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The Boston City Council held an emergency hearing on late mail delivery. The USPS didn’t show up.
In an internal email accidentally sent to the City Council, a USPS executive apparently accused the body of having a political agenda and not caring about residents receiving their mail. During an emergency hearing Tuesday, members of the Boston City Council heard testimony accusing United States Postal Service leaders of...
8 Mass. colleges sued for alleged financial aid conspiracy
BOSTON - Eight private colleges in Massachusetts are among 40 top universities named in a class action lawsuit over financial aid practices. The plaintiffs allege that the schools engaged in a "price-fixing conspiracy" that made tuition more expensive for students with divorced or separated parents.The lawsuit claims that the nonprofit College Board has since 2006 pushed schools to consider the income and assets of noncustodial parents from a student's CSS Profile when determining a financial aid award. That's resulted in students from those family situations paying about $6,200 more for college on average, the lawsuit says, compared to schools that...
Ex-Sheriff Mark Brave faces 5 new charges, allegedly lied under oath
Ex-Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave is facing new felony perjury charges and misdemeanor counts of false swearing and unsworn falsification. Criminal counts against Brave continue to stack up more than a year after he was first arrested for allegedly using county money to fund trips related to his extramarital affairs. Brave, formerly of Dover and now a Tewksbury, Massachusetts, resident, has been indicted on the new charges by a Rockingham County grand jury. ...
Glastonbury real estate agent sentenced in Boston for defrauding clients using short sale scheme
BOSTON — A Connecticut real estate agent was sentenced in Boston federal court on Monday for participating in a multi-year scheme to defraud his clients, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy of the District of Massachusetts. Prosecutors say Sheldon Haag, 34, of Glastonbury, Conn., engaged in...
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