Margaret Marshall describes her journey from South African activist to influential Massachusetts jurist (BOSTON) APRIL 10 – “Start small,” said the South African-born “unpolitical daughter of unpolitical parents,” focusing on a group of Bronx high school students, one of whom had just asked her about how to start changing theRead More →
(CBC) September 13, 14 – Some 70 fires in Andover, North Andover and Lawrence, Massachusetts claim one life and hospitalize a dozen more.Read More →
(SOMERVILLE, MA) January 12 – Most people say the remarks by the president were immature and unfortunate. But others hinted that he spoke for them. Read More →
(BOSTON) November 1 – Lawmakers in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island have submitted bills to do the same in those states. Read More →
(BOSTON) October 28 – DeLeo’s action prompted by a report that a dozen women professionally associated with the legislature have not only been harassed by feared reporting it. Read More →
(BOSTON) September 26 – The governor saying he’ll fire the independently elected officials for violating state law but the ACLU says the law is not on LePage’s side.Read More →
(BOSTON) August 13 – The school handbook emailed to students no longer contains the controversial policy. Read More →
(BOSTON) July 24 – The Massachusetts high court says state law is silent on any requirement that court officers must comply with what are called “Ice Detainers.” Read More →
(BOSTON) July 14 – The widow of the killer lead the FBI to his grave. His remains were confirmed Friday. Read More →
(BOSTON) July 12 – Protracted negotiations over pensions broke down at 7 a.m. Wednesday.Read More →
(BOSTON) June 26 – The bad drugs five years ago lead to a national fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and injured almost 800.Read More →
(BOSTON) June 17 – A coast guard spokesman says the ferry has been removed from the jetty as of this morning.Read More →
(TAUNTON, MA) June 16 – Michelle Carter could be sentenced to 20 years for the involuntary manslaughter of Conrad Roy III who she encouraged, by text, to kill himself. Read More →
(BOSTON) June 16 – Conrad Roy III, then 17, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his own truck three years ago after receiving encouraging texts to do so from Carter.Read More →
(BOSTON) May 19 – The boy called 9-11 to tell police his father was selling drugs. Police say he also reported him a year ago. Read More →
(BOSTON) May 11 – Rowlands, 50, was a husband and a father. He worked as a used car and auto parts dealer. Read More →
(BILLERICA, MA) May 3 – A worker in his mid-70s suddenly accelerated and struck numerous people at a car auction.Read More →
(BOSTON) March 31 – In a Salem courtroom the families of the two boys, both high school sophomores, sat feet away from one another. Read More →
(SOMERVILLE, MA) A diverse economy, great schools and universal access to health care drove the ranking.Read More →
(BOSTON) Feb 20 – Michael Hebb, 45, of Peabody is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday for the murder of Jennifer O’Connor, 39, and Mark Greenlaw, 37. Read More →
(BOSTON) Feb 19 – A man and a woman, their bodies dismembered, were discovered by a woman late Saturday night.Read More →