Locals ready, excited for solar eclipse

Normally, it's the moon that appears as a crescent in the sky over Massachusetts. But today, that fingernail presentation will belong to the sun instead, as the so-called Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 passes through.Along a 70-mile-wide swath from coast to coast, the sun will be totally eclipsed on Monday, Aug. 21 for up to 2 minutes and 40 seconds, while in Massachusetts sky watchers will be able to observe a partial eclipse - weather permitting - that will begin around [...]