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Former Boston Police Sergeant from Franklin Sentenced to Probation for Overtime Fraud
By MyFM’s Claire Beverly – A former Boston Police Sergeant from Franklin has been sentenced to probation and home detention for committing overtime fraud. The US Attorney’s Office says George Finch was sentenced to 6 months home detention and 3 years’ probation and ordered to pay $11,000 in restitution after pleading guilty in 2021 to conspiracy and embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds. Prosecutors say in 2015 and 2016 Finch submitted false overtime slips for shifts he didn’t work at the evidence warehouse.
August brings a free admission day to 31 cultural institutions throughout Greater Boston
Celina Colby is an arts and travel reporter with a fondness for Russian novels.... VIEW BIO. Every day for the entire month of August, a different Massachusetts museum or cultural institution will offer free admission as part of Highland Street Foundation’s August Adventures program. The Museum of African American...
The Boston Globe Being Upset We're Not About to Host the Olympics is the Stupidest Take in the History of Takes
As hard as it is to believe, this was once an actual thing. A video put together nine years ago by some of Boston's "community and business leaders" to secure the city as the site of the Olympics that are about to start in Paris. The case they were making...
2 Men Guilty Of Raping Woman At Hotel Party In Everett
A Middlesex County jury convicted two men for the rape of a woman at a party at a Everett hotel in 2020, authorities said on Thursday, July 25. William Gomez-Rojas, 31, of Chelsea was found guilty of one count of rape and one count of aggravated rape, and Jose Morales Jr., 36, of Malden, was f…
AEM/CTC Provides Services for Bob’s Discount Furniture Expansion
Westborough, MA – AEM/CTC, a division of AEM Building Solutions, is supporting the nationwide expansion of Bob’s Discount Furniture by actively engaging in both new construction and retrofit projects. The company’s services are currently implemented in 138 stores across the country. Bob’s Discount Furniture has chosen AEM/CTC...
Westborough Seeks Public Input for New Multi-Generational Community Center
By MyFM’s Claire Beverly – Westborough town officials want to know what you think should be offered at the town’s new multi-generational community center. This year the town bought the 64,000 square foot former Boston Sports Club on Union Street to house the Town’s Recreation Department and Senior Center and run rec programs for all ages. They have put out a survey to get your opinions and are also hosting some community meetings, including two on Tuesday, July 30. There is one at 2 pm at the Westborough Senior Center, focused on senior input and one at 6 pm at Memorial Hall focused on general input.
Assumption University Named to Money Magazine’s 2024 Best Colleges in America List
Money Magazine has named Assumption University to its 2024 list of Best Colleges in America. The magazine has also awarded Assumption a four out of five star rating in their criteria, which analyzed and compared over 700 four-year colleges on their quality of education, affordability, and outcomes for graduates in order to compile this year’s list.
10 Ineligible Items For Mass. Tax Free Weekend Aug. 10 & 11
Tax free weekend is Massachusetts is a great way to save money. Tax free weekend is coming up soon and will be held on Aug. 10 and 11. Lots of people wait to purchase those bigger items so they can save the most they can on state tax. August 10...
Patriots did Bills a huge favor in NFL Draft as near-trade is revealed
Even though the Buffalo Bills have dominated the New England Patriots for the last four seasons, it still doesn’t make up for two decades of the Patriots ruling the AFC East and making the Bills the little brother. The tables have turned for the better in Buffalo when it comes to dealing with New England.
Big Lots closing Massachusetts store amid nationwide closures, bankruptcy speculation
Big Lots, a home goods discount retailer, announced plans to close 35 to 40 stores across the country by the end of the year — including at least one in Massachusetts, federal filings show. The Massachusetts location facing closure is Dennis Port’s 400 Main St. store on Cape Cod,...
Mass. State Lottery winner: Stop & Shop sells $100,000 ticket
A lottery player won $100,000 on Tuesday from a ticket they bought at a Stop & Shop grocery store in Massachusetts. The $100,000 prize was from the daily “Mass Cash” drawing. The winning numbers from the July 23 drawing were 2, 3, 10, 17, 35. The winning $100,000...
Kendrick Perkins ‘loses Boston Celtics legend status’ and ‘booed by fans’ as ESPN star is banned from ex-player policy
KENDRICK Perkins has lost his status within the Boston Celtics organization after trashing the team. Perkins was a Celtics legend, spending eight years with the team and winning a title in 2008, but it all came crashing down in recent years. Despite being a former player, Perkins was one of...
POSTPONED to 2025: Climb 4 Climate Inaugural Stair-Climbing Event
Update 6:30 pm: this event has been postponed until 2025. The Owl has received the following press release from Climb 4 Climate, a Weston-based non profit organization. The startup is hosting its inaugural fundraising event with a stair climb at Harvard Stadium on August 10. Participants will climb up the concrete seats, 30 rows high, and down the steps in all 37 sections of Harvard Stadium. And now the Owl just had a painful flashback of Wellesley Crüe (Crew), the so-called Iron Maiden team – does anyone remember these bands from the 80s, sigh- doing “stadiums” at Harvard for training. Ouchie ouchie.
Seven sought for beating up, robbing woman on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury
Boston Police report they are looking for seven men and women they say attacked and robbed a woman outside 218 Blue Hill Ave. around 7:40 a.m. on Monday. The victim suffered injuries not considered life threatening in the attack, in which at least one of the suspects was holding a knife.
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