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State Rep. Carlos Henriquez Sentenced To Six Months For Assault Charges

State Representative Carlos Henriquez will spend half a year behind bars after a jury convicted him of assaulting a woman he was dating in the […]

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Massachusetts Officials Want to Regulate Drone Use

State Senator Bob Hedlund isn’t always up to date with the latest gadgets—he doesn’t even have an E-Z Pass to scoot him through state tolls. […]

Arts & Entertainment

SyFy’s ‘Stonado’ Movie Is Like ‘Sharknado’ But With Rocks

New England is no stranger to a mix of odd weather—warm days in November rapidly shifting to wind chills and single-digit temperatures— but no one […]

Arts & Entertainment

‘Beacon Hill the Series’ Is Full of Steamy Love Scenes

Intrigue, romance, a dash of blackmail, and dysfunctional family-settings: that’s the description of the latest web series based around Beacon Hill, the “epicenter of Massachusetts […]

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Workers’ Rights Group Collects 140K Signatures For Ballot Question To Raise Minimum Wage

UPDATE, Tuesday, Nov. 19:  In a 32-7 vote on Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill that would raise the minimum wage in Massachusetts to $11 by […]

City Life

Changes to Wine Direct Shipping Laws Are Fermenting on Beacon Hill

Wine connoisseurs are looking to stomp out state laws that keep companies from selling their products to people in Massachusetts by barring them from delivering […]

Weddings

Ceremony Boston Comes to Beacon Hill

Ceremony Boston is set to open this month in an airy third floor loft in Beacon Hill. Owner Alix Childs describes it as an “atelier […]

City Life

Tech Tax? What Tech Tax?

The hotly-debated “tech tax” could be getting tossed to the wind for good very soon has been repealed. Governer Deval Patrick signed off on the […]

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‘HempFest’ Organizers Rolling Forward With Annual Rally On Boston Common

It looks like a judge ruled in favor of allowing a group of pot proponents to hold a two-day rally on the Boston Common this […]

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Committee Sets Sights On Gun Law Reform, But Gun Owners Say They Are Being Unfairly Targeted

Hundreds of people packed a State House hearing room on Beacon Hill on Friday to listen to 58 proposed gun-reform changes, ranging from a repeal […]

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Rep. Dan Winslow Wants to Increase the Speed Limit to 70

State Representative Dan Winslow should change his last name to Win-fast. Winslow is pushing for changes to the Massachusetts speed limit laws, asking that they […]

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‘Bodies Are Bodies’: Group Marches Through Boston For Topless Equality

Some people clapped, others cheered, and a few snickered or pulled out their smartphones to grab a photo. But almost every single person that a […]

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Petition Calls For Change to Domestic Violence Laws

Outraged by the fact that the man accused of murdering a Waltham woman just a day after he was let out of jail for allegedly […]

City Life

Report Finds Former State Drug Lab Chemist Affected More Than 40,000 Cases

As it turns out, the “rogue chemist” that allegedly tampered with drug lab samples, and was caught last year, may have messed up a few […]

City Life

Smoking Pot on the Boston Common Could Get Pricey

Attending the annual “Freedom Rally” on the Boston Common could become an expensive event for pro-pot ralliers. Boston City Councilor Bill Linehan wants to raise […]