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A Photo of Today’s Lightning in Boston.

Here is the only photo that I was able to pull out from this morning’s violent lightning storm. I ran to the Herald roof after leaving the photo desk, as I was a fill-in assignment editor today. The storm seemed to be a safe distance away so that I would not be in any danger up there. All of a sudden the lightning that had been in front of me and over the Prudential Center was now in back and over me. I waited for the heavy rain to stop and got the tail end of the storm exiting the coastline over Southie.



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August 31 started off quietly as I went about my 6:30am to 2:30pm shift at the Boston Herald. A police scanner call came in late in the morning that would put me on alert. The Everett police dispatcher warned city police units of a bank robbery on Broadway. I headed that way because the a police officer stated that he had spotted the suspect. A foot chase ensued and the man was shot on Tufts Avenue after making a move toward police as he held a knife. Story here.

Everett police officers tend to a man that was just shot by an Everett police officer.


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2 Near-Full Moons, 2 Passing Airliners, 6 years apart.

Last night, 6 years after I snapped this photo on the left, I got lucky again with this photo on the right. I was in Mashpee at about 10:45pm when I grabbed a very large lens and waited for this “hole in one.” It took nearly a minute for the jet to go west to east overhead and a little south of my position. The photo on the left was snapped August 26, 2004 from Winthrop. I didn’t realize the significance of the date until I looked up the older photo to compare the two. I believe both were taken at approximately the same time, give or take a 1/2 hour. For the record, I like the older one better because of the trailing contrails.


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A Father’s Pain in a Lynn Courthouse

The killing of 15 year old Rene Valdez brought me to a Lynn courthouse yesterday. Here is Esvin Merida, father of the victim, during a brief recess in the arraignment of 16 year old suspect Jason Walczak. Here is the Herald story by O’Ryan Johnson.


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A Buff Anthony Shriver Visits Camp Shriver.

Anthony Shriver, nephew of President John F. Kennedy, shows his diving prowess during a visit with child participants on the closing day of this year’s installment of Camp Shriver, a summer day camp for children with and without disabilities. First he does a flip off the diving board and then he greets camper Liam Galvin. See slide show below. My photos were snapped at UMASS Boston and a Boston Herald story by Natalie Sherman, can be found here.




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On This Date in My Photo History: July 30, 2004

The Democratic National Convention comes to Boston. As part of the Boston Herald’s photo coverage, I was assigned to cover any protest flare ups outside of the then Fleet Center. The above photo is of Boston police Sgt Michael O’Connor speaking with two protestors who are telling him: “it’s just chocolate, honest!” The bottom photo is an arrest of a protestor.


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Happy Birthday Gisele! 30 years old today.

Here are some of my photos of Gisele over the years. From hanging with Tom Brady and her dogs to hanging with her helicopter instructor Stuart Matsumoto.


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On This Date in My Photo History: July 19, 2007

Dick & Sons barber shop, a north shore landmark, will be closing after 72 years in business.  Dick Maniglia, an immigrant from Sicily, started the business in 1935. His sons Tony, Richie, Joey and Uncle Al Maniglia all worked here with dad. Dick, Al and Joey have since passed away, leaving only Tony and Richie. When asked about the closing, Richie would say only that it “was time”. Above caption from my 2007 photo essay entitled, “Last Shave”. Please see my photo slide show of the brothers and their last week in July 2007.

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Wayward Duck Boat Careens Into Cars, Injures Drivers.

A duck boat’s driver had problems depressing the brakes on his amphibious vehicle yesterday, careening into several cars and injuring occupants of those cars in Charles Circle. My photos from the scene are below.The driver, wearing a vintage baseball uniform, was only identified by his stage name of “Shoeless Joe” The Boston Herald story is here and my Herald photo gallery is here.


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This was the hottest fire that I have ever covered as a news photographer. I arrived at least 3 minutes before the fire department because I spotted the flames while driving near Bunker Hill Community College. I parked so as to not interfere with the apparatus and to not get myself blocked in. The first photo shows the first man that I encountered. He was a passerby who is loudly asking if anyone has called 911. The next photo is of neighbors knocking on the front doors of the affected condos. Please see my Herald photo gallery here.

Boston fire department district chief Steve Paschal yells commands from a smokey 4th floor window as a 4-alarm fire burns at #39 and #41 High Street in Charlestown.

Boston fire department district chief/safety chief Mike Feeley is seen on the roof of #41 High Street in Charlestown. A 4-alarm fire burned at #39 and #41 High Street this afternoon.

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