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- ↑ McNamara bio accessed 11-7-2015
- ↑ Globe fills two columnist slots with newsroom veterans, by the Boston Globe City & Region Desk, June 19, 2007.
- ↑ Hush-hush: In its war of words with WEEI, the Globe learns that silence isn't necessarily golden Archived December 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , by Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix.
