If you’re hoping to find somewhat fresh finds during Allston Christmas, you might not want to wait until Sunday. “Now’s the time,” said Francesca “Ches” Ely-Spence, who was helping her partner move out of her Allston apartment on Gardner Street Thursday afternoon. “You kind of...
As activism related to the Israel-Hamas war spread across higher education last academic year, many universities and colleges were “caught flat-footed” in reacting to and preparing for protests and encampments, according to former Brandeis University president Frederick Lawrence.He doesn’t think that will be the case...
The defense lawyer representing a man accused of stabbing his nephew to death during an argument at a New Bedford apartment Saturday afternoon claims his client did so in self-defense.Police have charged 43-year-old Puerto Rico resident Juan Padilla-Santana with murder in connection with the death...
When federal authorities arrested Matthew Farwell on Wednesday morning in connection with the death of Sandra Birchmore in 2021, the subtext was clear, according to one legal expert: “the feds stepped in because the state investigation was very wrong.”Jack Lu, a former Massachusetts Superior Court...
Buttons, lanyards and signs printed with “MAKE THEM PAY!” covered tables and filled bins in a downtown Boston building on Thursday morning as thousands of the city’s hotel workers prepared to go on strike this weekend.The employees’ union, UNITE HERE Local 26, represents workers from...
The mayor of Greenfield told the city’s licensing commission last week that a vendor at a Fourth of July event at the fairgrounds offered her psychedelic drugs.Mayor Virginia “Ginny” Desorgher’s office confirmed with MassLive that a vendor at the Franklin County Fairgrounds promised her “a...
We’re running a mailbag every Friday. If you have questions on the Patriots, NFL, or want to gripe about past answers, email cmason@masslive.com or tweet @bychrismason. Now let’s get to this week’s questions!How should Patriots fans feel about Jerod Mayo’s press conferences? Feels like he...
PRESS RELEASELAKE FOREST, Ill. — PepperBall, a global leader in non-lethal law enforcement solutions, is proud to announce the results of recent third-party testing that underscores the superior precision and safety of PepperBall projectiles. The testing, conducted using the recently established ASTM E3276 testing methodology,...
PRESS RELEASENEW YORK — Mark43, the leading mission-critical public safety software company, today announced that it is partnering with the New Orleans Police Department to bring its industry-leading cloud-native records management system (RMS) to New Orleans.Anne Kirkpatrick, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department said,...
By Steve LeBlanc and Nick PerryAssociated PressBOSTON — A former Massachusetts police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing a woman he is accused of sexually exploiting when she was underage and then trying to stage the death as a suicide after she...