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Accessible As Toilet Paper: Somerville-Based Company Pilots Free Pad Program Accessible As Toilet Paper: Somerville-Based Company Pilots Free Pad Program
Accessible As Toilet Paper: Somerville-Based Company Pilots Free Pad Program “Public bathrooms provide toilet paper, towels, soap and tissues. Why not pads?” is the question Somerville-based company Egal's founder was looking to solve with a new approach to menstrual products.  Egal created Pads on a Roll, an aptly-named, free-to-consumer product that dispenses pads much like toilet paper rolls. Pilot programs for the product are currently being conducted at several universities and schools in multiple countries using a $1 million angel-funded investment, the company announced on Tuesday, February 28.  🧻 Cycle Care: Egal raises $1M for its "Pads on a Roll"More o…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Brookline Employee Accused Of Swindling Town Funds For Auto Parts: Officials Brookline Employee Accused Of Swindling Town Funds For Auto Parts: Officials
Brookline Employee Accused Of Swindling Town Funds For Auto Parts: Officials A Brookline town employee is accused of taking money from his employer and spending it on personal items, authorities said.  Allan McIntosh, a 60-year-old Natick resident, was arrested and charged with larceny over $1,200 on Friday, March 3, town officials and police reported almost a week later.  McIntosh is accused of using town funds to buy numerous personal items, including auto parts from a store in Framingham, while working for the Brookline Department of Public Works.  McIntosh, who worked for about nine years at DPW, was put on leave for an unrelated policy violation…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Officers Cleared In Shooting Outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital In 2020: DA Officers Cleared In Shooting Outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital In 2020: DA
Officers Cleared In Shooting Outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital In 2020: DA A week after the third anniversary of the police killing of Juston Root, the Suffolk District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Feb. 13, that he would not seek charges against the officers who first shot the 41-year-old.  District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement that a special assistant district attorney had completed his investigation into the Feb. 7, 2020, shooting outside of Brigham and Women's Hospital and found that no charges are warranted against the two Boston police officers who responded.  “These cases are always difficult and always tragic, both for the families o…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
'Serial Boston Bank Robber' Charged With Another Heist: Feds 'Serial Boston Bank Robber' Charged With Another Heist: Feds
'Serial Boston Bank Robber' Charged With Another Heist: Feds A 47-year-old Boston man who was convicted of bank robberies in 1993, 2002, and 2017 is now accused of robbing a Brookline bank last year, federal authorities said.  Jerome Lamont Turner is charged with one count of bank robbery and is due in court next week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Investigators allege that Turner entered a Brookline Bank branch on Sept. 26 and handed the teller a letter about opening a new account. They gave him a pamphlet, and he left. A few minutes later, he returned and handed the leaflet back to the teller, but he had scribbled on it, "…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
'Marauding' Muggers Beat Several MBTA Passengers With Crowbar: Transit Police 'Marauding' Muggers Beat Several MBTA Passengers With Crowbar: Transit Police
'Marauding' Muggers Beat Several MBTA Passengers With Crowbar: Transit Police Three people are facing charges for repeatedly robbing multiple MBTA passengers at several stations from Cambridge to Brookline, authorities said. Officers responded Park Street Station after a man was reportedly assaulted by three men and a woman around 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12 at Harvard Square, MBTA Transit Police report. One of the assailants was apparently armed with a crowbar, police added. The group then moved onto Kenmore Square where they attacked and robbed another person while on a Green Line train, police said. They also allegedly threatened several other passengers. Th…

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by David Cifarelli
Lifestyle
Here's Where You Can Get The Best Poké Bowl In The Boston Area Here's Where You Can Get The Best Poké Bowl In The Boston Area
Here's Where You Can Get The Best Poké Bowl In The Boston Area Poké bowls are a refreshing, hearty and healthy meal that have taken the sushi world by storm.  With so many places to poke your nose into the Asian-inspired delicacy, it can be hard to choose the right spot for you.  So to help narrow down your decision, here is a list of the top ten places to dig into poke bowls in the Boston area, courtesy of Yelp. POKE by Love Art (TD Garden, Boston) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Poke By Love Art (@pokebyloveart) B Cafe (Quincy) View this post on Instagram …

