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Quincy argues in front of SJC to install 10-foot patron saint statues at public safety building
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (514+ words) The state's highest court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the City of Quincy's appeal to install two 10-foot, bronze statues of Catholic patron saints in front of the city's new police and fire building. Oral arguments began Wednesday, according to…...
Somerville has been trying to fire a police detective since 2018. He's still getting paid.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1617+ words) A Somerville police detective at the center of a nearly decade-long battle between the police union, prosecutors, and the city has earned more than a half million dollars in leave pay as the city fights to keep him off the…...
Somerville looks to rally residents to rise up against rats with "De RATification Week"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (307+ words) Somerville is declaring war on rats. The city kicked off "De RATification Week" on Monday, launching a campaign to curb its growing rodent population." "Rats are tough and scrappy, but so is Somerville," Mayor Jake Wilson said in the announcement....
Rapper Flavor Flav donates sports equipment to Cambridge youth center
3+ week, 6+ day ago (203+ words) Rapper Flavor Flav donated a bundle of sports equipment to a local youth center earlier this week in partnership with Harvard College and Franklin Sports. Flavor Flav, 67, gave a variety of athletic equipment to the Frisoli Youth Center in Cambridge…...
North Andover police unions call for 'immediate removal' of chief after Fitzsimmons acquittal
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (477+ words) On the heels of Kelsey Fitzsimmons's acquittal, the unions representing North Andover police passed a vote of no confidence in the department's chief Wednesday, citing a pattern of leadership failures including the department's lack of body-worn cameras. More than 90 percent…...
Land court backs Somerville church's plan for homeless shelter that raised neighborhood concerns
4+ week, 8+ hour ago (724+ words) A Land Court judge has ruled that First Church Somerville was within its rights to build a 26-bed homeless shelter in its basement, siding with the Davis Square congregation's contention that creating the space was something "God was calling First…...
Everett moves to rein in data centers as pushback grows across Massachusetts
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (930+ words) As backlash against data center development grows in Massachusetts, Everett is moving to get ahead of it. The Planning Board voted unanimously April 6 to endorse an ordinance that would restrict data centers in Everett's Docklands Innovation District (EDID), a 100-acre…...
North Andover police working to get body cameras after Kelsey Fitzsimmons shooting
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (339+ words) North Andover officials are actively working to create a body-worn camera program for police officers, nine months after an officer was shot by her colleague in an incident that drew widespread attention to the North Andover Police Department's lack of…...
Cambridge pediatric doctor running fifth Boston Marathon to support Mass General patients
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (210+ words) Name: Jennifer Leah Goetz Age: 39 City: Cambridge I started running to help with crippling depression, and running has become such an important part of my life in ways too numerous to count. I trained in pediatrics, general and child psychiatry,…...
Debate in Quincy over funding for new firefighting gear after current gear tests positive for PFAS
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) Quincy firefighters are sounding the alarm after city councilors delayed a vote on funding new protective gear, following the discovery of harmful PFAS chemicals in equipment currently in use. Mayor Thomas Koch has asked the City Council to approve a…...