Morales Apprehended
2017-01-05
(SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS) Jan 5 – The fugitive is alleged to have been caught after fleeing on foot from his second failed attempted bank robbery.Read More →
Local sheriff: why can’t my inmates can help build Trump’s border wall?
2017-01-05
(BOSTON) Jan 5 – Inmates would be keeping out people who might later compete with them for jobs, the Sheriff says.Read More →
Vermont governor pardons 192 for minor pot offenses
2017-01-03
(BOSTON) Jan 3 – Says one pardon recipient: it was a very minor amount when it happened so I’m kinda glad.Read More →
MIT researchers say NYC can lose 10,000 taxis and still meet 98% of demand
2017-01-02
(BOSTON) Jan 2 – The same algorithms used by Über and Lyft could clean up city streets, MIT researchers say.Read More →
Escaped prisoner on the loose – probably in Massachusetts, officials say
2017-01-01
(BOSTON) Jan 1 – James Walker Morales, accused of stealing guns in 2015 from a Massachusetts armory, is considered dangerous. Read More →
Russian malware found on VT electric company laptop
2016-12-31
(BOSTON) Dec 31 – Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin says he is alarmed and outraged.Read More →
Baker signs retail pot delay law
2016-12-31
(SOMERVILLE, MA) Dec 30 – A spokesman for the governor says the state needs six additional months to gear up for a new industry.Read More →
A handful of lawmakers delay the will of 1.8 million Massachusetts voters
2016-12-28
(BOSTON) Dec 28 – If it becomes law, the bill would effect the timeline for selling and regulating marijuana sales in Massachusetts. Read More →
Maine man sets ex-wife’s house ablaze, kills self
2016-12-26
(BOSTON) Dec 26 – Maine man dies at his own hand after confronted by police while trying to kill his ex-wife.Read More →
Vermont woman displays 1400 creche sets to mark the holiday
2016-12-24
(BOSTON) Dec 25 – Squires says what began as a way to grieve has become a festive event for the hundreds who visit.Read More →
Finally, Dudley, Massachusetts agrees to allow Islamic cemetery
2016-12-23
(BOSTON) Dec 23 – The agreement, reached Thursday, says the town will not object to the creation of a cemetery on six acres of unused land.Read More →
High Times in Massachusetts: Recreational Marijuana Legal
2016-12-15
(BOSTON) Dec 15 – You still can’t sell it, but you can grow it and use it in your own home.Read More →
Bulger ally, 80, arraigned for 1991 Worcester Murder
2016-12-14
(BOSTON) Dec 14 – Ralph DeMasi, of Salisbury, was one of four who held up an armored vehicle in 1991.Read More →
Somebody snatched Mary – Manchester, NH neighborhood puts out APB for nativity icon
2016-12-12
(BOSTON) Dec 12 – Manchester realtor says it’s probably a prank.Read More →
A handful of injuries as a dozen buildings in Cambridge go up in flames
2016-12-03
(CAMBRIDGE, MA) Dec 3 – 17 companies responded to the afternoon blaze which later shot flames up in the night sky.Read More →
AG to Dudley, Mass: don’t stand in way of Islamic cemetery
2016-12-03
(BOSTON) Dec 3 – An attorney for the Worcester-based Islamic community praising the Attorney General’s opinion.Read More →
Arrest in Viloria-Paulino murder; family angry at police
2016-12-03
(BOSTON) Dec 3 – The district attorney announcing Saturday the arrest of another 16 year-old to be charged with first-degree murder. Read More →
Headless body, then the head, found at river in Lawrence, Mass
2016-12-02
(BOSTON) Dec 1 – The D.A. confirming the decapitation late Thursday; a report Friday saying the father had identified his son. Read More →
VFW march on Hampshire College over flag
2016-11-28
(BOSTON) Nov 27 – Organizers and reports differed on the number who turned out but not on the sentiment.Read More →
Hampshire College takes down all flags
2016-11-22
(BOSTON) Nov 22 – The college first lowered the stars and stripes to protest the election of Donald Trump. Read More →
Jury convicts Kung Fu fraud
2016-11-19
(BOSTON) Nov 19 – The defendant tried to withdraw his case but by then Dreamworks had already spent $3 million in their own defense.Read More →