Jailed immigrants face long stays in federal cells
Federal officials had heard stories about Scott Vitkovic. People at his Cambridge mosque said he wanted to attack the United States. And he had worn an Osama bin Laden T-shirt, outraging one mosque...
View ArticleStudents bristle at WSU mandatory meals plan fee
Harrison Ingles works a couple of part-time night jobs and attends Worcester State University full time as a commuter student. Always on the go, he rarely stops to eat on campus. Even so, Mr. Ingles,...
View ArticleInsider emails raise questions about patronage in state hiring
Emails show the politically-connected chief of staff at a state agency put the "kibosh" on promoting an Environmental Police officer despite his being the top environmental cop's choice for the job, a...
View ArticleEASTON DENTIST TO PAY $400,000 TO MASSHEALTH OVER IMPROPER BILLING FOR...
BOSTON – An Easton dentist has agreed to pay $400,000 to the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth) to resolve allegations of improperly billing for visits to MassHealth members living in nursing homes,...
View ArticleFORMER HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT CLERK CHARGED WITH TAKING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...
SPRINGFIELD – A former Assistant Clerk and Bail Magistrate in Hampden Superior Court has been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bail money, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. In...
View ArticleCorrection chief, staff rebuked in patient death
Governor Deval Patrick on Saturday announced sweeping disciplinary measures against three prison guards and three high-ranking Department of Correction officials for the roles they played in the 2009...
View ArticleSpecial Report: Despite recent agreement, state and Entergy remain at odds...
The Shumlin administration declared victory in December when Entergy agreed to dismantle the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in as few as 15 years, but the settlement did not address the most...
View ArticleTax law allows billions in business property taxes to be diverted from paying...
Put an addition on your house, and the town assessor will come around, increase the value of your house and your property taxes will go up. Put up a new store or factory, and the same thing will...
View ArticleOWNER OF SUDBURY NURSING HOME AND DAY CARE CENTER SUED FOR FAILING TO REPAIR...
BOSTON – The owner of a combined residential nursing home and childcare center in Sudbury has been sued after failing to repair and upgrade the deteriorating septic system serving the facilities,...
View ArticleCooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton Fined $8,000 for Violating Hazardous...
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed an $8,000 penalty to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton to correct noncompliance with the Commonwealth’s...
View ArticlePower Tool Makers Accused in Lawsuit of Thwarting Adoption of Finger-Saving...
Leading power tool manufacturers have conspired for years to thwart adoption of a safety device that could prevent thousands of finger amputations and other disfiguring injuries in table saw accidents,...
View ArticleFALL RIVER WOMAN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH TRAFFICKING MINORS FOR SEX;...
FALL RIVER – As part of a human trafficking scheme, a Fall River woman has been indicted in connection with trafficking minors for sex, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. A Fall River man...
View ArticleA history of 48 Oceanside Drive
SOURCES: Town building permits, conservation commission minutes, town archives, interviews with owners.
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Oceans of trouble for U.S. taxpayers
The photo above shows 48 Oceanside Drive in Scituate, Mass. It is the first house on left in the foreground. The house has repeatedly suffered flood damage from coastal storms. (Photo by Laura Owens)...
View ArticleDespite High Death Toll, Push Is On To Open More Public Roads to ATVs – See...
Last Mother’s Day, Jaret Graham, 14, climbed on the back of an all-terrain vehicle driven by his 12-year-old cousin. As they sped down a paved stretch of country road in west Texas, the 12-year-old...
View ArticleState says its lacking funds to complete plan to reduce child abuse
Eight years after the Legislature created the state’s Office of the Child Advocate, the head of the agency, Gail Garinger, said she’s been unable to fulfill a legislative mandate to complete a...
View ArticleMassDEP Fines Millbury Business Entities $23,570 for Operating an Unlicensed...
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed a $23,570 penalty to three entities that have the same operating address for failure to obtain a site assignment...
View ArticleMassDEP Fines Millbury Business Entities $23,570 for Operating an Unlicensed...
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed a $23,570 penalty to three entities that have the same operating address for failure to obtain a site assignment...
View ArticleHUSBAND AND WIFE SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR RUNNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING...
BOSTON – A husband and wife have been sentenced to state prison after being convicted of running a human trafficking operation in and around the Boston area, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office...
View ArticleSpecial Report: What went wrong with the state’s health care exchange and why
The dysfunctional Vermont Health Connect website has burned up some of the Shumlin administration’s political capital and could jeopardize millions in ongoing federal funding for health care in...
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