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Brewery develops new beer dedicated to slain cop

A Massachusetts brewing company is creating a beer in the honour of a hero cop, Sean Collier, who was allegedly gunned down by the Boston Marathon bombers. According to the Cambridge Brewing Company, 'Collier Stout' -a dry Irish stout- will hit bars by mid June and 1 dollar from every sale will go to Collier's memorial fund, the New York Post reported. Collier's friend Travis Dixon told the ...
Gaming consultant to report findings

A representative from Cummings Associates, the town’s gaming consultant, will deliver the company’s findings at a 7 p.m. public forum Wednesday at the Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School, 72 Messenger St. (Route 106). The consulting firm was hired to analyze the potential effects on the town if Plainridge Racecourse won the state’s lone license for a slot machine parlor. For ...
Farmers market to return June 13

The Brookline Farmers Market will return for its outdoor season June 13 in the Centre Street West parking lot in Coolidge Corner. Everything from fresh produce and flowers to bread and meats will be featured at the nonprofit market, which will held each Thursday from 1:30 p.m. until dusk through Oct. 31 (except for July 4). For more information, visit its page on the town’s ...
Movie reels will be spinning for cyclists

Cyclists can take off their helmets and still enjoy the ride at Ciclismo Classico’s fourth annual Bike Travel Film Festival, taking place Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St. The event will feature a dozen short films on two-wheeled adventures, including the festival’s centerpiece, "The New Woman: Annie ‘Londonderry’ Kopchovsky," which ...
New playground and outdoor classroom

Following an eight-month fund-raising blitz, one of Canton’s elementary schools cut the ribbon for a new playground and outdoor classroom last week. Peter Boucher, principal of Lieutenant Peter M. Hansen Elementary School, said the school community came together behind the projects under the name "Team Hansen." Sharon Stemm, fund-raising director of the Canton Association of ...

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5K Sunday benefits One Fund Boston

Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School is hosting a 5K road race Sunday at 10 a.m. at the high school to benefit One Fund Boston, the fund set up to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Gayle Arrighi said she and her niece, Lindsay Arrighi, both teachers in the Bridgewater-Raynham schools, got the idea for the event, and when Lindsay Arrighi presented it to one of her classes as a ...
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Brewery develops new beer dedicated to slain cop

A Massachusetts brewing company is creating a beer in the honour of a hero cop, Sean Collier, who was allegedly gunned down by the Boston Marathon bombers.

According to the Cambridge Brewing Company, 'Collier Stout' -a dry Irish stout- will hit bars by mid June and 1 dollar from every sale will go to Collier's memorial fund, the New York Post reported.

Collier's friend Travis Dixon told the Boston Globe that he thinks that the late cop would be beside himself if he knew a beer was being named after him.

Collier, 26, of Somerville, Mass., was shot dead after he responded to a disturbance near the MIT campus in Cambridge on April 18, just three days after the Boston Marathon bombings.

"The memorial service at MIT was the dream send-off that he would have wanted. Now having a beer named after him - it's so fitting," Tim Croke, who was Collier's roommate said. (ANI)