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The Herald News
Former Fall River city chief, Mayor Coogan explain resignation: 'Wish this never happened'
FALL RIVER — The abrupt resignation of former city administrator Seth Aitken came after officials raised concerns that Aitken helped file business incorporation papers for a city EMS official who had planned to start a business. Through a public records request, The Herald News obtained paperwork relative to an “internal, unofficial investigation” of Aitken that took place recently. Included in the records were two incorporation documents from the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office , dated April 9, 2024. The businesses being incorporated were Curos Holdings LLC and Curos Billing and Compliance LLC, both managed by Nicholas Silva, an employee...
Turnto10.com
Four men sentenced in connection with large-scale retail theft schemes
Four people involved in a large-scale scheme to steal and re-sell high-value products from home improvement stores and other retailers across multiple states were sentenced Thursday. The defendants, all Guatemalan nationals illegally present in the United States, have been in federal custody since their arrest in April 2024. They were...
Dorchester Reporter
GOOD TO THE LAST PINT!— ‘I hit the jackpot here,’ says Eire Pub bartender of his 4 decades of pouring time
It was health insurance and a downturn in the economy that brought Johnny Curran to his spot behind the storied bar at the Eire Pub in Adams Village, but it has been camaraderie, friendships, and the satisfaction he gets from pouring a perfect pint of Guinness that has kept him around for nearly 40 years.
Boston 25 News WFXT
Vietnamese national admits he stole dead 13-year-old’s identity, then became Mass. firefighter
A Vietnamese national living in Braintree has pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of a dead 13-year-old for several years, eventually using the stolen name to become a Melrose firefighter.
The Enterprise
Emotional day: Heart recipient donates van to crash victim after reading Enterprise story
WEST BRIDGEWATER — It was Christmas Day when Bill Lucini read an Enterprise story about Allison Knight — and he realized he had a very special gift he wanted to give her. Knight, 26, was left paralyzed from the chest down after a car crash in April 2024. Insurance won't cover a wheelchair-accessible vehicle or residence for Knight , which has greatly reduced her quality of life, her family told us back in December. For Knight, a once active young woman who enjoyed working, spending time with her friends and traveling, that meant spending the foreseeable future bedridden in...
thenerdstash.com
UMass Memorial Sign Sends Cheeky Message To Worcester Residents: ‘Proctology Just Moved Into That Building’
It doesn’t get much more serious than health care and hospitals, but you’d never know it from the UMass sign. The large electric sign reading “UmassMemorial” treated some observant Worcester residents to a juvenile joke when the first two letters seemingly burnt out earlier this week. Tensions around health care have been running high since Trump‘s re-election, and attacks on scientific research by the administration have only worsened the problem. A cheap laugh at some blown fuses or dead bulbs in the UMass Memorial sign might be just the treatment Worcester needs.
Daily Voice
Haverhill Mom Of 2 ID'd As Woman Hit, Killed By Car In Methuen
A 23-year-old mother was struck and killed earlier this week in Methuen, authorities announced. Erika Newvill, of Haverhill, was hit by a Honda CR-V near 301 Merrimack St. (Route 110) around 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11. The driver remained at the scene, Methuen police said. Paramedics rushed…