Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Foxborough public safety officials are working with Gillette Stadium management on several initiatives to improve crowd safety and the overall impact Country Fest has on the community.
Editor's note: This is part I of a two-part series that looks into the public safety planning for the 2013 New England Country Music Festival, which will be held at Gillette Stadium on Aug. 23 and 24. Part II will take a closer look at traffic issues from the two-day music festival. Last summer, Foxborough Police made over 100 arrests and reported over 600 incidents over a two-day span during the 2012 New England Country Music Festival at Gillette Stadium. Foxborough Police Chief Edward O’Leary told reporters after the weekend concert series that better preparation led to the 102 arrests and over 500 protective custodies out of a crowd of 103,000 concertgoers that descended on Foxborough for the two-day music festival. “We had a plan, it …
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Monday, January 21, 2013
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick told media Monday he expects to return to the team in 2013.
One day after a crushing defeat in the AFC Championship Game, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was asked - after 37 years of NFL coaching experience – if he is energized to coach another season. “Yeah, I’ll be here,” Belichick said. “You’ll have to deal with me again next year. I know that’s disappointing for a lot of you. Until I’m told otherwise, I plan on being here.” Belichick’s confirmation in Monday’s end-of-season press conference at Gillette Stadium validates comments made by Patriots team president Jonathan Kraft last month on 98.5 The Sports Hub. Evening show host Adam Jones asked Kraft about the future of Bill Belichick amid speculation that offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels could be in line to replace the …
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
The New England Patriots host the Baltimore Ravens Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Foxborough for the AFC Championship Game. Winner advances to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
On Sunday, the New England Patriots will play in their ninth AFC Championship Game and second straight conference title game against the Baltimore Ravens at Gillette Stadium. Kick-off is 6:30 p.m. It will be the third time in team history the Patriots will play in consecutive AFC Championship games. The Pats won back-to-back conference titles in 2003 and 2004 and played in both the 2006 and 2007 Conference Championship games, winning the 2007 game. The Patriots and Ravens have squared off seven times in the regular season and two times in the postseason since the Baltimore franchise was founded following the Cleveland Browns’ move to Baltimore in 1996. This week’s postseason game will be the third since the 2009 season and a rematch of the…
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Are you wearing Patriots gear this weekend? Take a picture and show your pride here!
Sunday is game day! The New England Patriots will host the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Conference Championship game Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Gillette Stadium. If you're a true New England Patriots' fan, I know you're gearing up and showing off your team pride this weekend. Are you wearing a New England Patriots' jersey? Did you paint your face? Or, maybe you hung a Patriots' flag on your front porch to cheer on the team? I want to see your photos of your team spirit! Take a photo and upload it here by clicking the "upload photos" green button above! Go Pats!!!
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The New England Patriots host the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday's AFC Championship Game at 6:30 p.m. Winner advances to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
It’s Championship Weekend of the NFL playoffs and the New England Patriots are again just one game from the Super Bowl. On Sunday, the Patriots will host the Baltimore Ravens for a second straight season in the AFC Championship Game. That game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at Gillette Stadium. It will be the fifth time the conference championship game will be played in Foxborough. The Patriots are 4-0 when hosting AFC title games. The AFC’s opponent in Super Bowl XLVII will be known prior to kick-off at Gillette Stadium as the San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons face-off in the NFC Championship Game at 3 p.m. Click here for a complete look at the NFL playoff schedule. A trip to the Super Bowl would be New England’s sixth appearance since 2001…
Friday, January 18, 2013
Foxborough Town Manager Kevin Paicos says approval of the proposed regional sewer district involving Foxborough, Mansfield and Norton would effectively end an ongoing dispute with the Kraft Group over funds for a sewer treatment plant never built.
As selectmen prepared to hear the finance plan for the proposed regional sewer agreement with Mansfield and Norton Tuesday, Foxborough Town Manager Kevin Paicos shared some “happy” news with the board. “There’s a very happy circumstance [that would result from Foxborough voters authorizing the intermunicipal agreement (IMA) to form a regional sewer district with Norton and Mansfield],” Paicos said. That “happy circumstance,” according to Paicos, is the regional sewer district, which would likely allow Foxborough to finally move on from an ongoing dispute with the Kraft Group involving money believed to be owed for a wastewater treatment plant never built. “This [IMA] removes an obstacle that has created great tension between us and let’s …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The New England Patriots know it will take their best effort Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens to win the AFC Championship and advance to the franchise's eighth Super Bowl.
On Sunday, the two best teams in the AFC will go head-to-head in Foxborough with a trip to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on the line … and that’s the way it should be. “It’s a game day battle out there,” New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Baltimore Ravens. “They’ve got a good team, we’ve got a good team, and those games have come down to the wire.” For the second straight season, the AFC title game will feature the Patriots and Ravens at Gillette Stadium. Like many of the meetings between these two teams over the past decade, last January’s conference championship game came down to just a few plays in a 23-20 Patriots victory. “We know it will be a big challenge for us this …
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The Raven's Nest in Walpole will be known as The Patriot's Nest this week in advance of Sunday's AFC Championship Game between the Pats and the Baltimore Ravens at Gillette Stadium.
For the second consecutive January, a Walpole restaurant is changing its name to suppor the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. The Raven's Nest, located at 998 Main St. in Walpole, temprorarily changed its name last January when the Patriots hosted the Baltimore Ravens in the 2011-12 AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium - a game the Pats won, 23-20 to advance to Super Bowl XLVI. And with the Ravens returning to Foxborough Sunday for a second consecutive AFC Championship showdown with the Patriots, local restaurant owners Mark and Maura McAuliffe will again alter their establishment's name. The Walpole eatery will be offering up Trays to Go for the big game, which include chicken wings, potato skins, shepherd's pie, …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A limited number of tickets to the Jan. 20 AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Jan. 17.
For the ninth time in 20 playoff appearances, the New England Patriots are just one game from advancing to the Super Bowl. That game will be played at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. against the Baltimore Ravens. It is the second consecutive season the Patriots and Ravens will meet in the AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium. New England beat Baltimore in last season’s AFC title game, 23-20 to advance to Super Bowl XLVI. The Patriots are 7-1 all-time in AFC Championship Games, including 4-0 in Foxborough (3-0 at Gillette Stadium) but just 1-1 against the Ravens in the postseason. Baltimore defeated the Patriots, 33-14 in the 2009-10 AFC Wild Card game at Gillette Stadium on Jan. 10, 2010. However, the Patriots are 6-2…
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Fourteen heroes from the Newtown, Conn. Police Department, including each of the first responders to Sandy Hook Elementary School, were guests of the Kraft family for last Sunday's playoff game at Gillette Stadium.
It’s been just over a month since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. shocked the nation but the memory of the 26 dead, including 20 children, lives on in Foxborough. The New England Patriots still wear the black-ribbon decals they donned prior to their Dec. 16th game against the San Francisco 49ers for Newtown, Conn. This past Sunday, the Kraft family invited 14 New England heroes from the Newtown, Conn. Police Department to attend the Patriots’ AFC Divisional Round game vs. the Houston Texans. The 14 Newtown, Conn. police officers and first responders responded to one of the worst tragedies in American history as it was unfolding on Dec. 14, 2012. The 14 heroes were introduced on the field prior to last …
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Steve
8:56 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Jeremie, have you been able to delve into this "new" billboard deal and find out how it differs from the original deal that was deemed illegal by previous town counsel? more ›