Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will face challenges from Gov. Charlie Baker and House Speaker Robert DeLeo as he tries to defend his title this week as the Salvation Army's celebrity bell ringer champion.
The three elected officials will take over the charity's iconic red kettle in Downtown Crossing beginning Monday as part of a celebrity bell ringer series that has also featured Fox 25 anchors, reporters and meteorologists and New England Revolution mascot Slyde the Fox. Walsh was the top fundraiser in last year's effort, according to the Salvation Army.
NEW YORK (AP) — There were times by the end of his shift that firefighter Joseph Nardone's head would be pounding, his eyes crossing from the noise of the siren on his truck.
"The siren was so loud inside the cab that it actually physically hurt," said the former New York City fire battalion chief. Even though he's been retired for over a decade, he said, the effects of the sirens linger in hearing loss that has left him unable to understand rapid conversation or follow along in church.
