By Tiffany Williams - Photo Credit: Isabel Leon Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined Boston EMS and the Boston Public Health Commission to celebrate the graduation of 32 new EMTs and the promotion of seven EMS members at Faneuil Hall. All graduates are state-certified EMTs who completed the Boston EMS Recruit Academy, an intensive program preparing … Continue reading Boston EMS Strengthens Workforce with New EMT Graduates and Leadership Promotions

By Tiffany Williams - BOLTON, Mass. – The town of Bolton announced Sunday that Police Chief Luke Hamburger died suddenly. Hamburger joined the Bolton Police Department in 2005 after beginning his career in Shrewsbury in 2003. He attended the police academy in 2006 and served as a patrol officer until 2012, when he was promoted … Continue reading Tragedy in Bolton: Police Chief Luke Hamburger Dies Unexpectedly

By Tiffany Williams - Boston cops are warning residents about a slick phone scam after a Dorchester victim was conned out of cash by someone posing as a police sergeant. According to investigators, the victim got a call on Tuesday, September 30, from (617) 634-5528, with the caller claiming to be a Boston Police sergeant. … Continue reading Fake Cop Scams Boston Resident Out of Cash — Police Warn of New Phone Scheme

By Tiffany Williams - Two men were killed early Saturday when a fast-moving fire tore through a home in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The blaze broke out around 4:40 a.m. at 53 Mobile Avenue, after a neighbor called 911 to report the fire. A Chelmsford Fire Department engine already in the area on another call got there … Continue reading Chelmsford, Massachusetts Firefighters Pull Two Victims From Burning Home — Both Pronounced Dead

By Tiffany Williams - Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey celebrated the opening of a new live-fire training building at the Department of Fire Services’ Bridgewater campus Thursday, joining State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, Massachusetts Firefighting Academy staff, and fire service leaders from across the state. “Every day our firefighters put their lives on the line … Continue reading Massachusetts Debuts New Live-Fire Training Facility at Bridgewater Fire Academy

By Tiffany Williams - Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll hit the road Thursday to sell their BRIGHT Act, a massive $2.5 billion higher ed bond bill they say will modernize Massachusetts campuses and create nearly 20,000 construction jobs. Healey stopped at UMass Dartmouth, touring the construction site of the LARTS building alongside … Continue reading Massachusetts Higher Ed Gets a Makeover: BRIGHT Act Aims to Boost Jobs and Facilities

By Tiffany Williams - Massachusetts just secured more than $4 million in federal funding to expand its two Veterans Memorial Cemeteries in Agawam and Winchendon, ensuring space for service members and their families for the next decade. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration and will fund new columbarium … Continue reading Massachusetts Secures $4M to Expand Veterans Cemeteries in Agawam, Winchendon

By Tiffany Williams - Governor Maura Healey tapped two veteran juvenile law experts Wednesday to fill vacancies on the Massachusetts Juvenile Court bench, sending Jamie Bennett and Benjamin Mann to the Governor’s Council for confirmation. Bennett, the head of the Youth Advocacy Division in Worcester’s Committee for Public Counsel Services, has spent nearly two decades … Continue reading Governor Maura Healey Nominates Two Juvenile Law Veterans to Massachusetts Bench

By Tiffany Williams - An electric scooter battery blew up inside a Ludlow home, sparking a two-alarm inferno that ripped through the place and left the family homeless, officials said. The blast tore through the house at 56 Haviland Street around 3:53 p.m. Tuesday, with flames shooting from multiple windows of the single-story home, according … Continue reading Scooter Battery Explosion Sparks Two-Alarm Fire in Ludlow Home

By Tiffany Williams - Oxford cops say drivers still aren’t getting the message, so they’re rolling out a new crackdown. The Oxford Police Department has been hammering traffic enforcement in town, but the early numbers don’t lie—bad driving habits haven’t changed. Police say writing tickets for a day or pulling over a few cars isn’t … Continue reading Drivers Still Speeding in Oxford—Police Double Down With STEP Plan

By Tiffany Williams - The Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General has found that a former Hopkinton Parks and Recreation Department director deliberately bypassed state procurement laws and mishandled town cash, raising concerns about oversight and accountability. According to the OIG, Jay Guelfi, the former department director, struck an unwritten “handshake agreement” with a local … Continue reading Handshake Deal, Missing Money: Hopkinton Parks Director Under Fire