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Somerville Exploring Controversial Safe Injection Site: ‘People Have a Right to Stay Alive'
The city of Somerville is moving ahead with its plans to explore the idea of opening a supervised consumption site, a place where drug addicts can inject illicit drugs under medical supervision. The hope, advocates say, is to save lives. “The overdose death has increased in the last year and over 2,000 people died in Massachusetts last year alone,” said…
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‘The Most Special Day': Couple Gets Married at Boston Hospital
For Tim Herwarth and Haley Greene, their wedding at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston on a rainy Tuesday night was something they’ll remember for their rest of their lives. “I never would have expected any of this, this is incredible this whole thing,” Herwarth said. “This was the most special day of my life and I’m so thankful to...
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Child Struck By Truck in Dorchester, Police Say
Boston police say a child was hit by a pickup truck Sunday night in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood. The child was taken to a local hospital after being struck just before 7 p.m. in the area of 18 Wilcock Street. Police did not have an immediate update on the child’s condition or the extent of injuries. Officials did not...
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Mom Outraged Over Messages in Mass. Yearbook Supporting Son's Accused Killer
The mother of a former Dracut High School student shot and killed last year is demanding all the school’s current yearbooks be reprinted after seeing messages of support for her son’s alleged killer. “I just, I couldn’t even believe that that was allowed,” said Heidi Kimborowicz. “How did you let that get by?” Adrian Kimborowicz, 20, was shot in...
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Hundreds March Through Dedham Neighborhood Demanding Answers in Teen's Drowning Death
The family of a Massachusetts teenager who died after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool following a graduation party is calling for answers in his death. Authorities say 17-year-old Alonzo Polk, of Dedham, was found submerged in an in-ground backyard pool at a friend’s home on Netta Road last weekend and died a few days later at a...
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Their Junior Proms Canceled, These 2 Students Are Throwing Their Own
Two Massachusetts high school juniors dreaming of attending a prom are taking matters into their own hands. Mikayler Patch goes to Norton High School, Abbi Cloutier to Attleboro High. Both of their junior proms were canceled this year due to coronavirus. “It’s high school. You only live once,” said Abbi. So the girls, tired of missing out on so...
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Man Charged With Assaulting Police Officer Falls to Floor in Mass. Court
A Massachusetts courtroom was cleared Thursday after a man accused of assaulting an Arlington police officer fell onto the floor when the judge said he was going to jail.
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Fire Sale: A Partially Burned-Out Home in JP Is on the Market at $500K
Boston’s real estate market is very hot right now — so hot that a fire-damaged home in Jamaica Plain has been listed for $500,000. The three bed, one bathroom, 1,242 square foot building on its own lot on Union Avenue, near an Orange Line T stop, a brewery and Franklin Park. The listing emphasizes the possibilities available for someone who…
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Close-Quarter Boston Bar, Unable to Adapt to COVID Distancing, Reopens for Playoffs
For the first time in more a year, there was nearly a full house on hand to watch the Celtics game Sunday night. More than 17,000 people were in attendance. “I mean we’ve been waiting for this day for a long time,” said one fan. “Happy to be kind of normal again,” said another. At Sullivan’s Tap on Canal...
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Woman Was Killed in Her Framingham Apartment, Investigators Say
Authorities have identified 28-year-old Jasmyn Beatty as the woman who was found dead in her apartment at the Halstead Apartments in Framingham, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. Right now, investigators say they still don’t know if this was an isolated incident. “She was a nice person. We were like, ‘Why would someone do this — she seems so nice,’” said Lauren...
