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Driver Dies After Crashing Into Telephone Pole, Hitting Tree In Wellesley Driver Dies After Crashing Into Telephone Pole, Hitting Tree In Wellesley
Driver Dies After Crashing Into Telephone Pole, Hitting Tree In Wellesley An SUV driver died Wednesday morning, Dec. 6, after slamming into a utility pole, uprooting it, and then hitting a tree in Wellesley in a single-vehicle crash, police said. Emergency crews arrived at the crash on Route 9 near Cedar Street shortly after 7 a.m. and found the downed power pole and SUV wrapped around a nearby tree, according to the Wellesley Police Department. “The driver of the vehicle was found to be unconscious and unresponsive,” police said. “There was no one else in the vehicle, and it appears as if there were no other vehicles involved in the crash.” Wellesley Po…

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Chelsea Building Fire Rule Suspicious; Reward Offered For Info Chelsea Building Fire Rule Suspicious; Reward Offered For Info
Chelsea Building Fire Rule Suspicious; Reward Offered For Info Fire officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information as they investigate who sparked a three-alarm blaze in Suffolk County.  The fire happened at 43-45 Blossom St. in Chelsea on the evening of Nov. 8. “This fire had a very real chance of spreading to other buildings in a densely built residential neighborhood,” said Chelsea Fire Chief Leonard Albanese. The Chelsea Fire Department responded to heavy fire on the upper floors of the vacant building. The fire spread through the roof of the structure, but firefighters were able to contain it.  No injuries were reported. The…

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(Update) 'Nazis' Infiltrate Winthrop Council Zoom Meeting Prompting Hate Crime Investigation (Update) 'Nazis' Infiltrate Winthrop Council Zoom Meeting Prompting Hate Crime Investigation
(Update) 'Nazis' Infiltrate Winthrop Council Zoom Meeting Prompting Hate Crime Investigation A Winthrop council Zoom meeting was flooded with antisemitic slurs, a swastika, and a person appearing to give a Nazi salute. Winthrop Council President Letterie said members of his community were having a civil discussion when someone crashed the Zoom call with antisemitic symbols and hate speech on Tuesday, Dec. 5.  "During a civic discussion on the flying of flags on town property, an individual seized the meeting to use it as a platform for hate speech and to display symbols of hate, intimidation and nazism," Letterie said in a statement. "We condemn this act and all acts of h…

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‘It Was Incredible’: Search Team Hailed As Heroes For Saving Missing Central Mass Boy ‘It Was Incredible’: Search Team Hailed As Heroes For Saving Missing Central Mass Boy
‘It Was Incredible’: Search Team Hailed As Heroes For Saving Missing Central Mass Boy After a 5-year-old non-verbal autistic boy went missing earlier this year, a group of 60 police and civilians rushed and reunited him with his distraught parents in just a few hours. Now, they're being heralded as heroes.  Owen Goderre, 5, wandered off from his family’s home on Edson Road in Oakham with his dog, Tika, around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 20. Owen’s mom and dad, Samantha Kendall and Andrew Goderre, and his sister, Addie Goderre, frantically searched the nearby woods and the Ware River Watershed before calling the Rutland Regional Emergency Communications Center. Distrist …

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Teen Charged With Stabbing Following Baseball Bat Brawl In Chelsea Teen Charged With Stabbing Following Baseball Bat Brawl In Chelsea
Teen Charged With Stabbing Following Baseball Bat Brawl In Chelsea A 19-year-old man stabbed a 17-year-old boy after a brawl that involved men chasing the suspect with baseball bats on Monday, Dec. 4, authorities said.  Kenny Cuyuch, of East Boston, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (knife) and malicious destruction of property over $1,200 after he smashed the window of a home on Hawthorne Street, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Chelsea police responded to a large fight near the area of Hawthorne Street and Essex Street shortly after 3:30 p.m. and found one of the men, later identified as C…

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Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA
Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA A Springfield man who shot a Massachusetts state trooper on New Year's Eve 2020 will spend the next 12 to 15 years behind bars, a judge ruled on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Christopher Gardner, 34, was accused of shooting the state trooper around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2020. The trooper was responding to the area of Nursery and Stafford streets when a bullet blasted through his patrol car's door and into his leg, police said at the time.  Gardner was in a fight with another man when the shooting began, police said. When Springfield police arrived, he fired at them as well. One bullet went th…

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Group Of Teens Beat Up Disabled Person, Several Others In Broad Daylight Boston Attacks: Police Group Of Teens Beat Up Disabled Person, Several Others In Broad Daylight Boston Attacks: Police
Group Of Teens Beat Up Disabled Person, Several Others In Broad Daylight Boston Attacks: Police Police in Boston are asking for the public's help in identifying a group of teens they say attacked several people, including someone with disabilities, in front of a family-friendly restaurant in Mission Hill.  The attacks and unarmed robbery all happened on Friday, Dec. 1, Boston police said. One person was waiting outside a TGI Friday restaurant at 1626 Tremont St. for his mom, who was in a nearby store, when a group of six teens jumped him shortly after 11:30 a.m. Officers found him bleeding from his ear, with large welts on his head, and visible shoe impressions on his face and f…

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PETA Claims Monkeys Harmed At UMass Amherst Lab, Demands Feds Investigate PETA Claims Monkeys Harmed At UMass Amherst Lab, Demands Feds Investigate
PETA Claims Monkeys Harmed At UMass Amherst Lab, Demands Feds Investigate PETA is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to look into what it describes as animal welfare violations at a lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. However, the university said it follows all laws concerning animals used in laboratory testing.  Agnès Lacreuse, a professor at UMass-Amherst who studies menopause using marmosets, is accused by the nonprofit organization of violating the Animal Welfare Act after one monkey in her lab escaped confinement and injured another caged monkey. The monkey's escape on May 14 is the fourth one in recent years, among several other …

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Brookline Police Take Aim At Porch Pirates; Ask For Public's Help Brookline Police Take Aim At Porch Pirates; Ask For Public's Help
Brookline Police Take Aim At Porch Pirates; Ask For Public's Help Police in Brookline are asking for the public’s help to identifying a person caught on surveillance video running off with a package from someone's porch in the Brookline Village area. The person stole the packages around 4 a.m. in October, Sergeant Rob Disario said in a post on social media. The suspect can be seen on camera grabbing two packages from the front steps of a home in Brookline Village before running away. Hey, everybody, Sergeant Rob here. Detectives are looking for your help in identifying this subject. This is from a... Posted by Brookline MA Police Department on …

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'Can't Get Enough': Waltham Mexican Eatery Makes Rare Second Appearance On Best In US List 'Can't Get Enough': Waltham Mexican Eatery Makes Rare Second Appearance On Best In US List
'Can't Get Enough': Waltham Mexican Eatery Makes Rare Second Appearance On Best In US List If you’re looking for a mouth-watering taco, you can’t go wrong with Taqueria El Amigo, the only spot in Massachusetts to make it on Yelp’s Best Places to Eat in America two years in a row. Taqueria El Amigo at 196 Willow Street in Waltham, about half an hour from Boston, landed at number 84 on Yelp’s 10th annual “Top 100 US Restaurants 2023.” The taqueria was ranked 60th last year, and the only shop from New England to make it on the list in 2022. Related: This Waltham Taqueria Is One Of 'Yelp’s Top 100 Taco Spots In America' Taqueria El Amigo’s taco especiales attracts lines out th…

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