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Could a wave ‘speed bump’ protect coastal communities from storm surge?
The Boston Globe Alex Berkowitz, founder and CEO of Coastal Protection Solutions, visited the Harborwalk in Boston. Berkowitz’s company is working on building Wavebreakers, structures that act like a wave speed bump to decrease the height and velocity of destructive waves. Erin Clark/Globe Staff By Aruni Soni, The Boston Globe updated on September 18, 2023 […]
‘Thumbs up for Dec’: Hashtags spur outpouring of support for local TV meteorologist’s son battling cancer
Local News From Bruins players to local broadcasters, folks are raising their thumbs to support 3-year-old Declan Lyons as he battles brain cancer. After brain surgery and a 17-day stay at Massachusetts General Hospital, 3-year-old Declan Lyons went home on Sunday night. Bobby Lyons/Handout Local broadcasters, athletes, and community members in and around Greater Boston […]
2 killed, 1 arrested when truck hits motorcycle in Nashua
Crime Authorities pronounced both occupants of the motorcycle, a 68-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman, dead at the scene. An allegedly intoxicated driver crashed a pickup truck into a motorcycle, killing its two riders in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Sunday afternoon. Nashua police arrested George Palazzo Jr., 53, on Sunday afternoon after he allegedly crossed […]
New Hampshire man, 27, indicted in murder of mother
Crime Grant DeGiacomo faces two alternative counts of second-degree murder. A New Hampshire grand jury indicted a 27-year-old man on charges that he beat his mother to death in July. The jury in Hillsborough County District Court – Southern District indicted Grant DeGiacomo on two alternative counts of second-degree murder, according to a press release […]
Man wanted for sexually assaulting Red Line passenger during rush hour, police say
Crime The incident occurred on the Red Line between Charles/MGH and Park Street Friday morning. Police say this suspect assaulted another Red Line passenger. MBTA Transit Police Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted another passenger on the Red Line. The man “forcefully rubbed” his crotch against the buttocks of a female […]
N.H. man dies after suffering ‘medical event’ at Patriots game
Local News The man suffered the “medical event” during the fourth quarter of the Patriots-Dolphins game Sunday night. A man died after suffering a “medical event” at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough during the Patriots game Sunday night. Michael Dwyer / AP A New Hampshire man suffered a “medical event” during the New England Patriots game […]
As ‘childcare cliff’ looms, thousands of Mass. children could lose access
Politics Pandemic-era federal funding to support childcare is set to expire at the end of September, putting providers at risk of closing and driving prices up. Children play and learn at the Nurtury center in Roxbury in February 2023. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe Thousands of Massachusetts families could lose access to child care at the end […]
Family of girl who says she was filmed in airplane bathroom is speaking out
Local News “These events have left our daughter — and entire family — shocked and profoundly disturbed,” the family said in a statement through their attorney. A North Carolina family says a flight attendant secretly filmed their daughter in the bathroom on a Boston-bound flight earlier this month. Handout, via Paul Llewellyn A North Carolina […]
‘This is what we are facing’: Worcester city councilor says her home was vandalized
Politics Etel Haxhiaj said someone threw a baseball at her home, and that her political lawn signs were vandalized. Political lawn signs in the yard of Worcester District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj were allegedly vandalized Friday evening. Etel Haxhiaj A progressive Worcester city councilor says her home was vandalized Friday evening when a baseball […]
Reminder: Closures, bypasses in effect on Green and Orange lines
Local News The Union Square branch will be closed for 25 days, as will a portion of the Green Line between Government Center and North Station. Vincent Alban for The Boston Globe A partial Green Line shutdown kicked off on Monday with a 25-day closure of the Union Square branch between Cambridge and Somerville. Green […]