HUD revokes Obama-era rule designed to diversify the suburbs

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Thursday that it is revoking an Obama-era housing regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs, a move that fair housing advocates have decried as an election year stunt designed to manipulate the fears of white voters.In a tweet addressed to “The Suburban Housewives of America,” President Donald…

Chatham house party draws COVID-19 ‘cluster notification’ as at least 10 test positive

“Hopefully this doesn’t get much larger.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Read: Mass. releases additional school guidance

From recess and lunch to “mask break spaces” and the school bus. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Gang members plead guilty to luring teen into Lynn woods to be murdered for disloyalty

Erick Lopez Flores, 31, of Lynn, and Marlos Reyes, 20, of Chelsea, belonged to the “Sykos Locos Salvatrucha” clique of MS-13. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Man charged in shooting of two people on Main Street in Worcester

WORCESTER – An 18-year-old man from Stockton Street was arrested Thursday in connection with an afternoon shooting on Main Street.Bryan Beras of 28 Stockton St., Apt. 3, was arrested at his home and charged with two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, two counts of assault and battery by gun, discharging a firearm…

Hubbardston firefighters rescue cat 50 feet up on chimney

HUBBARDSTON – A cat rescued off the top of a chimney is not something you see every day, and for the Hubbardston Fire Department it was a first.Spooky, a pet cat who lives at 10 Williamsville Road, escaped from its house Wednesday morning. It somehow found its way not only onto the roof but also…

Worcester police investigate after video appears to show officer slapping man on gurney

WORCESTER – Police have opened an internal investigation after a video surfaced on Facebook that appears to show an officer slapping a man on a gurney.The brief video, posted to Facebook Tuesday night, appears to show a police officer slapping a man whom first responders were trying to load into an ambulance.The 26-second video does…

Can you get COVID-19 again? It’s very unlikely, experts say.

“I haven’t heard of a case where it’s been truly, unambiguously demonstrated,” said Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Mass. reports 18 new COVID-19 deaths, 192 new cases

The Massachusetts coronavirus numbers, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Here’s a look at Mass. towns’ coronavirus cases and test results over the last 14 days

The state Department of Public Health releases COVID-19 data by municipality every Wednesday. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Stockton Street man charged in shooting of two people on Main Street

WORCESTER – An 18-year-old man from Stockton Street was arrested Thursday in connection with an afternoon shooting on Main Street.Bryan Beras of 28 Stockton St., Apt. 3, was arrested at his home and charged with two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, two counts of assault and battery by gun, discharging a firearm…

Car crash takes out large chunk of building wall

WORCESTER – Police say no one was injured Wednesday when a two-vehicle crash on Lincoln Street resulted in one of the vehicles smashing into a multifamily apartment house at 176 Lincoln St. A large section of brick wall at the rear of the three-story complex was damaged. The Fire Department responded to shore up the building…

T&G reporter Gary Murray posthumously honored by Mass. Law Weekly

The late Gary V. Murray, a longtime Telegram & Gazette reporter, was honored Wednesday night during the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s virtual Excellence in the Law event.Murray was lauded by Superior Court Judge Daniel M. Wrenn, who said he knew Murray for “better than 30 years” including before he became a judge and was working as a…

Marty Walsh defends Boston’s no-bid contract to ex-Gen. McChrystal’s firm

“We had literally ten days before coronavirus just exploded all over.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Worcester’s Columbus statue to stay put after city council vote

The Christopher Columbus statue in Worcester, that was splashed with red paint last month, is staying put for now Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Concord, Mass., man dies after collapsing while hiking in N.H.

THORNTON, N.H. (AP) — A 55-year-old hiker on a mountain trail in New Hampshire has died after suffering a medical emergency, state Fish and Game Department officers said. Officers said the man, from Concord, Massachusetts, had collapsed while hiking the Welch and Dickey Trail in Thornton on Tuesday. People with him and a passer-by who…

Tree falls onto moving vehicle in Millbury

MILLBURY – A motorist escaped injury when a tree fell onto a moving vehicle Tuesday evening. The incident occurred about 9:15 p.m. on Grafton Road, near the entrance to the Massachusetts Turnpike. The driver got out of the vehicle on his own; he was not injured, according to the Fire Department. Top Featured Tags: -…

Boylston man gets 6 months for false tax returns

BOSTON – A Boylston man was sentenced to 6 months in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to filing false and fraudulent corporate and individual tax returns.Robert Fuller, 70, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 6 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release. He was also ordered to…

ATV rider faces DUI charge after June crash in Hardwick

EAST BROOKFIELD – A Hardwick man who was seriously injured when the ATV he was driving slammed into a Jeep in June has been charged with seven offenses related to the crash.Ryan D. Burke, 29, of 96 Creamery Road in the Gilbertville section of Hardwick was arraigned Tuesday in Western Worcester District Court in East…

Mass. judge charged with misconduct for alleged groping

A Massachusetts Probate and Family Court judge has been charged with misconduct for allegedly groping an administrative office worker, according to court documents Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

‘That type of so-called ‘help’ is not welcome here’: Marty Walsh denounces federal agents policing Portland protests

“It appears to be needlessly escalating the situation.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

Maine brewery says it never authorized a Women for Trump event, will close for the day

Owners of a Maine brewery say they’re going to shut down for a day after feeling misled about an event in support of President Donald Trump Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service

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