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Student grabbed after getting off school bus in Shrewsbury, officials say
A high school student said she was grabbed by an older man in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on Monday, police said. The Shrewsbury High School student had been dropped off the late bus at Stoney Hill Road and was walking on a path toward Cherry Hill with another student when the unknown man grabbed her, Shrewsbury Public Schools Superintendent Joe Sawyer told...
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Hundreds gather in Boston to celebrate Syria's liberation
Hundreds of people celebrated the liberation of Syria in Boston’s Copley Square Sunday afternoon. The steps were packed with people singing, dancing and waving the Syrian flag to celebrate their nation’s freedom, a revolutionary moment. People in the crowd were happy after learning of the end of the Assad family’s regime of more than a half a century. Many local...
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Beverly mom says son ‘falling behind' as North Shore teacher strikes continue
Students in three Massachusetts communities have been out of school for nearly two weeks as teachers remain on strike. Melissa Wiley’s 9-year-old son, Nazayah, is ready to get back to class in Beverly, but schools in the city are empty — as are schools in Gloucester and Marblehead. All three districts will remain closed Thursday. Teachers the communities are demanding...
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Halloween in Salem: Large crowds expected despite brush fire smoke
The Halloween crowds in Salem, Massachusetts, may have hit a brief lull Tuesday night, but things are only expected to ramp up with a favorable forecast over the next few days and officials are still expecting to break records this season. Crowd sizes fluctuate with weather and on weeknights, according to Mayor Dominick Pangallo, and people may have stayed away...
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Grave of 2 freed women who were enslaved uncovered in Beverly cemetery
Curators have uncovered the first grave of people who were enslaved in Beverly, Massachusetts, and the discovery is raising more questions about who else could be hidden in Central Cemetery. The grave of Philis Cave and Nancy Milan almost sunk into the ground, their stories along with it. Abby Battis, associate director of collections with Historic Beverly, discovered the women...
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‘The legacy I want to leave': How a Maine teen is helping with concussion research
A high school senior from Bangor, Maine, has decided that when the time comes, he will donate his brain to science. Fionn Parker-Cummings is the youngest person to donate his brain to the University of Pittsburgh National Sports Brain Bank. Researchers will check in with him every year for the rest of his life. Parker-Cummings said he hopes the contribution...
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‘We're out here as long as it takes': More workers join hotel strike in Boston
Boston’s hotel workers’ strike has now doubled in size. Nearly 700 workers form the Omni’s Parker House and Seaport locations walked off the job Monday, joining 600 more from the Hilton family of hotels. The workers were on the picket line all day, standing in the cold rain to send Omni hotels a message. And their guests are hearing it…
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Pro-Palestinian Tufts student group demonstrates on Oct. 7 despite suspension
Tufts University suspended its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine last week, but the group nevertheless held a demonstration on campus Monday, the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel. The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter was ordered to halt all activity on Wednesday. The university pointed to multiple policy violations in their decision, including an Instagram post…
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Saugus youth football games cancelled after fight between parents
Saugus Police say they responded to a 911 call that reported five or six people fighting in the stands at around 9:48 a.m.
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Costumed crowds pack Salem with weeks to go still before Halloween
Hundreds of people in costumes are already flocking to Salem, Massachusetts, with more than three weeks to go until Halloween. Around 1.2 million people descended on the city last October. Based on how things are already going, the mayor expects crowds to surpass that number this year. “We’ll probably have a record number for October just given the trends...
