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Grab your rain coat — showers move in Thursday morning |
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The rain is here at last! Serving up a dent in the drought, suppressing weeks-long wildfires, building back reservoirs and groundwater, replenishing soil moisture and providing plant/tree uptake before winter. This almost feels like the onset of the rainy season in the West. Thankfully, we’re not in that kind of situation drought/wet season cycle…yet. |
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| High-end heist: Boston police seek woman who stole $250K worth of jewelry from spa |
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Boston police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a day spa in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood this week. The larceny occurred around 2:33 p.m. Tuesday at G20 Spa + Salon, located at 33 Exeter Street, police said, describing the suspect as a female, possibly in her 20s, about 5’4 tall and 130 pounds with blonde hair and dark roots. According to police, the woman stole approximately $250,000 worth of jewelry from the locker room. |
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| Restaurant owner sought after allegedly spray-painting man's face at Worcester City Hall |
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A man was spray-painted in the face Tuesday during a city council meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts. City Manager Eric Batista said Wednesday that the incident occurred around the start of a meeting at Worcester City Hall. Police responded to a report of a fight around 6:30 p.m., arriving to find a resident with paint on his face. He told officers he was spray-painted on the third floor at the Esther Howland Chamber, where the council meets. |
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| Beverly mom says son ‘falling behind' as North Shore teacher strikes continue |
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Students in three Massachusetts communities have been out of school for nearly two weeks as teachers remain on strike. Melissa Wiley’s 9-year-old son, Nazayah, is ready to get back to class in Beverly, but schools in the city are empty — as are schools in Gloucester and Marblehead. All three districts will remain closed Thursday. Teachers the communities are demanding better pay, benefits and paid parental leave. The strike is impacting some 10,000 students across the region. |
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| Is snow coming to Boston Thanksgiving weekend? Here's what we know |
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With the snap of the fingers, we’ve entered a whole new realm in the weather pattern. Thursday’s rain is welcome, but there’s already lots of buzz and speculation on a potential Thanksgiving snowstorm. If you’re reading this, you’re likely searching for something concrete to make plans around. After all, it IS the holiday season, and the last thing you need is to a hit the road with a carload of family and fixin’s in a blizzard. HOWEVER, if you’ve lived long enough in these parts, you know that it’s WAY too early to nail down specifics. (Silly, in fact.) So, here’s what we DO know this far out: |
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| Questions about Mass. system to investigate murder cases pile up — is change on the horizon? |
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Scrutiny over Massachusetts State Police’s handling of murder investigations has boiled over in the past year. The Karen Read murder trial and the Sandra Birchmore case — only recently classified as a homicide because the federal government stepped in — have garnered headlines across the region and the nation. Those cases reignited passions for Jennifer Root Bannon, who lost her brother in an officer-involved shooting in February 2020. A Massachusetts State Police trooper was one of the responding officers to fire a weapon that day. |
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