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2024 Mass. ballot question results: MCAS, minimum wage and more
Massachusetts voters weighed in on five ballot questions that could impact everyone from high school students to rideshare drivers. Here’s a look at the results as they come in. Question 1 concerns whether the office of state auditor should have its investigative powers expanded to include oversight of the Legislature. It came from an effort led by current State Auditor...
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As ballots run low in several Boston precincts, police rush in extras
The City of Boston has had to rush ballots to several polling places Tuesday amid “strong turnout,” officials said. Boston police were delivering extra ballots to two wards on Election Night after the precincts reported they were running low, according to the office of the Massachusetts secretary of state. They said Wards 18 and 20, in West Roxbury and Hyde...
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Firm that will audit Canton Police Department selected, to start work soon
The firm that will audit the police department in Canton, Massachusetts, in the wake of the Karen Read case has been selected.
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Everett hazmat investigation over report of person dumping drug-making chemicals
A hazmat team was securing a home in Everett, Massachusetts, Monday after someone reported a person disposing of drug-making chemicals around the city, officials said. The home on Gledhill Avenue is about a block from Everett High School, but posts from the city and first responders on social media said there was no threat to the school. They didn’t share...
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Person hit, severely injured by bus in Brockton, police say
A woman in a wheelchair suffered severe injuries when she was hit by a bus in Brockton, Massachusetts, Monday afternoon, according to police. Police confirmed they responded to the crash on Colonel Bell Drive around 12:45 p.m. The victim, a 70-year-old woman, had severe injuries. She was rushed with a tourniquet on her leg to Boston Medical Center, where she...
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Amesbury city councilor arrested over disturbance, reportedly at pro-Trump parade
An Amesbury, Massachusetts, city councilor was arrested Saturday on a charge of disorderly conduct, authorities said. Behavior like Steven Stanganelli’s is neither condoned nor tolerated by the city, a spokesman said in a statement to NBC10 Boston, without sharing what it was. The Newburyport News reported that it involved a parade of Donald Trump supporters in the city’s downtown. Stanganelli,...
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Unprecedented spike in Massachusetts outdoor fires this October
There were 196 brush fires reported in the state this October, more than 10 times as many as the monthly average.
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Mass. had more than 10 times as many brush fires than usual this October
There were 196 brush fires reported in the state this October, more than 10 times as many as the monthly average, which is 15, according to the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services.
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Woman gave fake Botox injections at her Mass. beauty spas for years, feds say
A woman posing as a nurse has given thousands of injections of counterfeit Botox and fillers at her Massachusetts beauty spas, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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Man arrested in Cohasset Trump sign swastika vandalism: ‘what took you so long?'
A man has been arrested for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on a political sign supporting former President Donald Trump at the home of a Republican official in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Frederic Laidlaw was identified as the man who painted the Nazi symbol on the sign posted on Route 3 through a video shared with investigators from the social media site Nextdoor,...
