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Franklin Teen Killed In Bicycle Crash Near I495
29+ min ago (172+ words) According to Boston 25, police received multiple 911 calls reporting the crash at about 3: 20 p. m. The outlet reports that emergency crews transported the juvenile to the hospital and that the Franklin Police Department extended its deepest condolences to the victim's family. Boston 25 also…...
Babesiosis Triples In Massachusetts; Powassan Concerns Grow
31+ min ago (131+ words) If you find an attached tick or develop fever, severe headache, or neurologic symptoms after a bite, health officials advise contacting your health care provider and local public health department right away. For families like the Boyces, the warning has…...
Gardner Museum Launches Free Thursday Nights In Boston
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (110+ words) The expansion dovetails with the city's Boston Family Days program, which gives Boston school'aged children and up to two guests free admission to participating institutions on the first two Sundays of each month, according to Boston. gov. The Gardner is…...
Mass. Parole Board Grants Parole To Man Convicted In 1983
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (108+ words) The Massachusetts Parole Board has voted unanimously to grant parole to Richard Mayes, 78, who was convicted in 1983 of beating his 2-year-old son, Lawrence "Onaje" Jackson Ritchon, to death. After more than four decades in state custody, Mayes is now slated…...
Repeat Offender Arrested After Silver Street Raid in Springfield
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (219+ words) A months-long search for an allegedly violent repeat offender ended Tuesday morning when Springfield police arrested 25-year-old Shyloe Harris during a multi-unit raid at a Silver Street home, hauling him in on a sprawling list of weapons, property, and motor-vehicle…...
Sunny Wednesday, Showers Return Thursday Night
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (322+ words) Boston rolled into Wednesday under partly cloudy skies and upper-60s temps, on track for a mostly sunny, seasonable day. Highs should land near 80, with northwest winds nudging up to about 612 mph this afternoon. It stays dry through most of Thursday,…...
Cougars Big Man Snagged By Celtics at No. 27 in Brooklyn Draft Drama
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (99+ words) Cenac now shifts from college role player to full-time pro project, with the coming months of team workouts, Summer League and training camp set to determine how quickly projection turns into real minutes. For Houston, the bottom line is straightforward:…...
17 Massachusetts Life Science Firms Ordered To Return Tax Credits
4+ week, 15+ hour ago (328+ words) Seventeen life-science companies that once enjoyed generous Massachusetts tax breaks are now being told to pay some of that money back, after state officials concluded they did not hire as many people as they promised. Supporters of the MLSC program…...
Brookline Man Pleads Guilty After FBI Sting; Sentencing Set
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (159+ words) The charge carries a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250, 000, per the U. S. Attorney's Office. Sentencing will be guided by the U. S. Sentencing Guidelines and by any arguments the parties make…...
Trooper's Death Spurs Beacon Hill Blitz on Wrong Way Crash Tech
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (343+ words) Following a fatal wrong'way crash that killed a state trooper, lawmakers filed a budget amendment to force Mass DOT to expand sensor'based wrong'way detection statewide. Beacon Hill is moving fast to get more wrong way detection gear onto Massachusetts highways…...