Local News “If you’re considering bringing one home, we ask that you do your research!” If you’re looking to add a nocturnal marsupial to your family, MSPCA-Angell wants to hear from you. The nonprofit said that on Monday it received “a very adorable surprise” in the form of 33 sugar gliders that were surrendered to … [Read more…]
Politics Election offices in at least five states were sent threatening mail, some containing the potentially deadly drug, authorities say. Julie Wise, King County’s elections director, poses for a photo alongside a ballot drop box, Oct. 9, 2018, at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash. While her workers were counting ballots for primary … [Read more…]
Local News Parking benefit districts, which ensure money from meters goes directly toward local projects, have been implemented elsewhere in Massachusetts. Parking meters in downtown Boston. Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe The Boston City Council is weighing the creation of parking benefit districts, which would invest the revenue from parking meters into the improvement of the area … [Read more…]
Local News Art students at Tufts went out in the middle of the night last weekend, doling out fake parking tickets with positive messages. The project received plenty of compliments — as well as some criticism. Art students at Tufts University created fake parking tickets that featured positive affirmations on them. Around 800 were distributed … [Read more…]
Local News Brenna Caisse, 18, was in a car with three other North Andover High School students at the time of the crash. A senior at North Andover High School was killed Thursday night in a crash on I-495 North in Lawrence, according to police and school officials. Brenna Caisse, 18, and three other students … [Read more…]
National News The plane is planned to be produced in variants with and without pilots. The B-21 Raider stealth bomber is unveiled at Northrop Grumman, Dec. 2, 2022, in Palmdale, California. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP, File By TARA COPP, Associated Press updated on November 10, 2023 | 1:16 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — The B-21 … [Read more…]
Crime Investigators believe James Lee used several business and related bank accounts to “launder the proceeds of the prostitution business,” court documents show. Federal prosecutors say a brothel ring based in Massachusetts and Virginia was operating out of several units at 90 Fawcett St. in Cambridge, among other locations. Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe … [Read more…]
Crime The mail carrier suffered from “significant injuries” and was robbed of his mail and a key used for USPS mailboxes. A mail carrier was attacked and robbed in Medford on Halloween. Authorities said they arrested five teens in the attack. Nati Harnik/Associated Press Five suspects — all teens and three of them juveniles — … [Read more…]
The Boston Globe Permits are down even as the region focuses on trying to build more to address a mounting housing crisis. Construction work at the former Edward J. Sullivan courthouse and jail in Cambridge on Oct. 31. Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff By Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe updated on November 10, 2023 | 10:52 AM … [Read more…]
Local News Vincenzo Lirosi, 22, was found dead Dec. 5, 2021, partially submerged in a small body of water in the woods. By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press updated on November 10, 2023 | 9:53 AM CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The mother of a University of New Hampshire student who died in an icy swamp two … [Read more…]