November 18, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
The student body president at the University of Massachusetts Boston was arrested and charged as a repeat drug dealer last week after the Boston Police Drug Control Unit raided his Dorchester apartment.
Terral Ainooson, 25, was arrested along with roommate, Ryan Oshima, 23, on November 11, when police found more than a dozen plastic bags of [...]
November 18, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Fourteen schools in Boston need to shape up or ship out.
Superintendent Carol R. Johnson unveiled a five-year strategic plan for the Boston Public Schools, outlining new direction and priorities for “closing access and achievement gaps and graduating all BPS students from high school>”
“The days of business as usual are over,” said Johnson. “If we intend [...]
November 16, 2009 by Sachin Seth
An East Boston teen was charged with armed carjacking after allegedly robbing a Revere pizza delivery man of cash and his car Friday, County District Attorney Daniel Conley said today.
November 16, 2009 by Jason Rabin
Medford nonprofit helps developmentally disabled through creativity
November 14, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
One hundred five people including 91 Colby-Sawyer College students were arrested at an illegal party in New London, N.H. Friday night, according to WMUR-TV.
Police told the television station that, of youths arrested, 55 were charged with alcohol possession after the blew above .02 percent blood-alcohol content. Others were released to their parents.
The party’s hosts, three [...]
November 11, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
The University of Massachusetts Amherst student newspaper reported that former United Freedom Front leader Raymond Luc Levasseur said he was denied permission to travel to the University of Massachusetts for the event by the U.S. Parole Board.
Here is a statement released by organizers of the event that Levasseur was scheduled to speak at:
The U.S. Parole [...]
November 11, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
The union representing the UMASS Amherst campus police announced Wednesday that officers who work overtime details required for security if/when Ray Luc Levasseur speaks on campus November 12 will donate all of their pay from that day to a memorial fund set up for a New Jersey state trooper killed in a wave of violence [...]
November 10, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
Studio cuts ties with $550 million financier
November 10, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Pilot Pen will drop its sponsorship of the annual New Haven professional tennis event, the New Haven Register reported, putting one of the only professional sporting events in Connecticut’s second largest city in jeopardy.
The event will go on next year, August 20-28, but the pen company will drop its sponsorship when its contract is up [...]
November 9, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
Emerson College theatre studies student Matthew Starring was only a few credits short of earning his hard-fought degree. A degree he battled to earn even while fighting leukemia for the past two years.
Jackie Liebergott, Emerson’s president, in a campus-wide e-mail, reported that Starring died this week.
“He was a bright and talented young man, earning Dean’s [...]
November 6, 2009 by Farah Joan Fard
This year marks the 22nd year of one of Boston’s most exciting musical festivities, Steppin’ Out, a fundraising and gala event.
Based on Boston’s rich musical history (Boston boasts one of the oldest choral companies in the United States, and one of the most acoustically exact concert halls in the world), Steppin’ Out focuses [...]
November 4, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Former Lt. Governor Kerry Healey, who was thought to be considering a Senate run early on, announced she was endorsing fellow Republican Scott Brown.
“Scott Brown knows that you dont create jobs by making government bigger, letting spending get out of control and increasing taxes, said Healey, in a statement. Scott has been a leader in [...]
November 4, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
Did anyone else not know brothels were legal until yesterday?
October 24, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
$19 million deal promises to keep most of 12 local stores
October 23, 2009 by Tanya De Jesus
President praises work of MIT
October 20, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Exercise is one of the top preventative actions one can take to decrease chances of developing breast cancer. Commonwealth Sports Club (1079 Commonwealth Ave.) couldn’t think of a better way to get involved than to hold our own Zumba and Spinathon to raise money for breast cancer research.
Instructors are donating their time to [...]
October 8, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
Trying to draw a clear line in the sand between Massachusetts Democrats and the oft-moderate Republicans, State Senator and US Senate candidate Scott Brown (R-Wrentham) launched a YouTube video emphasizing his support for capital punishment.
“My Democratic opponents Martha Coakley and Mike Capuano are having an ongoing debate over who’s more liberal,” Brown says in the [...]
October 8, 2009 by Tom Layman
State officials, high school students and advocates for new voting laws in Massachusetts urged the state Election Laws Committee to consider a bill that would change the landscape of voter registration for teenagers under the age of 18, yesterday at the State House.
As part of the Massachusetts Freedom to Vote Act, the proposed [...]
October 8, 2009 by Ryan Cloutier
What’s the difference between archiving and just backing up?
September 28, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
A female Emerson College student was groped Friday night after leaving the Loews Boston Common movie theater on the outskirts of the school’s downtown Boston campus, police said.
According to George F. Noonan, Emerson College’s police chief and director of public safety, the victim was leaving the movie theater when she was approached by a man [...]
