Massachusetts Experiences Second ‘Power Caution’ Advisory
ISO New England, the regional power grid operator, issued a power caution advisory on November 23, the second such advisory since June.
Massachusetts Lottery dropping game, replacing it with “Millionaire for Life”
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..Time’s almost up for Lucky for Life. The Massachusetts Lottery early next year will stop offering the multi-state draw that launched here in 2012 and will begin offering a Millionaire for Life draw game instead. Tickets for the new game will cost $5, compared to $2...
Wild chase through Shrewsbury streets leads to fentanyl bust
SHREWSBURY – After swerving through Shrewsbury streets, a man now faces fentanyl charges. At approximately 12:50 a.m. on Dec. 1, a Shrewsbury Police Department officer noticed a driver on Route 9 traveling westbound near Dewey Road. The vehicle allegedly failed to stop for officers in an incident with the...
New bike lanes among changes planned for Pleasant Street in Worcester
(This story has been updated with additional information.) WORCESTER – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will hold a hearing Wednesday, Dec. 3, on proposed pedestrian and bicycle improvements on Pleasant Street. The $4 million proposal would add 5-foot-wide bike lanes, 5-foot-wide sidewalks, more...
Boston Janitor Watches Daughter Teach in the School That Gave Him Purpose
James Corrao, a lifelong Bostonian, was 19 when he got a sober. His father had overdosed when he was nine, a loss he’d spent years trying to outrun. But when his girlfriend told him she was pregnant, he had the rare clarity, even at that age, to see that he couldn’t keep going the way he was.
POST Commission suspends license of Massachusetts state trooper charged in alleged assault on child
The Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST) on Wednesday announced the suspension of a Massachusetts State Police Trooper’s law enforcement license after he allegedly assaulted his child.
Mass. police watchdog decertifies 2 more officers
Massachusetts police oversight officials have stripped two former police officers of their licenses to work in law enforcement. One was accused of sexually harassing students and teachers at the local high school, and the other was charged with a broad range of unprofessional conduct, including leaving the scene of...
Texas Woman Living In Massachusetts Avoids Prison After Trafficking 150,000 Fentanyl Doses
A 74-year-old woman who admitted to running a significant interstate drug trafficking operation was sentenced to probation rather than prison time in federal court on Monday. Patricia Parker, an Austin, Texas native currently residing in Massachusetts, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose on...
Massachusetts Pushes for New License Plate Honoring Sgt. Sean Gannon
A new Massachusetts K9 plate honoring Sgt. Sean Gannon needs more preorders before it can enter production.
Rent control supporters say ballot question pits struggling residents against corporate landlords
Antonio Ennis, a 59-year-old Dorchester resident and small property owner, takes a different view than many landlords in the latest battle to overturn Massachusetts' longtime ban on rent control. Ennis said he has two tenants in the building where he also lives; one has lived there for 13 years, another...
