Hoping to accelerate the switch to clean energy technologies, the climate bank at MassHousing announced a new financing product Monday that aims to make $20 million in loans available over the next two years to help homeowners cover the costs of things like heat pumps,...
Twice a year, hundreds of visitors flock to Clinton for an opportunity to hike over the top of the Wachusett Dam and gaze over the Wachusett Reservoir.For guests eager to be one of the first to walk over the dam in 2024, opening day is...
The Fair Housing Act became United States law in 1968 in order to end discrimination in the home rental and buying markets. Over the past 55 years, the act has fallen short of its purpose. From October 2021 to September 2022, the U.S Department of...
BOSTON — Jim Montgomery wasn’t ready to say that Justin Brazeau would be in the Bruins lineup for Game 5 against the Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. But just the fact that he could be was a very big step for the rookie forward.Brazeau had...
MIAMI — When Kristaps Porzingis limped off the court with his right calf injury, it was clear the Celtics needed to adjust their strategy. Porzingis is crucial to the team’s postseason success as his play has sparked the C’s all season. But at the very...
Black families in Massachusetts are growing increasingly concerned their reports of missing persons go unheard.“They say that nothing ever happens,” said state Rep. Bud Williams, D-Springfield. “They’re left to research and investigate their own cases.”After several listening sessions in which Black families expressed concerns to...
The Maple Leafs goalie for Game 5 is probably going to be Joseph Woll.The Maple Leafs goalie for Game 5 might still be Ilya Samsonov.The Maple Leafs goalie for Game 5 definitely won’t be Ian Scott.It could have been Jeremy Swayman.That last one stings long-suffering...
(Photo: Bob Jagendorf Creative Commons) By Steve Pomper I was an officer on one of Washington State’s first (it may have been the first) “Three Strikes law” (a 1993 voter-passed initiative) court cases. The law required that after a person is convicted for a third (qualifying) violent felony,...
On April 22, a police officer with the Webster (New York) Police Department observed a vehicle being driven at 55 mph in a 35-mph zone. The officer activated his lights and then his siren to induce the driver to pull over, but instead the driver...
By Erik Verduzco and Peter SmithAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C. — A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began as officers approached a home to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm, police said.Some of...
