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All employees at Education Department's Boston regional office to be laid off
Nearly half of the Education Department's workforce is set to be off the job, including employees right in Boston. All employees working out of the department's regional office in Boston will be part of these layoffs. Employees in similar regional offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Dallas and Cleveland are also losing their jobs.
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Firefighter facing multiple criminal charges put on paid leave
NEW BEDFORD — Longtime New Bedford firefighter Manuel Mota Jr. is facing two separate charges of disorderly conduct and another charge of assault and battery on a police officer — the latest in a string of eight criminal arrests dating back to 2000. The majority of Mota’s arrests...
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12-year-old girl facing charges for lying about attempted Brockton kidnapping
BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A 12-year-old girl will face charges after lying to police about someone trying to kidnap her, officials said. Police say the girl told them someone tried to grab her backpack while walking through the woods by Davis Commons after school on Tuesday. Police say she admitted...
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3 immigrants detained in raid at New Bedford car wash
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Three Guatemalan car wash workers were arrested Tuesday afternoon in New Bedford’s North End after a group of immigration agents stormed the business as shocked customers and coworkers looked on, according to Corinn Williams, executive director of the Community Economic Development Center. Williams...
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2 police officers hurt when cruisers crash in Brockton
Two police cruisers crashed in Brockton on Tuesday afternoon, leaving officers in both vehicles hurt and one of the vehicles on its side. Footage from the scene, the intersection of Court and North Cary streets, showed a cruiser that had struck a utility pole and was on its side. It was placed on a tow truck, with traffic in the area impacted.
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Sagamore Bridge neighbors receive notice: Their homes will be taken by eminent domain
Property owners near the Sagamore Bridge have received notice that the state will take their properties by eminent domain as part of the Cape Cod bridges reconstruction project. The Department of Transportation sent letters by mail and hand delivery last week to 15 property owners — 12 residential and three...
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Officials ID Body Pulled From Sea by Boston Fishermen as Woman With Tumors
Fascinating twist in the story of the dead body caught by fishermen in the waters off Massachusetts ... turns out the corpse was meant to be buried at sea and no foul play is suspected, according to authorities.