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Business booming at Mass. Christmas tree farms on Black Friday
Forget Black Friday, it’s also Green Friday. The transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas is underway, and it’s evident at more than just shopping malls — it’s clear at Christmas tree farms around Massachusetts, including at the Taproot Tree Farm in Stow where business is booming despite the recent dry weather. Christmas trees help fuel a multi-million dollar industry here in...
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9 arrests made in North Shore drug sweep, feds say
Nine people were arrested on drug, child sex abuse and other charges in a sweep involving gang investigators on Massachusetts’ North Shore and on Nantucket Thursday, federal prosecutors said.
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Woman killed in daylight Boston park stabbing remembered
Balloons and candles were left at the park in Boston’s South End where a 65-year-old woman was stabbed to death this weekend in broad daylight.
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Stabbing of woman found hurt in Milton prompts Quincy school lockdown
Police are investigating after a woman was found Friday suffering from stab wounds in Milton, Massachusetts, prompting a school lockdown in neighboring Quincy. Authorities could not say where the stabbing took place, explaining that the victim was found in the Denmark Avenue area. Neighbors said police and EMS crews removed her from an SUV before towing the vehicle away. The...
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Crane drops barge onto boat at marina in East Boston
A crane working at a marina in East Boston dropped its load onto a boat below during a collapse Thursday morning, fire officials said. According to fire officials at the scene, the crane was moving the barge into the water at the Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina when one corner of it came loose, causing the load to crash down...
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31% of registered voters in Mass. have voted by end of early, in-person voting
There were long lines Friday at City Hall in Boston, with people voting for a number of reasons, including the convenience — they’ll be out of town or at work when the polls open Tuesday. “It’s my first time voting. I just became a citizen so I’m like, let me get it done before Tuesday, even though I’d be excited...
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New Boston archbishop for first time in decades
For the first time in more than 20 years, Boston said goodbye to the leader of the Catholic community and welcoming in a new archbishop. At a special Mass Thursday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston’s South End, the Most Reverend Richard Henning was named archbishop of Boston, taking over for Cardinal Sean O’Malley. “My job is...
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Despite ‘encouraging' rain, brush fires keep burning in Mass.
Dozens of brush fires were continuing to wreak havoc across Massachusetts Wednesday, and those unyielding flames were still creating widespread haze in parts of the state. A firefighting task force was back out in full force in Salem on Wednesday – continuing to work to completely contain two wildfires, seven acres in Salem Woods and about 170 acres between Spring...
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Dozens of brush fires smolder across Mass.: ‘Kind of scary'
Pockets of flames were popping up all around Salem, Peabody, and Lynn overnight, as more than 130 acres of brush have burned in this North Shore wildfire since Saturday. Right along Highland Avenue by the Walmart, the hillside was on fire on Monday morning. Firefighters pulled up and were able to quickly extinguish the flames. The problem is the brush...
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What did Karen Read prosecutors say in response to her team's appeal? Read the brief
Prosecutors in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to her team’s appeal to Massachusetts’ highest court Wednesday to have two counts in her murder case dismissed. Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV during a snowstorm in Canton in January 2022, but after a mistrial was declared in the initial...
