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DeSantis calls out Mass. after reports of fans losing hotel rooms to migrants around Gillette
Local News People from all over the country are flocking to Foxborough for the Army-Navy game at Gillette Stadium. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images This week, it was reported that military veterans and their families were being shut out of hotel rooms around Gillette Stadium for the upcoming Army-Navy game to […]
A developer proposed nearly 500 apartments on South Shore Plaza. Then residents killed it.
The Boston Globe A plan for what would have been Braintree’s largest apartment project ran into a buzz saw of neighborhood opposition. By Andrew Brinker, The Boston Globe updated on October 5, 2023 | 11:43 AM There was a buzz among the crowd that packed the auditorium at Braintree Town Hall last January. A few […]
Local obituary: Lauren Ramponi Carroll, 41, ‘deeply rooted and actively involved’ in the Brookline community
Local Obituaries Lauren Ramponi Carroll, of Brookline, died on Sept. 29, 2023. Lauren Ramponi Carroll. – via Bell-O’Dea Funeral Home Lauren Ramponi Carroll of Brookline passed away suddenly on September 29, 2023. Cherished wife of Robert E. O’Connor, Jr. and loving mother of Preston Bayliss and Collin O’Connor. Devoted daughter of Dianne L. Ramponi of […]
Rudy Giuliani’s drinking, long a fraught subject, has Trump prosecutors’ attention
National News The former mayor’s drinking has become an investigative subplot in Donald Trump’s federal case over 2020 election interference. But long before that, friends had grown deeply concerned. Rudy Giuliani’s drinking was long whispered about by former City Hall aides, White House advisers and political socialites. Now it has become a factor in one […]
Pedestrian reportedly hospitalized with life-threatening injuries in Boston hit-and-run
Crime A man was taken to the hospital after a hit-and-run in Boston. Police are investigating. A man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a car hit him and drove off in Roxbury Wednesday morning. Boston 25 reports that Boston police officers were called to 1146 Harrison Ave. around 6:30 a.m. to investigate an assault. […]
3 New England states join together for offshore wind power projects, aiming to lower costs
Politics The partnership could lead to the three states acquiring clean energy at more competitive and affordable rates, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said. Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I., the nation’s first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File By Associated Press October 5, […]
Foxborough School Committee votes to change Native American mascot logo but keep ‘Warrior’ name
Schools “Our mission as a public school is to be for everyone, all the time,” one school committee member who voted in favor of the phase out said after the vote. Foxborough Public Schools’ have scrapped the image of a Native American as their mascot logo. Foxborough Public Schools After months of passionate debate, the […]
Bodies of 2 divers recovered in Rockport
Local News The two men were diving in the area of Front Beach. The bodies of two divers were recovered Wednesday in Rockport, according to authorities. Rockport police found the first diver, a man, deceased at Front Beach earlier in the day, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement. When investigators learned that two […]
Man wanted in connection with Waltham murder arrested in Florida
Local News Josh Pierre, 21, is accused of fatally shooting Shelson Jules in May. The scene of the May shooting. Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe, File The 21-year-old Massachusetts man wanted in connection with a May shooting that left a Waltham man dead was recently found and arrested in Florida, according to authorities. Josh Pierre, 21, of […]
Boston University names Dr. Melissa Gilliam as next school president in historic appointment
Local News Gillam, who will come to Boston from The Ohio State University, will be the university’s first female and first Black president. Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam, the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University, will be Boston University’s next president. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe Boston University announced Wednesday that […]