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Attorney previously on 'most eligible bachelors' list is sentenced for rape
BOSTON (TCN) -- A 52-year-old attorney once touted as one of People magazine’s "most eligible bachelors" was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a woman in 2021 after a night out. WBZ-TV reports a judge sentenced Gary Zerola on Monday, July 15, to five to 10 years behind bars after he was convicted last month of rape. At his trial in June, a jury acquitted him of aggravated rape and burglary. Zerola has been charged with sexual assault several times dating back to 1996, though he was...
Germantown Academy alum picked up by Boston Red Sox in MLB Draft
Alex Bouchard, a 2021 graduate of Germantown Academy High School in Fort Washington, was selected by the Boston Red Sox as the 417th overall pick in the 14th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday, July 16. Bouchard, a right-handed pitcher, spent his freshman season at Dickinson College...
Boston Celtics (1-1) at Charlotte Hornets (1-0) Las Vegas Summer League Game #3 7/17/24
Boston Celtics (1-1) at Charlotte Hornets (1-0) Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The Hornets played in the California Classic Summer League before coming to Las Vegas. They won all 3 games there, beating San Antonio, the team from China, and Sacramento. They also won their first game in Las Vegas, beating the Knicks 94-90. The Celtics and Hornets last played in Summer League in 2018 when the Celtics won 100-80, while starting Kadeem Allen, Jarrod Uthoff, Jabari Bird, Semi Ojeleye, and Guerrschon Yabusele.
Roxbury affordable housing development goes fully electric — even when the power goes out
Down the street from Nubian Square, in a little room on the outside of a new affordable housing building, two enormous cabinets hum away. These boxes — each about as large an industrial-sized refrigerator — mark a first for the city and state and make the Kenzi at Bartlett Station, a 50-unit development for older adults, the first building taller than four stories in the city that is all-electric — even when the power goes out.
MBTA service changes set for next month: here's what to know
Service changes are coming to the Green, Orange, Mattapan, Red and Haverhill lines next month, the MBTA said Wednesday. The T says the changes will happen in August as it continues "working to maintain its infrastructure and improve reliability across the system." Here are the changes coming to the T...
Everett Junior Police Academy teaches youths to foster positive relationships with police, fire, Red Cross and ambulance services
Everett Junior Police Academy opened on Monday at Everett High School. It continues through this week, ending on Friday with a graduation at 2 p.m. Approximately 55 youths will do mock trials with police, fire, ambulance and American Red Cross personnel. See more photo highlights at: www.Facebook.com/advocate.news.ma.
Dorchester Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Loaded Firearm Following Traffic Stop
On a bustling Dorchester street, a routine traffic stop by the Youth Violence Strike Force escalated into an arrest when officers retrieved a loaded firearm from a young man's possession. The incident unfolded yesterday, when officers patrolling the area of Talbot Avenue and Welles Avenue spotted a vehicle speeding. The subsequent stop at the junction of Dorchester Avenue and St. Marks Road led to the arrest of 20-year-old Deandrew Pinto of Dorchester.
Summer EATS program aims to fight summer food insecurity
On Friday, July 12, the Mildred Avenue K-8 school in Mattapan hosted a launch event for the Boston Public Schools’ annual Summer EATS program, which helps to dismantle food insecurity across the city. The program offers free meals for all of Boston’s youth, 18 and under, at over 100...
Fireworks delight thousands at Glendale Park as Everett celebrates Independence Day
EVERETT – On Sunday, July 14, the City of Everett hosted its annual Independence Day Celebration at Glendale Park. The event, which was rescheduled from the original date of June 30 due to the forecasted weather conditions not meeting the safety parameters of the fireworks company, still brought thousands together to celebrate.
HFAC Chair Asks Massport to Sever Ties with Hangar Developer; Panel disagrees
The Hanscom Field Advisory Commission met for the first time since the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs found that the required draft environmental impact report by the hangar developers was inadequate.
Heat and humidity take a hiatus. Here's what to expect this weekend
Thunderstorms have cleared, and humid conditions will slowly come to a close for the near term. Afternoon temperatures will touch the mid-to-upper 80s with a southwest wind. Drier air is moving in and dewpoints will drop gradually throughout the day -- ultimately back into the 50s, aided by Canadian air.
City of Boston announces health equity agenda to improve life expectancy
For the 35 years she’s lived in Mattapan, Vivien Morris has centered local health and wellness in her life and work. This focus led her to found the Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition and the Edgewater Food Forest and to join groups like the Boston Community Health Collaborative as a community resident representative.
Spotlight On: Will Andronico, Managing Principal, New England, Baker Tilly
July 2024 — In an interview with Invest:, Will Andronico, managing principal of Baker Tilly’s New England unit, discussed the firm’s growth last year and the strategic investment from Hellman & Friedman and Valeas Capital Partners. He highlighted the focus on technology, life sciences, and private equity sectors, as well as efforts to address talent acquisition challenges.
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