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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...
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Mass. man died of EEE, family says, asking why state didn't announce it
An Acton man died EEE last month, according to his family and the town. His death is the first publicly linked to the mosquito-borne illness in Massachusetts this year.
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Cost of child care a big concern ahead of VP debate
Kim Guillois and her husband, Max, moved their family from Houston, Texas, to Wakefield, Massachusetts, three years ago to be closer to family and get more support for their children. “We just realized you know how difficult it was to be raising a child during COVID, working both of us full time without any kind of village,” Guillois told NBC10…
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‘I'm never gonna give up': Mother continues search for Harmony Montgomery
The mother of Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl who was murdered by her father, spent the day in Chelsea, Massachusetts, searching for the remains of her little girl. Now Crystal Sorey is asking more people to help her look. Adam Montgomery, Harmony’s father, was sentenced to at least 56 years in prison back in May for beating their…
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Mass. volunteers assisting in hard-hit states like North Carolina, Florida
Dozens of volunteers from Massachusetts are assisting in hard-hit North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene’s drenching rains caused widespread destruction. The powerful storm took at least 89 lives across several states, including 30 people in just one North Carolina county. “There’s a lot of need, there is a lot of long-term recovery that’s going to happen,” said Kelly Isenor, of...
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8-year-old Hamilton boy qualifies for national golf competition
Christian Roberts, an 8-year-old golfer from Hamilton, Massachusetts, earned the top score in a regional qualifying round to represent the entire Northeast at the Drive, Chip and Putt national finals during the Masters Championship in Augusta, Georgia. He’s one of only 10 kids around the world to qualify. “I played my best and now I’m going to Augusta nationals,”...
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Mass. beach to remain closed to swimming for another week due to continued shark activity
A popular beach on the North Shore of Massachusetts remained closed Wednesday — and will for several more days — after multiple great white shark sightings on Tuesday. Swimmers were ordered out of the water Tuesday morning when a great white shark sighting was confirmed off the east end of Crane Beach. Ipswich police said sharks were seen in approximately…