Will Martino

2 weeks ago | bcheights.com | Will Martino

Meghan Heckelman came to Boston College by chance. In an overachieving and perhaps overly-anxious spree, she fired out applications to 18 different schools. When most came back with waitlists and rejections, BC emerged as her best option. Soon enough, it was move-in day, and her packed car was rounding the corner onto College Road as the gothic prongs of Gasson Hall peaked over the horizon. “I remember that moment so vividly,” said Heckelman, LSEHD ’25.

2 months ago | bcheights.com | Will Martino

In his smash hit single “Thinking Out Loud,” critically acclaimed ginger Ed Sheeran proclaimed that his love would endure even “when your legs don’t work like they used to before.”For the gingers of Boston College, it’s safe to say that day has not yet come. “I think people want to be ginger these days,” said Alice Moynihan, an exchange student from Ireland. Scores of fiery-haired runners sprinted, scrambled, and in a handful of cases, stampeded over one another in the third annual ginger run.

2 months ago | unionleader.com | Will Martino

Exeter-based bestselling author Brendan DuBois pleaded guilty Thursday to four Class A felony charges of of possessing child sexual abuse images. DuBois, 64, reached a plea deal with prosecutors and was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 3½ to 7 years for two of the charges. He was given two suspended sentences of 7½ to 15 years for the other two charges, meaning the sentences could be imposed after the original sentences if he fails to comply with probation conditions.

2 months ago | unionleader.com | Will Martino

PLANS TO TEAR down the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom and start anew with a $600 million development are steadily making progress. Unanimous approval from the Hampton Zoning Board of Appeals last week gave developers of the project the green light for the structure to be 15 feet higher and contain 12 more condos than the town of Hampton normally permits.

2 months ago | bcheights.com | Will Martino

For all that is said about 15 minutes of fame, people rarely talk about the 15 minutes that precede it. Haub Vice President for Mission and Ministry Rev. Jack Butler, S.J., was sitting in his office at about 12:50 p.m. on Tuesday when he found out the Board of Trustees had elected him as the next University president of Boston College. By 1:05 p.m., the news had been emailed out to the rest of the BC community.