Week in Review September 21 to 28 Including John Silber Passing

Another week has come and gone and we are that much closer to October. The mercy killing of the 2012 Red Sox season is at hand and the real NFL refs have returned. This week, the city and B.U. received some sad news with the passing of John Silber.

1. :

John R. Silber, who served as president at Boston University for more than two decades and was an influential - and controversial - figure in Massachusetts politics, died on September 27 of kidney failure. He was 86. 

2. : Officials have added perjury to claims against a "rogue chemist" at the shuttered state drug lab in Jamaica Plain.

3. Boy with Cerebral Palsy Throws First Pitch at Fenway: Thirteen-year-old Joe Scarlata of Braintree threw out the first pitch on Friday, September 21 before the Sox and Oriels game in recognition of a $25,000 CVS Caremark donation to Children’s Hospital.

4. New Massachusetts Patch Site Launches: Patch's coverage area expands this week with the launches of Weymouth Patch, Roslindale Patch and Bedford Patch on Thursday! You can now follow Weymouth Patch, Roslindale Patch and Bedford Patch by clicking on the names of each site in this sentence.   

5. Fifteenth Annual ABCD Field of Dreams Celebration at Fenway Today: The Boston Red Sox have teamed up with Action for Boston Community Development for 15 years in a row, offering a day-long softball tournament fundraiser for ABCD’s youth summer programs.