Kevin Lemanowicz, chief meteorologist at WFXT-TV (Boston 25), is stepping down from his role, the station announced. Lemanowicz joined Boston 25 when it launched in 1996 and has served as the chief meteorologist for the past 30 years, WFXT said. The longtime on-air personality will leave the station next week. “It has been the privilege…
The Boston 25 Weather team is tracking the chance of more than half a foot of snow in parts of Massachusetts on Friday, before the possibility of a larger ocean storm on Monday. Friday will start dry, but unsettled wintry weather is expected to move in around midday. In her latest forecast, Boston 25 Meteorologist…
The Boston 25 Weather team issued a new snow map on Wednesday ahead of a winter storm that is expected to move through Massachusetts this weekend. In his latest forecast, Boston 25 Meteorologist Tucker Antico said a cold front will approach from the west with snow developing late Friday night and continuing through Saturday. Before…
Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has cancelled at least four flights to the United States on Sunday ahead of the arrival of a monster winter storm, with more passengers expected to be affected on Monday. Cathay stopped short of revealing the exact number of flights affected, saying only that it was “making a…
A man accused of raping another patient at a Boston hospital is set to appear in court on Monday afternoon. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, Barry Howze, 55 is accused of raping another patient while admitted to the Boston Medical Center emergency room in the late evening of September 13 into September…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly trying to open a plane cabin door during a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Boston. The force said it received a report from the city’s flagship carrier at around 4.45am on Thursday about the incident. The plane landed at Hong Kong airport at around 5am, with…
Last month, the first university jointly established by Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), celebrated its 20th birthday. When the mainland opened up its education sector in 2003 with its new Regulations on Sino-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools, Baptist University was the only Hong Kong university that took the…
Fashion designer Lidiya Romanchuk readies her models to showcase her “Unstoppable” collection during the annual Boston Fashion Awards on Nov. 10. Romanchuk was born and raised in Ukraine and moved to Boston to attend the School of Fashion Design. In recent years, she has worked as a restaurant hostess and server at the Fairmont Copley…
Tuesday is Veterans Day, a time to honor all those who have served in the U.S. military. It’s also a federal holiday, and a legal holiday that is observed in Massachusetts. State and federal offices will be closed on Tuesday, as will the courts. There will be no mail delivery because the post office is…
The Women’s Professional Baseball League has chosen New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco as the cities that will represent the four teams that will compete in the inaugural season, the league announced Tuesday. The upstart league co-founded by Justine Siegal, the first woman to coach for an MLB team with the Oakland Athletics…