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Police kept busy today confiscating borgs and yelling at people to get down from roofs along the parade route
Making good on their pledge to aim for an alcohol-free St. Patrick's parade, Boston Police - and their counterparts at Transit Police - confiscated borg after borg - gallon jugs full of colored alcoholic mixtures, not all of them green, many tagged with festive sayings. Transit Police seized several bags...
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Three men charged with kidnapping, robbing 14-year-old on Orange Line train
Three men are facing kidnapping and robbery charges after preventing a 14-year-old from exiting an MBTA train, assaulting him and stealing his cell phone last week, authorities say. Michael Cole, 23, of Boston, Derrick Eures, 25, of Dedham, and Nathan Moorewhite Jr., 19, of Dorchester, are all charged with kidnapping,...
Brown Daily Herald
Brown advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including visa holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunday. “Potential changes in travel restrictions and travel bans, visa procedures and processing, re-entry requirements and other travel-related delays may affect travelers’ ability to...
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Massachusetts State Police, Dartmouth personnel respond to rollover highway crash with injuries
Massachusetts State Police and Dartmouth personnel responded to a Sunday morning highway collision. According to scanner transmissions, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a call came in for a rollover crash on I-195 East prior to the Faunce Corner Road exit in Dartmouth. Upon arrival, crews found the driver had self-extricated from...
Cape Cod Times
Cape Cod veterans protest Trump layoffs. 'I swore to the Constitution, not to a king.'
Plenty of red, white and blue was flying at the Airport Rotary in Hyannis Friday afternoon as an estimated 200 veterans, their families and a range of supporters came out to protest the Trump administration’s massive veteran services layoffs . The demonstration was part of similar protests Friday in Washington, D.C., and other state capitals. One of the largest flags at the protest was held by Rick Jorgensen of Sandwich. It flew from the mast of the USS Sarsfield off the coast of Vietnam where Jorgensen served in the Navy in 1972. “I fought for democracy. I followed orders....
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STATE CHAMPS: Somerset Berkley stuns three-time champ Malden Catholic in D2 final
LOWELL — The No. 6 Somerset Berkley boys basketball team had not won a state championship in 71 years. On Sunday, the Raiders were not going to denied against No. 1 Malden Catholic. "It feels great right now," a jubliant SBR senior co-captain Alex Crook said after the Raiders knocked off three-time state champion No. 1 Lancers, 65-44. "That has been our goal all season. That's all we've been talking about all year. We got it." It was the third championship title in school history for SBR and first true basketball state championship for the school on 625 County...
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Customers suffer sting of big jump in heating costs (The Republican Editorials)
The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive.com. Readers are invited to share their opinions by emailing to letters@repub.com. Temperatures on Tuesday afternoon in Springfield rose into the 60s. Spring’s...
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20 arrested for DUI following Newport St. Patrick's Day Parade
NEWPORT COUNTY, R.I. (WJAR) — Police officers were active on the roads of Aquidneck Island stopping drunk drivers. According to Middletown police, there were 20 arrests following the Newport St. Patrick's Day Parade for driving under the influence. The Rhode Island State Police led the charge with 10 arrests,...