Top 10 Patch Stories of 2013 in Massachusetts

The year 2013 was a rough one for Massachusetts, from the Boston Marathon bombing to the slaying of Danvers math teacher Colleen Ritzer. Here is a look back at the most popular stories published across Massachusetts Patch sites.

Danvers: Classmate Says Ritzer Asked Chism to Stay After Class to Go Over Exam

Belmont: I’m the Level 3 Sex Offender All of You Have Been Talking About

Watertown: MIT Officer Killed in Campus Shooting

Danvers: Family, Friends Will Gather to Mourn Slain Teacher at Andover Church

Fenway-Kenmore: FBI: We Know Who Robbed the Gardner Museum

Watertown: ‘We Got the Call and We Got the Guy’

Watertown: Eliza Dushku Worried for Family in Watertown as Police Pursued Bombers in Her Hometown

Arlington: Four Found Dead in Arlington Home

Belmont: Romney for...Senate? But It’s Not Mitt the GOP is Hoping to Run