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Amid soaring housing costs, Mass. raises the Homestead Act limit
Filing under the act limits how much of your home can be attached, seized, or sold to pay your debts (with some exceptions). It’s not too often that someone offers such substantial protection at a low cost, so homeowners in this housing market should take advantage of it, experts say.
Another Mass. hospital faces potential one-day nurses strike
Nurses at Newton-Wellsley Hospital claim the hospital is raising healthcare costs for its benefit. Nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a one-day strike as part of ongoing contract negotiations with the Mass General Brigham hospital system. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, representing around 1,500 nurses at the hospital,...
Cedric Maxwell was not thrilled with Celtics’ late-game pursuit of 3-point record
"The heck is going on here?" Cedric Maxwell wasn’t a fan of the Celtics’ 3-point record pursuit: In the excitement of a Celtics banner-raising night — culminating with an emphatic season-opening 132-109 win over the Knicks — it was easy for Boston fans to get caught up in the moment.
I’m unhappy at work, but with retirement just a couple of years away, I’m torn between staying for a high salary and switching to a job I’d enjoy more but would likely earn less money at.
Elaine Varelas discusses strategies for managing career transitions and organizational changes, particularly for long-term employees in senior positions. Q. I’ve moved up the ranks at my company, which is good, but I am miserable as I hate the company that it’s become with all the changes in the past year. The problem is that I am so close to retirement (within 2 years). I know I could get a new job that I’d like fairly easily, but I’d probably make half of what I make now, so I’m not sure what to do. Should I hang on and be miserable with a large income, or switch roles which might make retiring harder to achieve in 2 years?
Police release footage of white van wanted in N.H. hit-and-run involving pedestrian
A woman suffered “significant” injuries. Police are looking for the owner of a white van allegedly involved in a pedestrian hit-and-run crash in Pelham, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. At 7:06 a.m., the Pelham police and fire departments responded to a motor vehicle crash with a pedestrian on Mammoth...
Paula Cole goes from Mass. to ‘The Masked Singer’
Unmasked on the FOX singing competition, Rockport native Cole is capping her ’24 tour in Newport and Beverly. Growing up in Rockport, quiet beaches and rocky outcrops shaped Paula Cole’s inner life. “We didn’t even get a decent FM radio signal. The isolation of Rockport fostered looking to...
Police looking for missing Roslindale girl
Anyone with information is asked to contact 911 or District E-5 detectives at 617-343-5619. The Boston Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a missing 14-year-old girl from Roslindale. Lamaria Melton was last seen at about 9:30 a.m. on Monday in the area of Forest Hills after...
Drone falls and injures 2 at Celtics watch party at City Hall Plaza
The drone operator told police he is a CNN employee. Two people at the Celtics opening night watch party at City Hall Plaza were injured by a falling drone on Tuesday night, police say. At about 8:02 p.m., a Boston police officer assisted two injured bystanders who were hit by...
Knicks’ Josh Hart jokingly demands for Celtics to be drug tested after record-tying performance
"I ain't never seen nothing like that before, man." The Celtics opened the season in-style Tuesday night, cruising to a blowout win over the rival New York Knicks and raining down an NBA record-tying 29 3-pointers in front of the TD Garden crowd. After the game, Knicks guard Josh Hart...
‘The basketball gods said no’: Celtics laugh about and lament falling one 3-pointer short of NBA record
"And then once the crowd got into it and we started hunting them, we couldn’t even hit the broad side of the barn." Sam Hauser couldn’t help but laugh as he apologized for the Celtics falling one 3-pointer short of the breaking NBA record for the most in a single game on opening night.
The best fall road trip is in Vermont
Plus: A New Hampshire pumpkin festival, Snowport, and Connecticut restaurant week. You’re reading Scenic Six, Boston.com’s guide to New England travel. Sign up to get hidden gems, travel tips, and must-visit spots in your inbox every week. Welcome back to Scenic Six, where I’m declaring Vermont the most...
Joe Mazzulla, Celtics players have very different reactions over championship rings
"I don’t know why it’s so big and I’m never going to wear it." The Boston Celtics’ new 2024 championship rings are anything but understated. The new hardware features 18 emerald cut diamonds on the outer bezel — representing the franchise’s 18 championships — to go along with 15 total carats of diamonds, a removable top section, and a piece of Boston’s parquet floor.
Joe Mazzulla drops another classic quote over kissing Celtics’ parquet floor
"The parquet, that’s where the blood, sweat and tears of the greats (have been)." As the cheers rained down onto the parquet floor at TD Garden on Tuesday night, Joe Mazzulla dropped to the hardwood. While the booming speakers at the Celtics’ home arena beckoned Boston’s head coach to...
Charles Barkley expects Celtics to be title favorites for ‘5 to 7 years’
“You got Jayson (Tatum) and Jaylen (Brown), they’re two of the 10 best players in the world. They’re young." Oddsmakers have already tabbed the Celtics as overwhelming favorites to repeat as NBA champions during the 2024-25 season. But even before Boston validated that sentiment by blowing out the...
Takeaways: Bruins’ penalty and scoring troubles continue in loss to Nashville
"You can't win hockey games playing that way." It’s still incredibly early into the 2024-25 season. But a mere seven games in, the Boston Bruins are about to face their first gut-check moment of the new campaign. Amid the few ups and several downs through the first six games,...
The Celtics look ready to do it again in blowout opener vs. Knicks: 10 takeaways
Boston tied an NBA record for most 3-pointers made, and dug into the shell-shocked Knicks on defense from the jump. The Celtics were the best team in the NBA by a wide margin last season, and they opened their 2024-25 season with a 132-109 blowout win over the Knicks. Here...
AG Campbell hits Shake Shack with $244K in fines over child labor violations
The hamburger chain scheduled minors to work more hours than legally allowed, AG Campbell said in a statement. Attorney General Andrea Campbell reached a settlement with fast food chain Shake Shack over child labor violations, Boston 25 News reported on Tuesday. The burger restaurant will pay a total of $244,500...
Jamaica Plain vigil honors man killed by MBTA bus, city responds to demands
“We are here today to provide comfort, and insist upon change," organizer Benjamin Siegel said during the vigil. When Ken Inghram started speaking to the crowd gathered next to the Forest Hills MBTA station in remembrance of his brother Glenn, he had to pause a few times. Large vehicles whizzing down Hyde Park Avenue and buses pulling out of the station were drowning him out.
Parents weigh in on removing the MCAS graduation requirement
Fifty-five percent of parents support Question 2 to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement and around 43 percent are planning to vote no, according to a Boston.com survery. The state’s largest teacher’s union thinks that the MCAS graduation requirement unfairly keeps diplomas from students who earn them, while the business-backed opposition and some state leaders think removing the requirement would lower standards and let teachers evade accountability.
TNT torments Celtics fans by airing commercial during banner raising
"Would have been nice to see the banner go up, TNT." The Boston Celtics lifted their 18th championship banner to the TD Garden rafters on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, the only Celtics fans who were able to watch Boston’s latest banner raising above the parquet in full were the nearly 20,000 in attendance.
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