Lisa Wardle
Senior Editor at GBH News (Boston, MA)
Senior Editor @GBHNews Past: @witfnews, @pennlive & @cumberlink Board game nerd, gardener, cat owner, cinephile. Opinions = my own. (she/they)
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1 month ago |
wgbh.org | Lisa Wardle
The Boston Marathon will take place on April 21, 2025. Here's how to stream the race online, where to see runners in person, and what prior winners are taking on the race again.
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1 month ago |
wgbh.org | Lisa Wardle
March 11, 2025 The 2025 Boston Marathon is coming up on Monday, April 21. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Boston Marathon having a wheelchair division. A handful of prior winners in the wheelchair division will be taking on the race again this year. Past winners of the professional men’s and women’s divisions will also be returning, including 2024 title holders Sisay Lemma from Ethiopia and Hellen Obiri from Kenya.
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1 month ago |
wgbh.org | Lisa Wardle
Mayor Michelle Wu made her pitch to House representatives in her opening remarks: Boston is safe, it is stronger for its immigrant citizens, and immigration is not her police force’s job. “Boston has welcomed the world to our shores,” she said, “from the English immigrants fleeing religious persecution to the Irish forced out by famine to the families from Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cabo Verde and so many more that call Boston home today.”As expected, most of her opening focused on safety.
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Apr 15, 2024 |
wgbh.org | Lisa Wardle
Men's wheelchair athletes break from the line at the start of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Hopkinton, Mass. Mary Schwalm AP April 15, 2024 Athletes from more than 100 countries took on the 128th Boston Marathon today. While most of the nearly 30,000 runners who cross the finish line at Boylston won’t take home any prizes, a select few will become champions. Here’s who won.
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Apr 9, 2024 |
wgbh.org | Lisa Wardle
The 2024 Boston Marathon is on Patriots’ Day, Monday, April 15. Athletes take off from the starting line beginning at 9:02 a.m. (men's wheelchair division) and continuing in waves through 11:15 a.m. The professional men's and professional women's division frontrunners are expected to cross the finish line around 11:45 a.m. and 12 p.m., respectively.
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