Brandeis paid ex-president millions more
Brandeis University disclosed Thursday that it paid former president Jehuda Reinharz $811,000 this month for sabbatical leaves that he accumulated but never took during his 17-year presidency and will...
View ArticleSwallowing their pride to avoid going hungry
The first time Nancy Pike went to a food pantry, she could hardly believe she was there. After working for decades and raising nine children without government assistance, there she was, asking for...
View ArticleHadley shopping mall fined for dry cleaning chemical release
By Amanda Ostuni The owners of the Campus Plaza Shopping Center in Hadley have been fined $24,430 for failing to report, properly handle and identify the release of contaminated water to a nearby...
View ArticleA buyback for ocean-ravaged homes?
While it's been debated for decades, a bill filed this week by Sen. Marc Pacheco is raising the provocative question about whether it's finally time for the state to buy out owners of repeatedly...
View ArticleLow interest rates make legal aid dollars disappear
Three years ago, Charlene Julce’s family faced eviction from their home in Malden, and a legal aid lawyer helped them fight off foreclosure. Today, Julce told state legislators that there aren't enough...
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Massachusetts children under state protection die from abuse with alarming...
Kadyn Hancock’s aunt said she repeatedly tried to warn state officials that the 13-month-old’s mother might hurt him. But no one heeded her pleas and Kadyn’s mother killed her baby in 2010. Last...
View ArticleOWNER OF DANVERS PROPERTY TO PAY $387,500 FOR FAILING TO ADDRESS HAZARDOUS...
BOSTON – The owner of a highly contaminated property along the Crane River in Danvers has agreed to pay $387,500 over allegations that he failed to clean up soils and sediments at the site, which...
View ArticleFORMER LAWRENCE ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR STEALING MORE...
WOBURN – A now-disbarred Lawrence attorney was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from multiple clients through a series of financial schemes, Attorney General Martha...
View ArticleReal estate developer reimburses buyers for homes never built
By Regine Sarah Capungan A Foxborough real estate developer has repaid $525,000 to more than a dozen home buyers for advances he took for new homes he never built, according to the state Attorney...
View ArticleDonor’s death shatters family, stuns surgeons
The night before his surgery, Paul Hawks knelt with his wife and prayed, putting his life “in the hands of Jesus.” At the hospital the next morning, Lorraine kissed him goodbye just after sunrise and...
View ArticleCould Higgins Armory closing have been averted? Behind the scenes of the process
The dissolution of the Higgins Armory Museum and the transfer of its valuable collection to the Worcester Art Museum unfolded amid a bitter proxy fight by a Higgins granddaughter and scrutiny by the...
View ArticleOver-The-Counter Drugs: A Prescription For Confusion
At Able Care Pharmacy & Medical Supplies in Enfield, Ashraf Moustafa often tries to avert disasters involving drugs displayed on his store’s shelves. Moustafa, the pharmacy manager, recently spoke...
View ArticleVT Digger launches searchable campaign finance database
When I wrote my first stories about money in politics, I ran up against the roadblock every political reporter in Vermont has faced: The difficulty of finding out just how much money individuals and...
View ArticleCaretaker charged with bilking elderly doctor out of $1.2 million
By Amanda Ostuni A 68-year-old Dartmouth woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.2 million from an elderly doctor she was hired to look after, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office announced...
View ArticleHigher fines for men charged with seeking sex in Boston
Three men charged with seeking to buy sex from what they thought were prostitutes in Boston have paid $1,000 fines – forking over some of the highest penalties to date for such crimes in the state,...
View ArticleW.R. Grace Pays Over $63 Million Toward Cleanup and Restoration of Hazardous...
WASHINGTON – Columbia, Md.-based W.R. Grace & Co. under its bankruptcy plan of reorganization, paid over $63 million to the U.S. government to resolve claims for environmental cleanups at...
View ArticleNew Analysis Shows Problematic Boom In Higher Ed Administrators
The number of non-academic administrative and professional employees at U.S. colleges and universities has more than doubled in the last 25 years, vastly outpacing the growth in the number of students...
View ArticleAG COAKLEY SUES SEEKONK CHROME RESTORATION BUSINESS FOR KEEPING CONSUMER...
NEW BEDFORD – After allegedly soliciting consumers with promises of metal restoration services for rare and antique automobiles, Attorney General Martha Coakley has sued a chrome business located in...
View ArticleState and Federal Officials Release Second Restoration Plan for Bouchard...
BOSTON – The Natural Resource Damages Trustee Council for the Bouchard Barge-120 oil spill today released a draft restoration plan (RP) and environmental assessment (EA) for shoreline, aquatic and...
View ArticleESSEX DEMOLITION COMPANY TO PAY UP TO $125,000 FOR ALLEGED ASBESTOS VIOLATIONS
BOSTON — An Essex-based demolition company will pay up to $125,000 in civil penalties to resolve allegations of improper handling and disposal of asbestos during the demolition of the former Crompton...
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