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Boston Pride Parade Marred by Pro-Palestinian Protests, Police Detain Two Amid Calls for Human Rights
The celebration of diversity and the call for human rights intersected on the streets of Boston during this year's Pride parade, as pro-Palestinian protesters and festivity-goers collided in a brief yet poignant exhibition of civic unrest. The annual Boston Pride For The People Parade, which drew over a million attendees, according to the event's website, was momentarily interrupted when pro-Palestinian activists made their voices heard.
What's the difference between prison and jail (and what's a house of correction)?
Are "prison" and "jail" the same thing? No, in Massachusetts there's a clear difference between prison and jail. Time. Prisons, in general, are for people sentenced for more serious crimes. The...
Maura Healey, America’s 1st lesbian governor, oversees raising of Pride flag
BOSTON (AP) | Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joined lawmakers and members of the LGBTQ+ community June 5 to mark Pride Month. Healey, America’s first lesbian governor, oversaw the raising of the Pride flag on the Statehouse lawn. The ceremony also marked the 20th anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, the first state to allow the unions.
Mass. nursing home company reaches $4M settlement to resolve understaffing allegations
A Woburn-based long-term care management company that operates 16 nursing homes across the state has reached a $4 million settlement with Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell’s office to resolve allegations that it deliberately understaffed its nursing homes, resulting in resident “harm and neglect.”. The settlement agreement, the largest...
Restaurant fails inspection; 2nd body found in Brockton: 5 top stories last week
BROCKTON − For the second time in two weeks, a body has been found at Brockton's wastewater treatment plant. The family of a missing Brockton man says they've been told the body found at the treatment plant Thursday is his. A popular Easton restaurant failed inspection after a report...
Boston installing hundreds of speed humps to "calm traffic" in neighborhoods
BOSTON - The city of Boston is in the midst of a three-year plan to outfit residential side streets with speed humps that are meant as a traffic calming device. The goal is 500 humps a year, and by the end of the project at least half of the city's streets will have them. Neighborhood by neighborhood, cluster by cluster, the three-inch tall, 12-foot-long asphalt humps are an answer, the city says, to complaints about too much speeding. Residents have noticed a differenceSome residents like Jeff Power in Roslindale say they've seen the difference. "No one is stopping at the stop...
Things to do around Boston this week, 6/10-6/16
🎤 The Loring Greenough House hosts a discussion about slavery at the historic Jamaica Plain estate, 7pm-8:30pm. 📖 Robert Pinsky, the former U.S. poet laureate, discusses his new poetry collection, "Proverbs of Limbo" at the Harvard Bookstore, 6pm. 🍷 BRIX Wine Shop in the South End hosts a...
New awareness campaign targets ‘anti-abortion centers’
State officials unveiled a new public awareness campaign Monday to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers that officials say purport to offer legitimate reproductive health care but ultimately provide misleading information that can deter patients from going through with abortions. Officials made their announcement at Women’s Health Services in Brookline,...
New beer garden to pop up across Boston parks this summer
A new beer garden on wheels may be coming to a park near you this summer. The mobile outdoor beer garden, offering a blend of Latin-influenced brews and Caribbean and modern American cuisine, was described as the first of its kind for Boston in an announcement Friday from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
See all homes sold in Norfolk County, June 2 to June 8
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Norfolk County reported from June 2 to June 8. There were 144 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 2,812-square-foot home on Highland Street in Canton that sold for $725,000. Bellingham.
‘I’m furious’: Complaints mount against online ticket seller
BOSTON — When you search for event tickets online, you’ll quickly see there are a lot of options and not all sellers are the same. “Be very careful when you click. Know what you’re clicking on,” warned Maryann Wilkey. Wilkey says she found that out the...
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