Martin Luther King Day

A message for drivers this morning

MLK sign

Tom Hynes photographed routes 18 and 3 in Weymouth this morning.

Day of service in Cambridge on Martin Luther King Day

CentralSquare.com reports on the MLK Cambridge Day of Service:

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., volunteers of all ages are joining together for an afternoon of service to Cambridge residents in need. Come lend your hands and make a difference. WHERE: The YWCA at 7 Temple St. and the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave. in Central Square, Cambridge WHEN: Monday, January 16th from 2:00-5:00 pm WHO: Adults, teens, and families welcome.

The commercialization of Martin Luther King Day

Paul Day and his wife noticed a lot of MLK-related commercials today:

"That seems somehow ... wrong," she said.

"Are you saying that you object to the commercialization of the one of the greatest civil rights leaders the world has ever known," I asked increduously? ...