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Friends Of Randolph Driver Busted For Boston Hit-Run Challenge Cops To Fight: DA Friends Of Randolph Driver Busted For Boston Hit-Run Challenge Cops To Fight: DA
Friends Of Randolph Driver Busted For Boston Hit-Run Challenge Cops To Fight: DA A 25-year-old Boston woman was seriously injured early Friday morning, Dec. 23, after a car crashed into her and drove over her head and shoulders before speeding off, authorities said. The driver returned to the scene after a witness chased him down and confronted him.  Jakob Civil, 23, of Randolph, faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident causing injury and several driving violations, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. He was ordered held on a $1,500 bail. His two passengers picked up their own charges after they challenged police to a fight hours later, the pros…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Harvard-Educated Sleep Doctor Slept Well In Brookline Home He Bought Defrauding Patients: Feds Harvard-Educated Sleep Doctor Slept Well In Brookline Home He Bought Defrauding Patients: Feds
Harvard-Educated Sleep Doctor Slept Well In Brookline Home He Bought Defrauding Patients: Feds A federal grand jury indicted a Brookline sleep doctor this week on charges that he ran multiple frauds and laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him purchase a $1.6 million home in the toney town.   Dr. Pankaj Merchia, 49, faces three counts of money laundering and one count of health care fraud stemming from the alleged schemes, the US Attorney's Office said.  The indictment lays out the two alleged frauds. In one, Merchia continued to bill patients' insurance companies for monthly rentals of CPAP and BiPap machines — breathing devices used to treat sleep …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
'Warhammer 40K' Stickers Peppered On LGBTQ, BLM Flags In Brookline: Police 'Warhammer 40K' Stickers Peppered On LGBTQ, BLM Flags In Brookline: Police
'Warhammer 40K' Stickers Peppered On LGBTQ, BLM Flags In Brookline: Police Authorities in Brookline are trying to figure out how two flags representing social movements were defaced with stickers from a tabletop war game whose imagery is often found in hate speech.  Brookline Police learned that the Black Lives Matter and Progress Pride flags outside the library in Coolidge Corner, located at 31 Pleasant Street, were vandalized on morning of Tuesday, Dec. 20.  The flags were peppered with stickers that appeared to reference the popular war game "Warhammer 40,000," whose imagery has often been adapted to symbolize hate speech. The stickers read "Hersey" and had a …

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by David Cifarelli
Lifestyle
WATCH: Massachusetts Boy Dressed As Royal Guard Hand Flowers To Will, Kate WATCH: Massachusetts Boy Dressed As Royal Guard Hand Flowers To Will, Kate
Watch: Massachusetts Boy Dressed As Royal Guard Hand Flowers To Will, Kate A young boy from Brookline got to his own audience with British Royalty, thanks to his fantastic fashion sense, reports said.  Henry Dynov-Teixeira, age 8, dressed as a member of the British Royal Guard as Prince William and Princess Catherine left Greentown Labs in Somerville on Thursday, Dec. 1.   This was part of the couple's three-day trip of Massachusetts, which included stops at City Hall in Boston and TD Garden to catch a Celtics Game with Mayor Michelle Wu and Maura Healy.  Green Teamers 🏀💚 pic.twitter.com/CvxLaRVZV2 — Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@wutrain) December 1, 2022 Fortunately, He…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Brookline Man Arrested For Unlawful Possession Of Machine Guns: Feds Brookline Man Arrested For Unlawful Possession Of Machine Guns: Feds
Brookline Man Arrested For Unlawful Possession Of Machine Guns: Feds Police charged a 24-year-old Brookline last week after they found several machine guns in his car during a traffic stop last month, federal authorities said.  Stewart Silvestri is charged with unlawful possession of a machine gun and faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if found guilty, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Several people called police about a reckless driver on Route 95 who had pulled into a weigh station in Rowley, Mass. When police arrived, they found Silvestri, who said he was returning home from visiting an armory in New Hampshire, authoritie…

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by Josh Lanier
Business
Boston Starbucks Employees Join More Than 100 Stores Nationwide On Picket Lines Boston Starbucks Employees Join More Than 100 Stores Nationwide On Picket Lines
Boston Starbucks Employees Join More Than 100 Stores Nationwide On Picket Lines Workers at more than 100 Starbucks locations across the country — including several in Boston — went on strike Thursday because they say the company will not negotiate in good faith and is trying to stop more stores from unionizing. The workers say they are striking in an effort to force the coffee giant to discuss better staffing at stores and other concessions, according to the Starbucks Workers Union website. The group also says Starbucks is fighting efforts for more stores to unionize.  #redcuprebellion pic.twitter.com/9ujttws0uu — Boston Starbucks Workers United (@BostonSBWU) Novem…

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by Josh Lanier