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Massachusetts pool operators admit letting kids...
Two former Massachusetts recreation managers have admitted that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict them of reckless endangerment of a child for opening a murky state-run pool where the body of a drowned woman went unnoticed for two days.
Proposal requires minimum standards for dementia...
Patient advocates called on state lawmakers today to close a loophole in Massachusetts law that allows nursing homes to advertise specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care units, even though their workers may have no training in caring for such patients.
2 Massachusetts workers get probation in murky...
Two former Massachusetts recreation managers have admitted that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict them of reckless endangerment of a child for opening a murky state-run pool where the body of a drowned woman went unnoticed for two days.
University of Massachusetts to celebrate Charles...
The University of Massachusetts Lowell today announced plans to celebrate Charles Dickens's 200th birthday with seven months of events, beginning at the end of March. Dickens was born Feb. 7, 1812.
MITX Announces New Chairman, Joe Grimaldi, CEO &...
The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange , New England's leading digital marketing, media and Internet business nonprofit association, announced today that Joe
Massachusetts' Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected...
Rebecca Ackerman, 16, of Westborough and Grace Kirrane, 12, of Fitchburg today were named Massachusetts' top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
Bartlett Avenue home to be razed
Wednesday February 8, 2012 PITTSFIELD -- The Bartlett Avenue apartment building gutted by a massive fire last spring soon will be demolished
Olver directed $5.1M to project near home
Wednesday February 8, 2012 WASHINGTON -- A months-long investigation by The Washington Post has identified U.
'Scarlet letter' for gang IDs is pulled
Wednesday February 8, 2012 BOSTON -- A Massachusetts lawmaker who proposed a bill to have the letter "G" affixed to the driver’s
Two take out papers for office bids
Wednesday February 8, 2012 PITTSFIELD -- Two Berkshire County residents on Tuesday obtained nomination papers at City Hall for separate elected
Southeastern Massachusetts mayors meet
Four Southeastern Massachusetts cities are teaming up to bring their communities together and make their economies stronger.
Massachusetts gas prices edge up another 2 cents
Massachusetts residents are paying two more cents a gallon at the gas pump, the seventh consecutive week of increases.
Mitt Romney now trains fire on Rick Santorum in...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is going after a new foe: former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Until now, the former Massachusetts governor has focused most of his attention on former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who beat Romney in the South Carolina primary and has been his most formidable opponent so far, despite Santorum's narrow victory over Romney in the Jan. 3 Iowa ...
Massachusetts, California, and New York...
Massachusetts, California and New York were considering Monday whether to join most other states in backing a long-awaited settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses. The deal would require the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 million households. State attorneys general have set a deadline of the end of Monday for states to join the settlement. Homeowners in states ...
Massachusetts stranded-dolphin death toll up to 92
The unexplained beachings of scores of dolphins over the past month along Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is the largest "single-species event" of its kind on record in the northeastern United States, a marine mammal specialist said Monday.

USS Ramage returns home
Monday January 30, 2012 NORFOLK, Va. -- A Navy Destroyer named after a native of Monroe, Mass., returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Friday from an eight-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage is named in honor of Vice Admiral Lawson P. "Red" Ramage from Monroe.
Logic found on both sides of this issue
Utterly Flabbergasted. That was my first response to the ruling that Norfolk Probate Judge Christina L. Harms...
Inmates endure dry stretch
A water main break at a Norfolk prison has left more than a thousand inmates high and dry, subsisting on sandwiches...
Wrentham may jump off the Grid
Wrentham officials are considering breaking away from National Grid and starting their own municipal power company following widespread power outages after Tropical Storm Irene, the Sun Chronicle reports.The town's selectmen said they may also reach out to neighboring towns, such as Norfolk and Plainville, to see if they'd be interested in going in on such a plant, according to the Sun Chronicle.
Norfolk DA taps campaign donor as special...
The Norfolk district attorney is in the awkward position of having appointed a special prosecutor who is a campaign...
Keating: Keys mistakenly left in stolen car
Massachusetts US Rep. William Keating, a former Norfolk district attorney, says keys were mistakenly left in his car that was stolen from his driveway at his house in Quincy.
