
This year’s Boston Marathon will go down in the record books. The Boston Athletic Association, marathon organizer, raised a record total of $71.9 million in funds that will be directed towards charitable causes across the region, the organization announced Thursday, “We set a high bar for our fundraising at the Boston Marathon this year,” said Nicole Juri, director of development for the B.A.A., “and I am delighted to be able to share today that thanks to our amazing runners and supporters – we did it. This amount will have a...