and I'm thrilled to be with Patch and especially excited to be covering the neighborhood of Charlestown.
Before reinventing myself as a New Englander, I worked for three years for a daily newspaper in Piqua, Ohio (just a few miles from my hometown of Troy). At the Piqua Daily Call, I started out as the education reporter and quickly added on the city government beat as well as page design and copy editing duties. Prior to that, I graduated from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism with a BSJ in journalism and an environmental studies certificate. During and right after college, I wrote for the independent student newspaper The Post and for magazines including Perspectives, Southeast Ohio, E/The Environmental Magazine and Bird Talk.
I have been writing for as long as I can remember, and telling stories even before that. I'm also an avid reader, and when I can combine all three of my loves — the ocean, writing and reading — with a day at a quiet beach, I am absolutely in heaven.
Representatives from various churches and temples in the Back Bay area gathered along with several hundred people at Arlington Street Church Tuesday night.
The many Boston Historical sites can be a fun excursion for the whole family during school vacation but the heightened security from the Marathon bombings will be sending these would-be history buffs elsewhere.
Deadlines, events and other items you should know about on April 17 in the North End.
Deadlines, events and other items you should know about on April 17 in Charlestown.
The City of Boston Business Assistance Center is located in the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and will be open until 6 p.m. Tuesday and on Wednesday and Thursday.
The USS Constitution and Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center are among the National Park Service locations that were closed following the Boston Marathon bombing. Other Boston museums are offering free admission.
Local resident Will DiTullio's wife, four-month-old son and other relatives were waiting for him at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Superintendent Carol R. Johnson sent out a letter to staff and student families on Tuesday.
Residents around the Boston area are looking for ways to help.
Jack Kelly was about 45 minutes from the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon when two devices detonated in Copley Square.
Commuter rail trains headed to the North Shore from Boston and some T stations in downtown Boston have been closed and service suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.
Some T stations in the downtown area have been temporarily suspended.