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Thousands fill the banks of the Charles River cheering passing teams during the final day of the regatta. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Thousands of athletes and fans take on the 2024 Head Of The Charles Regatta

The world’s largest three-day rowing event drew over 12,000 rowers and thousands of spectators to the banks of the Charles River over the weekend.
Protesters gathered in the Boylston Place Alleyway on Oct. 8, 2024, where in May they announced they would refer to it as “Walid Daqqa Alley.” (Nick Peace / For The Beacon)

Pro-Palestinian protesters march outside Israeli consulate, in Boylston Place Alley

By Hannah Nguyen, Nick Peace and Sam Shipman / October 9, 2024
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters marched outside of the Israeli Consulate in Boston Tuesday before gathering in the Boylston Place Alleyway.
Photos: Hundreds gather on the Boston Common for a rally in solidarity with Haitian migrants

Photos: Hundreds gather on the Boston Common for a rally in solidarity with Haitian migrants

By Nick Peace, Beacon Correspondent / September 25, 2024
Hundreds descended on the Boston Common around noon on Tuesday, Sept. 24, to denounce false allegations made against the Haitian community.
Goose performing at MGM Music Hall, Sept. 4, 2024.

[Photo] Goose delivers radio set in WERS studio while hammering out a three-night run in Boston

By Sam Shipman, Assistant News Editor / September 9, 2024

Goose performing at MGM Music Hall, Sept. 4, 2024.

Fans gather in the main area of Levitate Music and Artis Festival to watch an artist on the Stoke Stage

[Photo] Levitate Music and Arts Festival offers a feast for every musical palate

By Sam Shipman / July 14, 2024

Mihali preforms a 30-minute solo set in the VIP section of the Levitate Music and Arts Festival. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)

The alarming implications of Emerson’s latest demonstration policies

[Photo] The alarming implications of Emerson’s latest demonstration policies

August 26, 2024

A student holds a sign reading "Walid Daqqa Alley," the moniker protestors gave to the Boylston Place Alley to honor a Palestinian writer who died in Israeli...

Arrested students appeared at the Boston Municipal Court House on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 9 a.m. (Nick Peace for the Beacon).

[Photo] Students receive community service for April 25 arrests

By Bryan Hecht and Iselin Bratz / May 1, 2024

Emerson students enter the Municipal Courthouse, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (Nick Peace for the Beacon).

Boston Police Officers gathered in the Massachusetts Transportation Building on Thursday, April 25. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)

[Photo] DEVELOPING STORY: The latest on 2 Boylston Place ‘Popular University Encampment’

Protestors are bound with zip ties and detained in the Massachusetts State Transportation Building immediately after the arrests on Thursday, April 25,...

Police can be seen wearing face shields from a blockade on Boylston Street as they look onto a group of protesters near Tatte, where protesters have gathered after the 2B alley arrests on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)

[Photo] Scenes from the arrests of 108 protesters in the 2B alley

By Berkeley Beacon Staff / April 25, 2024

Police can be seen wearing face shields from a blockade on Boylston Street as they look onto a group of protesters near Tatte, where protesters have gathered...

‘Students are scared to be outwardly Jewish’: Jewish students contemplate transferring following reported antisemitism on campus

[Photo] ‘Students are scared to be outwardly Jewish’: Jewish students contemplate transferring following reported antisemitism on campus

April 24, 2024

Pro-Israel protestors stand across from 2B alley pro-Palestine encampments on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)

Team Hoyt cycles

[Photo] Team Hoyt cycles, runs, and cheers to honor 10th anniversary of last marathon finish for late Rick and Dick Hoyt

April 15, 2024

Riley Pathman awaits the start of the 2024 Boston Marathon with his dad, Jim Pathman, at the Hopkinton Town Common start line (Nick Peace for the Beacon)

Team Hoyt cycles

[Photo] Team Hoyt cycles, runs, and cheers to honor 10th anniversary of last marathon finish for late Rick and Dick Hoyt

By Bryan Hecht, Assistant News Editor / April 15, 2024

Morrie Ripley, a Team Hoyt runner (left) with a spinal cord disability, approaches the halfway mark of the race in Wellesley Center. (Nick Peace for the...

Runners are congratulated by Wellesley College students as they run down E. Central Street toward Wellesley Center and the half-marathon marker. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)

[Photo] 2024 Boston Marathon: Stories racing to and beyond the finish line

Runners are congratulated by Wellesley College students as they run down E. Central Street toward Wellesley Center and the half-marathon marker. (Nick...

Best signs of 2024 Boston Marathon

[Photo] “Kiss me if you love the Patriots”: Best signs of 2024 Boston Marathon

By Hannah Nguyen / April 15, 2024

A spectator holds a sign supporting her mother who is running the 128th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)

Jennifer Hudson pulls the switch to turn on the Holiday Lights on Boston Common on Thursday, Nov. 30. (Nick Peace for The Beacon)

[Photo] Boston Common celebrates various festivities during Holiday Tree Lighting

By Bryan Hecht and Sam Shipman / December 6, 2023

Jennifer Hudson pulls the switch to turn on the Holiday Lights on Boston Common on Thursday, Nov. 30. (Nick Peace for The Beacon)

Tremont Street at night.

[Photo] Emerson students reflect on dull nightlife

By Sam Shipman, Staff Writer / December 6, 2023

Tremont Street at night.

A man dressed as Santa Claus stands in front of the Nova Scotia tree and greets participants.

[Photo] Dozens flock to Boston Common for annual Nova Scotian tree arrival tradition

November 29, 2023

A man dressed as Santa Claus stands in front of the Nova Scotia tree and greets participants.

A man dressed as Santa Claus takes pictures with the crowd. (Nick Peace for The Beacon)

[Photo] Dozens flock to Boston Common for annual Nova Scotian tree arrival tradition

By Sam Shipman and Bryan Hecht / November 29, 2023

A man dressed as Santa Claus takes pictures with the crowd. (Nick Peace for The Beacon)