The 120th Boston Marathon is underway, and we've got an easy way for you to find out how runners from Maine (or actually anywhere) fared in the 120th running of the famous race.
For the second year in a row Caribou native Spencer McElwain was the top Maine finisher at the Boston Marathon finishing with a time of 2:34:03 for the 26.2 miles.
The following was written by Coreen Lauren, a Maine woman who ran the Boston Marathon in 2013 and was in the medical tent at the finish line when the bombs went off. With the Boston Marathon coming up on April 20, we present her story of a day that will live with many of us forever...
The 118th running of the Boston Marathon will be one of the most emotional ever following the bombings of last year. The State of Maine will be well represented when runners depart from the town of Hopkinton to start their 26 mile journey to Boston...
Sunday night (April 20) at Fenway Park, The Boston Red Sox game started with an emotional tribute to last year's Boston Marathon bombing victims. The night ended with an emotional walk-off win by the Sox over the Orioles, 6-5.
Here is the emotional ceremony before the game...
On the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, a powerful and inspirational video is demonstrating the American spirit. It pays tribute to Boston, "a city built by rebels."
A massive manhunt that spanned several Boston communities has come to an end with Boston police announcing that 19-year-old Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, has been captured.
The investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing seeped into New Bedford, Mass. on Friday evening with the questioning of several people who knew suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
6:55 AM ET: The AP is reporting that the suspects are from Chechnya, and have lived in the US for at least one year. The surviving Boston bomb suspect has been identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Ma. NBC News is reporting that both suspects are brothers. Sources say that the men may have military experience, according to law enforcement officials.
6:30 AM ET: CNN is reporting that
Special Agent Rick DesLauriers of the FBI, who is leading the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings, just held a press conference in which he revealed that there are two suspects. The FBI released photographs and video of two men believed to be responsible for the attacks.