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Field Hockey Opens 2024 Season at No. 8 in NFHCA Coaches Preseason Poll
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. – Defending Ivy League champion Harvard field hockey will begin the 2024 season ranked, as the National Field Hockey Coaches Association revealed its first coaches' poll for the upcoming the season. The Crimson hold the No. 8 position in the NFHCA's preseason poll, the lone Ivy...
Boston police looking for person accused of vandalizing Holocaust memorial
Boston police are looking for a person who they say vandalized the city’s Holocaust memorial Friday night. The vandalism at 90 Union St. occurred around 8:50 p.m. on Friday, Boston Police said in a brief statement. Officers found one of the memorial’s glass panels covered in graffiti in black ink of an “unknown writing,” according to a police report provided to MassLive.
A mistrial was declared for Karen Read, who was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend. Now his family is suing her
A wrongful death civil suit filed this month in a Massachusetts court by the estate and family of deceased Boston police officer John O’Keefe alleges his then-girlfriend Karen Read caused his death more than two years ago by “driving drunk … in an unsafe manner.”
Major Grocery Chain To Stop Selling Cigarettes In New York
Smokers in New York will have to find another grocery store to buy their smokes from. By this Saturday, the sale of all tobacco products will cease by this Saturday, August 31, 2024. Stop & Shop announced that it will discontinue the sale of tobacco products in all its stores,...
New Hampshire resident dies from eastern equine encephalitis
The death follows the first human case of EEE in Mass. earlier this month. An adult from Hampstead, New Hampshire, died from an eastern equine encephalitis virus infection, health officials announced Tuesday. “EEEV is a rare but serious disease transmitted to people by infected mosquitoes,” a statement from the New...
Missing Massachusetts Man Found Dead Underneath House In South Carolina After Disappearing On Vacation
Authorities have been looking for a missing Massachusetts man by the name of Stanley Kotowski. The last few weeks have seen him and his family vacationing in South Carolina. However, Stanley begins to experience some mental distress, not being able to sleep and becoming increasingly anxious. Then, he goes missing. Now, he's been found.
Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states
Grace McGovern, a 24-year-old bartender and server at a downtown Boston brewery, recalls one recent customer vividly. He was very rude. It was a slow night, and she only had one table, a large group led by a man who “kept touching my lower back and my leg and making jokes,” she told Stateline. It […]
Facing natural disasters, more lawmakers look to make oil companies pay for the damage
Vermont is the first state trying a new approach to climate policy: charging fossil fuel companies money to cover the damages caused by natural disasters worsened by climate change. Other states could be close behind. New York lawmakers passed their own measure in June, though it’s unclear if Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign the […]
Holtec appeals state's denial to discharge Pilgrim wastewater into Cape Cod Bay
Holtec Decommissioning International LLC is appealing a state ruling denying the company permission to release treated wastewater from the former Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into Cape Cod Bay. Identifying Cape Cod Bay as "a protected ocean sanctuary" as defined under the Massachusetts Ocean Sanctuaries Act, the state Department of Environmental Protection on July 18 determined that Holtec is prohibited from "the dumping or discharge of industrial wastes into protected state waters" and turned down its application...
MSPCA seeking adopter for ‘very special’ senior cat
Fifteen-year-old Mittens is in need of a home, the MSPCA says. A “very special” senior cat is in need of a new owner, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said on Monday. Mittens, 15, needs a “perfect retirement home.” He was hit by a...
Nearly 6,000 open positions listed in Massachusetts schools
WATERTOWN - In Watertown, Massachusetts, 42 new teachers sat for a new teacher orientation inside the Hosmer Elementary School Monday. In a time when hiring teachers and filling staff positions is difficult, that feels like a great success - one the Watertown superintendent credits to the city investing in its school system. "We are in brand new buildings," Dr. Deanne Galdston explained. "All of our elementary schools are basically brand new. We have a new high school on deck that's going to be opening up next spring. We worked very cooperatively with our teachers' union and we have a...
Sand, gravel mining in southeastern MA draws activists. Report points to cranberry growers
BOSTON − Activists seeking a moratorium on sand and gravel mining operations in southeastern Massachusetts delivered a petition to Beacon Hill leaders Tuesday demanding action from Gov. Maura Healey and state environmental protection officials. The Community Land and Water Coalition, in Plymouth, which says its mission is to protect...
Be prepared for fog in 12 Massachusetts counties until early Tuesday morning
The National Weather Service issued a report at 9:19 p.m. on Monday for fog until Tuesday at 4 a.m. for Northern Worcester and Southern Worcester as well as Franklin, Middlesex, Essex, Hampshire, Hampden, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties. Navigating fog: Safety tips by the weather service.
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