What’s News


Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.

1219322294Massachusetts has a crush on Obama: Bay Staters are the top per capita donors to Barack Obama’s campaign. The Illinois senator’s local supporters doled out $10.2 million, or $1.583 per Massachusetts resident. [Herald]

Oh balls: Fairhaven’s own Acushnet, which makes the popular Titleist golf balls, is working hard to stop the spread of counterfeit product from China. [Globe]

Which is the greenest town of them all? New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is being celebrated after he announced plans to install windmills around the Big Apple, but an aide for Boston Mayor Tom Menino says our city is doing just as much as New York. There goes that inferiority complex again… [Herald]

Involuntary vacation: Middlesex register of probate and alleged thief John Buonomo has been suspended without pay pending the resolution of the criminal case against him. [Globe]