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Wind damage, hail, lightning reported as severe storms move through Massachusetts
BOSTON (WHDH) - Storms that moved through parts of Massachusetts Friday afternoon prompted severe thunderstorm warnings and left some damage in their wake, according to reports. The National Weather Service’s Boston office issued its first severe thunderstorm warning of the day for the region near 1:30 p.m. Stretching as far...
Massachusetts Reels from Storm Havoc with Fires, Power Outages, and Property Damage Reported Across Multiple Cities
Severe storms that swept through Massachusetts on Friday afternoon have left their mark, with reports of property damage, fires, and power outages across the state. According to WHDH, the storms prompted severe thunderstorm warnings, with the National Weather Service issuing alerts for areas stretching from Gloucester to Milford. As the storms progressed, damage included downed powerlines in Arlington, and a large tree impacting a home in Somerville.
Boston is second happiest city in U.S., according to new survey
BOSTON - Boston is the second happiest city in the United States, according to a new international ranking.The Institute for Quality of Life, an organization in London, England that researches issues "related to the quality of life," created an index of 250 cities around the world based on happiness.Happy City IndexThey looked at five specific areas - citizens, governance, environment, economy and mobility - to come up with a "Happy City Index." The group measured each category "on the basis of objective, transparent and verifiable data."The cities were then grouped into three categories - gold, silver and bronze.Aarhus, Denmark...
Study: Boston Has Been Ranked As Among The Worst Cities To Sleep At Night
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — While New York City may be known as the city that never sleeps, a new study tells us a different story. According to the study, which examined the approximate noise levels in each city- created by factors including vehicle traffic, air traffic, and overall hustle and bustle, Boston comes in as the second worst city to sleep in, with an average decibel level of nearly 50.
BPDA Approves new Multi-residential Projects
Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board of directors recently approved four new development projects and one renovation of a current building. The board also approved the Net Zero Carbon Zoning initiative, and authorized initiatives focused on resilience and assessing land uses across the city. The...
Mayor Michelle Wu Advances Homeownership in Dorchester and Mattapan with "Welcome Home, Boston" Initiative Phase Two
In a move to tackle the present homeownership disparity in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu has moved forward with the second leg of the "Welcome Home, Boston" initiative. According to a city statement, phase two will see the development of roughly 70 homeownership opportunities on 15 City-owned parcels in Dorchester and Mattapan. This comes on the heels of the first phase where 72 opportunities were created on 12 parcels in the same neighborhoods.
Bomb threat fails to deter Pride event in Newton
The threat came just before a drag queen story hour event at the New Art Center. A drag queen story hour event at an arts center in Newton proceeded without incident after a bomb threat almost derailed it. Just after 10 a.m. on June 9, the New Art Center received...
Twenty-three sets of twins graduate from single Massachusetts middle school
Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10 per cent of the eighth-grade class. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Another student, who is also a twin, graduated but her brother attends a different school, said principal Tamatha Bibbo. It's "quite unusual,” said Ms Bibbo. “We typically have anywhere from five to 10 sets at most. Given our numbers, we have approximately 450 to 500 children in each grade so this was extraordinarily high.”The school gave a special shout-out to the 23 sets of twins during the so-called "moving up" ceremony on Wednesday, she said. Twins account for around 3 per cent of live births in the U.S., according to the National Center for Health Statistics.The Pollard Middle School graduates must all have completed up to 10 hours of service learning in their communities and every year the Needham Exchange Club offers five community service awards. For the first time this year a set of twins – Lukas and Sameer Patel – won an award and a donation to their charity, Ms Bibbo said.
Town to pay former superintendent $700K to settle wrongful termination lawsuit
The unanimous vote to fire Devine came in 2020 after the school committee learned that he had sent suggestive text messages to a 21-year-old former student. According to court documents, the man, who was living in Florida, threatened to “go public” about the situation unless Devine resigned; he also contacted other administrators to alert them about the texts he received from the superintendent, who had previously served as the high school principal.
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Juneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier had freed enslaved African Americans in Confederate states. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Why is Juneteenth important?. It is a...
Gov. Healey: ‘Terrible’ state trooper testimony in Karen Read trial harms police dignity
Gov. Maura Healey commented on the Karen Read trial on Thursday, saying that a state trooper’s testimony this week harmed the dignity of law enforcement when he read his text messages to the courtroom. Healey described text messages by the case’s lead investigator as “terrible” and said it tarnished...
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