$15,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest
Dead man linked to unsolved 1993 murder of 10-year-old Mass. girl; officials asking public for information
Jan. 7 Leave a Comment
Hurricane Irene on course to hit New England
Aug. 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
It’s a tough week in weather for the East Coast: first an earthquake, next a hurricane. Hurricane Irene is currently in the Turks and Caicos and is on course to sweep straight up the Eastern Seaboard. The maximum sustained winds are 90 mph and the storm is moving at a pace of 9 mph, according [...]
Liberal group supports possible new candidate for Mass Senate
Aug. 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee raised $100,000 to support Elizabeth Warren’s bid for congress, to give Republican Senator Scott Brown a run for his money. PCCC is a liberal grass-roots group who got more that 53,000 people to join its online project to draft Warren, who has not yet made an official announcement that she [...]
State trooper struck, seriously injured in South Boston
May 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Massachusetts State Police trooper was hit by a vehicle and seriously hurt Tuesday morning in a suspected hit-and-run in South Boston, State Police siad. The trooper, whose name was not released, was struck at Frontage Road and the on-ramp for the eastbound Massachusetts Turnpike. He was taken to a Boston hospital for treatment. Police [...]
Curt Schilling’s videogame company, 38 Studios, moving to Rhode Island
July 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
Big fat loudmouth comes to tiny, welcoming state.
Massachusetts to receive $45.4 million in stimulus funds to expand broadband
July 19, 2010 Leave a Comment
Welcome to this century, parts of Massachusetts that nobody gives a damn about!
Energy savings makes ‘cents’ for Mass. residents
May 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
Governor’s energy efficiency plan in action in Lynn
Deval Patrick talks Cape Wind approval
April 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s statement on the approval of Cape Wind: Mr. Secretary, on behalf of the hundreds of men and women who will build this project, the thousands of Massachusetts citizens who will benefit from stable electric rates, and the millions of Americans whose security and prosperity depend on energy independence, thank you for [...]
Charlie Baker’s Republican Convention speech
April 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
As released by Charlie Baker’s campaign: My fellow Republicans…My name is Charlie Baker, and I’m running to serve YOU as the next Governor of the great state of Massachusetts! Let me tell you a little about who I am and why I’m running for Governor. I’m a Massachusetts kid. I’m 53 — and I’ve lived [...]
Major police unions to protest Governor Patrick
Feb. 4, 2010 1 Comment
The police unions across the state have planned a major labor protest against state policies today at 2 p.m. in Plymouth during an AFL/CIO conference that Governor Deval Patrick is expected to attend. The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, the Boston Police Detective’s Benevolent Society, [...]
16, driving and getting ready to vote?
Oct. 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
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 measure [...]
More ways to buy wine?
Oct. 6, 2009 1 Comment
Blast takes a look at a proposed law that would make it legal to sell local wines at farmer’s markets
Governor Deval Patrick’s surgery successful
Sept. 1, 2009 1 Comment
Governor Deval Patrick has successful hip replacement surgery Tuesday, his press office said. Dr. Harry Rubash, chief of orthopedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, performed Patrick’s surgery and she he was “alert and resting comfortably.” “The procedure lasted approximately 2 1/2 hours without any complications,” Rubash said. “Gov. Patrick is expected to remain in the [...]
Senator Byrd urges colleagues to honor Kennedy
Aug. 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia is calling for his colleagues in the Senate to honor his “best friend in the Senate” by naming the seemingly-impending health care reform legislation after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, who died after a year-long battle with brain cancer yesterday. Health care reform was one of Kennedy’s [...]
Baby cut from dead mother’s womb found
Aug. 1, 2009 3 Comments
Julie Corey, 35, allegedly fooled her boyfriend, Alex Dion, 27, and his family into believing she gave birth to a child she stole. The kidnapped child, who was eight months developed, was cut from her dead mother’s womb. The mother, Darlene Haynes, 23, was found brutally slain in a hotel room in Massachusetts last year. Police had been searching for the missing fetus until now.
Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial selected for next Mass. state quarter
March 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
Governor Deval Patrick announced Thursday that the Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial received the most votes online and will be featured on a new Massachusetts quarter in the next round of state quarters released by the U.S. Mint in the coming years. According to Patrick’s press office, the governor made the announcement via his Twitter feed. The [...]
Full transcript of Governor Patrick’s State of the Commonwealth Address
Jan. 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
Boston’s political bedlam
Nov. 24, 2008 1 Comment
Not only did Turner hold a press conference to claim innocence and plead for public support, but Maureen Feeney, city council president, preempted that 2:30 p.m. press conference with one of her own.
