News Story Archive

Hingham: Fire damages Victorian home

A fire in an old Hingham home Friday causes thousands of dollars worth of damage, and sets back the restoration effort that was underway.

Hingham: Attempted break-in on Beal Street

An attempted break-in in Hingham on Friday is thwarted by a house alarm.

Massachusetts: Wampanoag tribe supports Cape wind farm

A Wampanoag Indian tribe from Massachusetts is supporting a proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm opposed by two tribes closer to the project.

Rockland: Stabbing lands one teen in the hospital, the other behind bars

A teenager is under arrest, accused in a stabbing in Rockland that sent another teen to the hospital.

Hull: "Snow Row" expected to bring out crowd of hundreds

The Hull Lifesaving Museum is holding their "Snow Row" this Saturday at noon. The race is at the Windmill Point Boathouse on Main Street, at the tip of the peninsula across from the high school.

Marshfield: Marines meet students at Furnace Brook Middle School

Five members of the MWSS472 Combat Engineers, who recently completed a tour of duty in Iraq, were the special guests at the Marshfield Furnace Brook Middle School Thursday afternoon.

Massachusetts: Rep. Delahunt says he won't run for re-election

Massachusetts Congressman William Delahunt has formally announced his retirement.

Delahunt received a standing ovation Friday from a crowd of fellow Democrats at Quincy City Hall that included family members of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Duxbury: School committee ordered to admit open meeting law violations

The Duxbury school committee has admited to violating the open meeting law by ordering reporters to leave a public meeting.

Cohasset: Democratic Party Chair says community organizing will win elections

Barnstable: State Sen. Rob O’Leary considers run for US Congress

Massachusetts: Congressmen say top fisheries cop should go

Four Massachusetts congressmen have called for the nation's top fisheries cop to resign after he ordered files destroyed while his agency was being investigated.

Massachusetts: State identifies 35 underperforming schools

Massachusetts is giving 35 underperforming schools an ultimatum: Start making dramatic improvements or face a future takeover by the state.

Pembroke: House broken into as police search for suspect in numerous break-ins

Pembroke Police say a house was broken into Thursday, even as they search for a man they say was involved in a rash of robberies in town earlier this year.

Cohasset: School Committee approves $15.1-million fiscal 2011 budget

Massachusetts: State name finalist for federal education grants

Massachusetts: House Speaker proposes slots, 2 casinos for state

House Speaker Robert DeLeo has proposed allowing two casinos to operate in Massachusetts and "a limited number" of slot machines at the state's four dog and horse tracks. DeLeo unveiled the plan Thursday during a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He says putting slots at venues that already have gambling will provide "a more immediate form of revenue."

Hingham: Historic harbor district/skateboard park articles withdrawn

The Hingham Historical Commission has withdrawn a town meeting warrant article that would have created a new historic district around Hingham harbor.

Boston: Great white sharks tagged off Chatham traced to Fla.

The great white shark seems to be a fan of the Florida winter.

Electronic tracking tags placed on three sharks off Cape Cod last summer have surfaced near Jacksonville.

Inspector: US fishery officer shredded documents

The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Commerce says the nation's top fishery law enforcement officer destroyed documents while his office was under investigation.

Boston: FBI hopes DNA can help solve city art heist

The FBI is hoping advances in DNA technology can help solve the 20-year-old heist of 13 masterpieces from Boston's
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.