As they do every year ahead of Memorial Day, volunteers placed tens of thousands of U.S. flags around Boston Common’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial on Wednesday in tribute to the many fallen U.S. service members who called the Bay State home. Beginning from the years ahead of our nation’s founding on to the present, more […]
Massachusetts teacher allegedly assaulted children at preschool
A local teacher is accused of assaulting several children at a preschool, according to officials who say she pushed kids to the ground and slammed children into tables, chairs and walls. Hull woman Lilly Garofola, 29, had been working as a teacher at the Little Steps Learning Center in Scituate. Concerned parents and staff members […]
MBTA zoning law subject of multiple amendments in Senate
The budget fight due to take place in the senate this week will apparently include at least some discussion about revisiting the MBTA zoning law which has caused no small amount of trouble for a number of Bay State municipalities in recent months. The fiscal 2026 senate budget proposal includes hundreds of amendments, and some […]
Councilor Flynn calls for Economic Opportunity and Inclusion chief’s resignation
City Councilor Ed Flynn issued a call for the resignation of Boston’s Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Segun Idowu, and is seeking an outside investigation of several city departments. He made the call Sunday in a statement shared on social media. “The Chief of Boston’s Economic Opportunity and Inclusion failed to provide positive and […]
Massachusetts man accused of trying to stab United flight attendant pleads guilty
A local man accused of trying to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon, and also trying to open the plane’s emergency exit door has pleaded guilty. Francisco Torres, 34, of Leominster, has pleaded guilty to one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using […]