A 2020 report from Massachusetts' Office of the Inspector General found former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon was being paid more than leaders of police departments in Los Angeles, New York, Boston and Chicago By Mike Pescaro and Diane Cho• Published September 28, 2023 • Updated...
By Will Katchermasslive.comBOSTON — The largest union representing Boston police officers has agreed to a new contract with the city, including a first-time provision that could make it easier to dismiss any officer facing certain serious criminal charges.Members of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association approved...
By Mike StunsonThe Charlotte ObserverGENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A woman was caught shoplifting from Walmart as dozens of police officers were there for a Shop with a Cop event, Michigan authorities say.The event at a Walmart in Genoa Township on Saturday, Dec. 2 , was...
When Link to Libraries heard the Toy for Joy campaign was in the hunt for quality books for children, the Western Massachusetts nonprofit didn’t hesitate to act.“It’s a win-win,” says Amy Anderlonis, executive vice president of the Hampden-based organization, which delivered 600 high-quality books to...
BOSTON — Danton Heinen was patient as the 2023-24 NHL season began and he was still on a professional tryout with the Bruins. The PTO lasted nearly two months as Boston sorted out its salary cap situation before Heinen signed a one-year deal at the...
By Stephanie Barrymasslive.comSPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A man who shot a state trooper in the leg during a gunfight on New Year’s Eve in 2020 agreed to serve 15 years in prison Monday.Christopher Gardner, 33, a city resident, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder...
Until two years ago, an eighth-of-an-ounce of cannabis flower, a typical measuring unit and common dispensary purchase, could routinely sell for $50 or more at many Massachusetts pot shops.The average price of an eighth sat at $45 as 2021 came to a close, according to...
Early this year, a retired phys ed teacher left her ranch house in Easthampton and drove down the interstate to tell her story of clergy abuse.It wasn’t Nancy A. Dunn’s first time before the Springfield Diocese’s review board, which meets in the red-brick Maguire Pastoral...
* In the aftermath of the historic contract agreement between Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday, you will hear a predictable amount of caterwauling about baseball’s economic system, and how the sport is rigged in favor of the big market teams, and how...
1994: Nancy Dunn of North Adams, 34, a parishioner at Notre Dame du Sacre-Coeur parish, meets the Rev. Warren Savage, who had been assigned to oversee a merger of local parishes. Dunn says she enters into spiritual counseling with Savage. In at least three sessions,...