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Somerville City Council wants cops to stop cracking down on cyclists who run red lights
Local News City councilors say traffic enforcement efforts would be better focused elsewhere, such as on motorists who text while driving. Somerville City Council wants police to ease up enforcement of cyclists who run red lights and stop signs. Instead, councilors say, cyclists should be allowed to cruise through the intersections as long as they […]
Police: Man died after assault, then fall from Portsmouth parking garage
Crime The assault happened between a nightclub and the parking garage shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, police said. By Associated Press August 27, 2023 | 7:57 AM PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A man died early Saturday after eyewitnesses say he was assaulted by a group of males and then fell from a parking garage onto […]
Police: Man died after assault, then fall from Portsmouth parking garage
Crime The assault happened between a nightclub and the parking garage shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, police said. By Associated Press August 26, 2023 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A man died early Saturday after eyewitnesses say he was assaulted by a group of males and then fell from a parking garage onto a sidewalk in […]
Former ‘The Price Is Right’ host Bob Barker has died at 99
TV Barker passed away at his home in Los Angeles, according to his publicist. Bob Barker has died. By FRAZIER MOORE, Associated Press August 26, 2023 | 2:01 PM A publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of “Truth or Consequences” and “The Price Is Right,” […]
Early morning shooting wounds 7 ahead of Caribbean festival
Crime The shooting happened on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester as crowds of people began to gather for J’ouvert. By Morgan Rousseau August 26, 2023 | 10:34 AM Seven people were shot in Dorchester early Saturday morning as crowds of people gathered to celebrate J’ouvert, The Boston Globe reported. The shootings happened at 10 Talbot Ave., near Blue […]
Andover driver accused of assaulting Manchester-by-the-Sea parking enforcement cop
Crime Police said the 73-year-old driver tried to shove a ticket into the officer’s shirt and stop her from reporting the assault. An Andover man is accused of assaulting a parking enforcement officer as she attempted to write him a ticket, according to officials. Manchester-by-the-Sea Police Chief Todd Fitzgerald said police will seek a criminal […]
DA issues rare statement condemning conspiracy theories, harassment in Karen Read case
Crime “It should be an outrage to any decent person, and it needs to stop. Innuendo is not evidence. False narratives are not evidence.” Karen Read, a Mansfield woman charged with murder for allegedly killing her boyfriend, Boston police Officer John O’Keefe, appeared in Norfolk Superior Court in May. John Tlumacki/Boston Globe Staff, File The […]
Man sentenced to 42 years in prison for 2019 death of N.H.e pastor
Crime By Associated Press August 25, 2023 | 5:45 PM BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A man was sentenced to 42 years in prison Friday for fatally shooting a New Hampshire pastor whose church he attended. Brandon Castiglione, 28, who was convicted of second-degree murder, did not testify at his trial in May. Prosecutors said there […]
One morning in Maine, 225 people went to the library
National News Books or beach? In a coastal town, the decision is easy, thanks to artwork by the author of “Blueberries for Sal” and “Make Way for Ducklings.” As Sal McCloskey read “One Morning in Maine,” young audience members crept closer and closer. Some followed along in their own copies of the book. Gin Majka […]
Wu announces plans to take down tents, open temporary shelter near Mass. and Cass
Local News Public safety concerns spiked at Mass. and Cass this summer, so officials are looking to remove the temporary structures that they say hide much of the criminal activity there. An encampment of tents and shelters line Atkinson Street in the area know as Mass. and Cass. JohnTlumacki/Boston Globe Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Police […]