Fire Code Issues Increases Rift Between Somerville VFW and Neighbors Interesting piece in patch.com about a rift between the Somerville VFW Post and neighbors. Learn More
Wellesley Moves Toward Liquor Licenses for Restaurants with Less Than 100 Seats A Wellesley Special Town Meeting approved an article that moves the town closer to reducing the number of seats required... Learn More
Massachusetts Lawmaker Seeks to Widen Sex Abuse Laws in Wake of Penn State Following the scandal engulfing Penn State University, one Massachusetts lawmaker says he wants to widen laws governing who must report... Learn More
Cape Camp Pledges Improved Safety Following Abuse Scandal The attorney for Camp Good News, the Christian summer camp in Sandwich that has been linked to allegations of past... Learn More
Happy Hour Proposal Shelved, At Least for Now A proposal to allow bars and restaurants in Massachusetts to sell discounted drinks is on hold, according to its two... Learn More
Senate Approves Bill To Increase Cap on Off-Premises Licenses The Senate has approved and sent to the House a bill that would allow supermarkets and other large retailers to... Learn More
Lawmaker Revises Happy Hour Ban Plan WWLP.com reports that Senator Robert Hedlund, a Republican from Hingham, is backing away from his Senate-passed casino amendment that proposes... Learn More
Shrewsbury Package Store on Hold Plans to open a Wines & More liquor store in the former Borders Bookstore at 497 Turnpike Road (Route 9)... Learn More
Man flees crash; charged with 7th OUI Police in Foxboro, Mass. arrested a Taunton man who led them on an almost hour-long chase after fleeing the scene... Learn More
Judge Awards $3M In Priest Abuse Case A Massachusetts judge on Friday awarded a total of $3 million to two child sex abuse victims of a former... Learn More
Group Announces New License Broker Division Daniel Newcomb, principal of The Atlantic Restaurant Group, based out of Marshfield, a commercial real estate firm that specializes in... Learn More
Tougher Penalties Sought for Drunk Drivers Interesting article in the Patriot Ledger about casinos, happy-hour laws, and whether the return of happy hour will have an... Learn More
Sex Offender Arrested on Attempted Rape Charges NEW BEDFORD Police have arrested a registered Level 3 sex offender after reportedly stumbling upon an attempted rape. William H.... Learn More
UMass Group Awarded Grant AMHERST, Mass. – Everywoman’s Center ( EWC ) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a three-year, $112,000... Learn More
Summary Judgment Granted to Au Pair Agency in Sex Abuse Case Federal Court judge Denise Casper has entered summary judgment for Defendant Cultural Care in a case brought by plaintiff, on... Learn More
Happy Hour Could Return to Massachusetts The Massachusetts State Senate has included an amendment in their version of the casino bill allowing local bars and restaurants... Learn More
More Grocery and Liquor Stores Will Sell Alcohol The Boston Globe reports that industry groups have struck a compromise to allow more grocery and package stores to sell... Learn More
Beverly Employee Caught With Porn Gets Pension Reinstated Thomas Scully, a Beverly Public Library employee who pled guilty to child pornography possession in 2009, is entitled to have... Learn More
Gardner officer facing child rape charge resigns A Gardner man who spent 14 years as a city police officer has resigned from the force. Larry Landry was... Learn More
Appeals Court Reverses Woman’s Rape Conviction The state Appeals Court has overturned the conviction of a Lowell woman found guilty along with her husband in 1997... Learn More
Proposed Law Would Eliminate Statute of Limitations for Sex Abuse Cases The Boston Globe reports about a bill that would eliminate civil and criminal statutes of limitations for childhood sex abuse... Learn More