Along with the relentless pandemic, the year brought political shifts and
milestones, the return of a cherished communal event, and a plan to deal with
the tragedy unfolding in plain sight on Boston’s streets.
The idea is that presidents, governors, and mayors reward supporters of the measures with mementos — often engraved — to acknowledge their efforts to gain passage.
With his apparent suicide early Wednesday, former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez became the latest high-profile Massachusetts inmate to take his own life.