Norfolk Rep. blasts 'constitutional flaw' in...
A high-stakes plan to redraw the state's congressional districts is under attack by a House Republican who says...
Five Somali pirates sentenced to life in prison
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA -- Five Somali men, convicted of piracy, were sentenced on Monday to life plus 80 years in prison for an attack on a US Navy ship in April of last year, the US Department of Justice announced.
Sacked Navy captain once had a bright future
NORFOLK -- Navy Capt Owen Honors was an officer with a bright future, a hotshot fighter jock who rose to become commander of one of the most storied ships in the fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.
Hazing costs Needham kids shot at tourney
A Norfolk County judge has denied a request to lift the suspensions of five girls on the Needham High School varsity...
GOP targets Keating's record as DA
William Keating's record as a district attorney is being scrutinized by Republicans who say the Norfolk District Attorney's Office is soft on crime and offers too many plea deals.
Emails appear to link Cahill campaign, Lottery ads
In a sign that independent gubernatorial candidate Tim Cahill's bombshell lawsuit may be backfiring, a Norfolk...
GOP criticizes Keating campaign contribution
BOSTON - Norfolk District Attorney William Keating accepted campaign donations from a lawyer representing a man being prosecuted by Keating's office for attempting to gun down an off-duty firefighter last year.
Suspect's lawyer donated to Mass. DA
BOSTON - Norfolk District Attorney William Keating has accepted campaign donations from a lawyer representing a man charged by Keating's office with attempting to gun down an off-duty firefighter last year.
Mass. candidate for Congress helps nab suspect
FALMOUTH - Norfolk District Attorney William Keating is used to prosecuting criminal suspects. On Sunday, he said...
Driscoll for Norfolk D.A.
With the Norfolk district attorney running for an open seat in Congress three Democrats are hoping to climb the...
Denise Garlick endorsed by Massachusetts Women's...
The Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus PAC, has endorsed Denise Garlick, RN for State Representative of the 13th Norfolk District which includes Needham, Dover and Medfield.
Propane leak blamed for deadly condo blast in...
NORFOLK - Fire investigators say a propane leak from a basement heating unit was the cause of a deadly explosion...
Man pulled from rubble of Mass. condo blast dies
A construction worker who was pulled from the rubble of an explosion at a Massachusetts condominium has died. Norfolk Fire Chief Coleman Bushnell says 48-year-old William Nichols of Blackstone died at about 10:30 p.m. Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Worker rescued after Norfolk condo explosion dies
A 48-year-old construction worker who was pulled from the rubble after an explosion at a Norfolk condominium has died. Norfolk Fire Chief Coleman Bushnell says William Nichols of Blackstone died about 10:30 p.m. Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Worker trapped in condo explosion dies
A 48-year-old construction worker who was pulled from the burning debris of a Norfolk house explosion yesterday...
Blast flattens condo
Heroic firefighters crawled through a maze of debris in the wake of a blast that leveled a Norfolk condo project...
Mass. condo explosion hurts 8; 1 rescued
A condominium exploded while under construction Friday, injuring eight people, including five construction workers. A resident and two firefighters were also injured. Three of the injured workers were taken away in MedFlight helicopters after the explosion and fire at The Village at River's Edge, in Norfolk, about 20 miles southwest of Boston. Two were taken to hospitals by ambulance from the complex, a new housing development for people over 55.
Mass. condo explosion hurts 6 workers; 1 rescued
A condominium exploded while under construction in Massachusetts on Friday afternoon, injuring six workers and two firefighters who responded to the blast. Three of the injured workers were taken away in MedFlight helicopters after the explosion and fire at The Village at River's Edge, in Norfolk, about 20 miles southwest of Boston. The other three were taken to hospitals by ambulance from the complex, a new housing development for people over 55.
6 workers hurt in Mass. condo blast
Six construction workers have been hurt - three seriously - in an explosion at a new Massachusetts development for people over 55. Three people were taken away in MedFlight helicopters after the explosion and fire at The Village at River's Edge in Norfolk on Friday afternoon.

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