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Tom Brady Calls Dying Cancer Patient

Matthew McDonald

An 18-year-old Ashland man dying of bone cancer who has meeting Tom Brady on his bucket list got a voice mail message from him.

Jake Silver also wanted to go to the Super Bowl, and he and family members made the trip to Atlanta thanks to donations. But he couldn't go to the game this past Sunday because he ended up in the hospital in intensive care, according to the MetroWest Daily News.

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Remembering the Blizzard of ’78

Matthew McDonald

The Blizzard of '78 hit eastern Massachusetts on February 6, 1978 and lasted for a couple of days, dumping feet of snow and famously stranding thousands of drivers on Route 128 trying to make their way home from work.

The governor closed all roads for a week, and school in some places was called off for longer than that, as huge drifts of snow appeared everywhere.

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