Karla joined Patch in mid-2010 as a Boston-area regional editor, making the leap into hyperlocal news after years of focus on the national and international news fronts at The Christian Science Monitor, CNN and CNN International -- doing online news since 1998. She has lived in a neighborhood she loves, Jamaica Plain, for more than 20 years, with a stint in lovely Atlanta sandwiched in the middle. Beyond the news, she is, among other things, a (fair-weather) biker, a rabid Celtic music fan and an unabashed church nerd.
This Friday's 'Buy Nothing Day,' same day as 'Black Friday,' has taken on a new political tinge. Does that change how you view the effort to keep the holidays from becoming one big shopping trip?
This Friday's 'Buy Nothing Day,' same day as 'Black Friday,' has taken on a new political tinge. Does that change how you view the effort to keep the holidays from becoming one big shopping trip?
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Massachusetts State Police announce when drunk driver checkpoints will be set up in Middlesex County.
This Friday's 'Buy Nothing Day,' same day as 'Black Friday,' has taken on a new political tinge. Does that change how you view the effort to keep the holidays from becoming one big shopping trip?
This Friday's 'Buy Nothing Day,' same day as 'Black Friday,' has taken on a new political tinge. Does that change how you view the effort to keep the holidays from becoming one big shopping trip?
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Reports are that Hostess is starting to close down after a labor dispute. End of a beloved era, or good riddance to junk food heaven?
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Reports are that Hostess is starting to close down after a labor dispute. End of a beloved era, or good riddance to junk food heaven?
Reports are that Hostess is starting to close down after a labor dispute. End of a beloved era, or good riddance to junk food heaven?
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Reports are that Hostess is starting to close down after a labor dispute. End of a beloved era, or good riddance to junk food heaven?
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.