Monthly Archives: April 2013

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects Update, 1 Dead, Manhunt for 1

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4-19-2013 – One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed by authorities; however, the other suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is still at large. According to authorities, the pair were brothers with roots near Chechnya.

All day Friday the authorities urged the Boston community to stay indoors because Tsarnaev may be armed with explosives, possibly a vest outfitted with devices.

Resources:

 

CNN.com – “Manhunt: Where is the suspected marathon bomber?”

HuffingtonPost.com – “Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Killed, Another On The Loose”

FBI Wants Help Identifying Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects

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4-18-2013 – The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is asking for help from the general public to identify bombing suspects from the Boston Marathon.

The men in question were photographed in images near the Boston Marathon’s finish line. The suspects were seen in dark colored clothing and baseball caps, with a backpack.

Resources:

CNN.com – “FBI: Help us ID Boston bomb suspects”

M.I.T. Police Officer Shot and Killed on Campus

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(4-19-2013) – A campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) was shot and killed on the Cambridge campus on Thursday night around 10:30 p.m. M.I.T. posted a message about the incident on the university’s Twitter feed. The Boston Herald reports that “Cambridge police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s office says the male officer was responding to a report of a disturbance when he was shot multiple times.”

According to police, no suspect has been arrested.

Resources:

BostonHerald.com – “MIT campus police killed in campus shooting”

CNN.com – “Officer killed on MIT campus near Boston”

USAToday.com – “Police: MIT Campus officer shot dead on campus”

$19 Million in Grants to be Made to SBA Resource Partners To Support Hurricane Sandy Small Business Recovery

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WASHINGTON (April 11, 2013)— Small businesses rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy will get both immediate and long-term help laying a foundation for economic recovery and resiliency thanks to expanded services funded by a $19 million emergency appropriation.

Small businesses can take advantage of free expanded counseling, training and technical assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s resource partners—the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), SCORE, and Women’s Business Centers (WBCs).

Continue reading press release

New Format!

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Dvercity Magazine

Online news, genre, and literary magazines
Spreading diversity and artistic expression since 1999.

We have recently changed the format of our magazine and will no longer archive issues before April 2013. Instead,we have fully embraced the “blog world.” Enjoy!

Our future plans include highlighting  the best works in a full color, quarterly digital edition, which will be available for sale.

We review full-length books, CDs, and DVDs for a possible review in our publication. Send via snailmail or email.