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‘Creepy and scary': Man charged with filming woman in Wareham Target fitting room
Safety concerns are on the rise in Wareham, Massachusetts, after an encounter at the city’s target, where a woman said that a man recorded her while she was in the fitting room.
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New details about Milford High School student detained by ICE
New details are emerging about the detention of a Milford, Massachusetts, high school student by ICE that has left the community feeling “helpless,” amid an impending deadline set by a judge.
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What to know about Healey's accelerated plan to close hotel shelters
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced Monday that it will be shutting down its hotel shelters this summer — a half year earlier than expected.
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‘Devastated': Celtics fans distraught after Game 4 loss, Tatum's injury
Many Boston Celtics fans are feeling stunned after Monday night’s matchup against the New York Knicks not only ended in defeat, but in injury for star player Jayson Tatum.
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Family mourns ‘very smart boy' hit and killed by school bus in Hyde Park
A community in Hyde Park is in mourning Tuesday after a young boy was killed in a deadly crash while walking home from school on Monday.
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New video shows truck crash in Boston's Chinatown that sent 4 people to the hospital
Dramatic surveillance video shows an apparently out-of-control truck crashing into a person on a sidewalk in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood on Tuesday.
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Shuttle buses replace train service along stretch of Red Line beginning Tuesday
Shuttle buses are replacing train service along a major stretch of the Red Line starting on Tuesday.
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Needham rejects new zoning plan to meet MBTA housing law rules
Voters in Needham, Massachusetts, rejected a plan that would have added re-zoned areas for new multifamily housing and bring the town into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act. The special referendum failed by a vote of 6,904–4914, meaning nearly 60% of the town’s voters were opposed. The law has received heavy pushback over the past several months in several communities,…
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City taking legal action with Leominster birthing center set to close Saturday
The birthing center at UMass Memorial Hospital in Leominster, Massachusetts, is slated to close at 7 a.m. on Saturday, despite major pushback from local leaders and community activists, including a legal challenge from the city. It appears vigils, protests and public pressure were not enough to keep the facility open. Staff at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester are bracing…
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Convicted Pedophile, Former Mass. Priest Paul Shanley Dead: Police
One of the most notorious figures in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal has died, police said Friday. He was 89. Paul Shanley, a former Massachusetts priest who served 12 years in prison after he was convicted of raping a boy at a Newton church in the 1980s, died late last month, Ware police confirmed. A cause of death was…
