Dec. 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Despite the rain, well over 100 activists gathered at Dewey Square for an emergency General Assembly of Occupy Boston at 7 p.m. Wednesday to discuss what to do now that Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre has lifted the temporary restraining order protecting the camp from being raided or cleared out by the Boston Police [...]
Dec. 7, 2011 3 Comments
Click here to read the full decision Shortly before 4 p.m. today, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre lifted the temporary restraining order to protecting the Occupy Boston camp at Dewey Square from being raided or cleared out by the city. In her decision she wrote, “Plaintiffs claim that their occupation of the site and [...]
Dec. 7, 2011 2 Comments
Although not as busy as it was in October, Occupy Boston still gets thousands of visitors a week. Most live locally, but others are activists associated with out-of-state occupations. Among those coming to Dewey Square recently was a group from Manchester, N.H. who mic checked Obama on November 22 and a person arriving from Burlington, [...]
Nov. 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
There will be no turkey and stuffing for some Occupy Boston protesters this Thanksgiving. Instead, they will head to Plymouth for the National Day of Mourning. The protesters will stand alongside Native Americans holding a prayer vigil for their slain ancestors. At least 30 members of the movement went to the event. Other protesters told [...]
Nov. 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has launched a new mobile website for the benefit of users on the go.mobileMBTA.com, powered by Usablenet, provides MBTA riders with easily accessible schedules and service alerts, as well as a customer comment form, an apps page, and trip planning through Google Maps.
Nov. 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
A series of meningitis infections have appeared in various areas of Massachusetts. An unnamed seventh-grade student at Boston Latin Academy died today from a probable case of bacterial meningitis, as well as 64-year old Russell Marcoux, the town manager of Bedford, on November 10. A staff member of Hopedale Junior-Senior High also fell ill on [...]
Nov. 19, 2011 5 Comments
CAMBRIDGE — Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House (R-GA) and current Republican candidate for president, appeared at Harvard University last night to introduce a documentary he helped create, “A City upon a Hill: The Spirit of American Exceptionalism,” at John F. Kennedy School of Government. But was soon interrupted by members of Occupy Boston [...]
Nov. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
Up to now, there has been a good relationship between Occupy Boston and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the non-profit organization that stewards the publicly-owned Dewey Square Park. Although crowded and desirous of more space, the occupiers have stayed off the strip of land along the gravel path since the Conservancy indicated the plants [...]
Nov. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
November 8, 2011 The Honorable Thomas M. Menino Boston City Hall, 5th Floor One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201 Dear Mr. Mayor, The Board of Directors of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy finds itself in an increasingly difficult situation with regard to current events affecting public use of the Greenway. We take very seriously [...]
Nov. 15, 2011 1 Comment
Occupy Burlington, the protest encampment in Vermont’s largest city, was largely gutted on Monday in the wake of the suicide of a 35-year-old occupier last Thursday. Most of the tents were gone yesterday. Some of the protesters did take their tents and belongings with them, but many others left the city to clean up the [...]
Nov. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
The bodies of Paula Rudolph, her daughter, Caylin Rudolph, and Paula Rudolph’s boyfriend, Frederick Medina, were discovered in their home in Weymouth on Thursday. Paula Rudolph’s son, Donald Rudolph, has been charged with murder for the grisly triple homicide. Former New England Patriot Ronnie Lippett, who had been sharing his home with 18-year old Donald [...]
Nov. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
A man participating in a protest encampment Burlington’s City Hall Park was shot and wounded yesterday. The injury is, reportedly, life-threatening. Police are unable to report whether or not the gunshot was self-inflicted, but they do not believe that the public should fear being at risk. Occupy protesters have inhabited the park since late October in [...]
Nov. 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
After 22 members of the Occupy Worcester protests were arrested on Saturday, city and police officials are calculating the monetary costs of the protesters’ presence at Lake Park and the recent arrests, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. City Manager Michael V. O’Brien told the Gazette that the costs have not yet been estimated, [...]
Nov. 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
Boston police officers sued the city for money they did not receive under the Quinn Bill, which rewards officers with college degrees with higher pay. This suit could resonate throughout the state, making many other Massachusetts town reimburse their educated officers. Due to budget cuts, the state stopped funding half of the program in 2009. [...]
Nov. 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
About 25 people protesting at Occupy Worcester were arrested on Saturday after staying in the Common despite officers’ requests that they leave, according to the Boston Globe. Police say the participants moved from Lake Park to the Common, and would not leave when asked. The arrests were without incident according to authorities. The Globe reports [...]
Nov. 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
At approximately 5:55 p.m. yesterday, Sean Cormier, 21, of Westport, Kiean Lyons, 17, of Norwood, and Jeffrey Nunes, 17 of Westport, were arrested outside the Burger King at 553 Boylston Street across from Trinity Church in Copley Plaza. A police spokesperson told the Boston Globe the three were masked when “they burst through the front [...]
