The Rev. Daniel J. Mahoney, chaplain of the Boston Fire Department, has tended to 51 fallen firefighters.
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"We take care of them in life, and we take care of them in death," said the Rev. Daniel Mahoney, chaplain of the Boston Fire Department.
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Sarah Wessmann was hugged by a friend during Friday's vigil in West Roxbury.
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A crowd gathered at the fire station on Centre Street.
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Candice Smith of Hyde Park, a close friend of firefighter Michael Kennedy, was comforted during the vigil.
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A procession carrying the body of Fire Lieutenant Edward Walsh Jr. passed under a flag held by Watertown ladder trucks.
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Boston firefighters participated in a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall Plaza to honor their fallen colleagues.
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Students from a school in Franklin dropped off flowers at the memorial at the firehouse on Boylston Street.
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The aftermath of the scene of a nine-alarm blaze.
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The top floor could be seen through the collapsed roof.
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Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the nine-alarm fire.
As the firefighters who were killed in Wednesday’s blaze are mourned, the investigation’s focus has turned to the heating system.
BetaBoston
Regulators approve Biogen Idec hemophilia treatmentFederal regulators approved a long-acting drug by the Cambridge company as the first new hemophilia treatment in 17 years.
FARAH STOCKMAN
The US government has spent more than $640 billion in Afghanistan since 2001, the vast majority on security.
Bentley 73, West Texas A&M 65
The basketball team rallied for a dramatic win over West Texas A&M with the program’s first Division 2 national championship.
![“This [music] is coming from nation to nation. That’s why, whatever language someone speaks, it leaves a very good impact,’’ says Asif Ali Khan.](rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/asif_event_large_1.jpg)
South Asian Sufi music, qawwali, has only ventured over into Western cultural consciousness in recent decades.
Raptors 105, Celtics 103
The Celtics were led by Jerryd Bayless’s 20 points, but they fell short of a victory in Toronto.
This year’s sugaring season off to a slow startLong stretch of wintry days slows maple harvest and fuels climate change worries.
TOM KEANE
‘Taxachusetts’ is a misnomer, for nowThe state may not tax heavily now, but we used to — and if certain folks had their druthers, we would once again.
Felix Doubront pitched five solid innings at Hammond Stadium, and Mike Napoli had a leadoff homer in the sixth.
A rooftop fire filled the area with black smoke before firefighters quickly got it under control.
President Obama urged Russia to respond to a diplomatic resolution the US has presented, the White House said.
Eric Fehrnstrom, who has been called consigliere, political pit bull, and electoral knife-fighter, has a new title.
Mike Gordon’s new solo album, “Overstep,” proves the Sudbury native is just as comfortable taking center stage.
This dark comedy about a disastrous 30th anniversary week-end offers funny and affecting performances by Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent.
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The custom justice of ‘problem-solving courts’A new kind of court is reshaping the American legal system — with little oversight.
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