BOSTON (AP) - It might seem like spring is coming a little later this year.
For the first time in 137 years, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has canceled its late winter tradition, the New England Spring Flower Show.
The show, held in recent years at the Bayside Expo Center, fell victim to financial problems and management turmoil at the society.
Its executive director, Bob Feige, resigned this summer after it was revealed he spent three days in jail in 2007 for failing to pay workers of a business he owned.
The society then announced it was cutting most of its 30 staff members.
In place of the show, the society and its volunteers are staging scaled-down displays in office and hotel lobbies.
It's a big step down for a show that traditionally offered a burst of color and a little hope after a long New England winter.
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