Boston YMCA Screens for Sex Offenders The Boston Globe reports that the YMCA of Greater Boston has begun screening all current and prospective members and guests... Learn More
Delays For New Patriot Place Eatery The Sun Chronicle (Attleboro) reports that Toby Keith’s yet-to-open Patriot Place bar needs new a liquor license because of state... Learn More
Mass Liquor Stores Near NH Expect Boost The Boston Globe reports on liquor stores near the New Hampshire border than expect a boost in sales now that... Learn More
Wilkinson Sentencing Moved to Jan. 6, 2011 A federal judge has delayed the sentencing of former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson for corruption charges. Wilkerson was scheduled to... Learn More
DNA Links Colono to 2008 College Rapes The Boston Globe reports that DNA evidence has linked a man suspected of raping a child and brutally stabbing his... Learn More
Former Court Clerk Gets Two Years For Coerced Sex The Boston Globe reports that a former Chelsea District Court clerk magistrate has been sentenced to two years in federal... Learn More
Wareham Dentist Accused of Trading Sex for Drugs A Wareham dentist is accused of trading sex for drugs, according to federal court papers. Wareham police, along with agents... Learn More
Northboro Board Issues License After ABCC Appeal After denying the transfer of a liquor license to a Shrewsbury man partly because of his character, the Northboro Board... Learn More
Brockton Group Changes Name, Expands Mission Nice piece in the Brockton Enterprise about the change in name from Womansplace Crisis Center to A New Day. The... Learn More
Mass. Court Recognizes Homeless Plight in Sex Offender GPS Case The highest court in Massachusetts says homeless sex offenders should not be punished for being unable to keep their GPS... Learn More
Lynn Mexican Eatery Obtains License The city of Lynn’s License Commission has voted to approve the transfer of a beer-and-wine license to Lupita at 18-20... Learn More
Lawrence Newspaper Opposes New License for Controversial Club The Lawrence Eagle Tribune published an editorial last week theorizing that if police accounts are accurate, the Capital Cafe &... Learn More
Allston License Revoked Due to Zoning Discrepancy A yet-to-open pizza restaurant in Allston will have its recently approved liquor license revoked because of a zoning discrepancy, according... Learn More
Three Mass. Men Accuse Deceased Priest of Molestation Three former Lowell altar boys, now in their 30s, have accused the late Rev.Czeslaw Szymanski, O.S.P., of Holy Trinity Parish,... Learn More
Sales of Luxury Wines Up in Mass. Interesting story in the Globe about retail sales of wine in the $20-plus category, which have increased 18 percent from... Learn More
Greenfield Business Owner Wants To Open Large Liquor Store Barry Gidseg, the owner of The Big Y Plaza in Greenfield, wants a large liquor store to open in the... Learn More
Plea Negotiations Break Down in Holyoke Sex Scandal Plea negotiations have broken down for former Holyoke teacher Lisa M. Lavoie, who is accused of running off with a... Learn More
Diane Wilkerson to be Sentenced December 22 Attorneys for a former Massachusetts state senator who pleaded guilty to accepting $23,500 in bribes are complaining that federal prosecutors... Learn More
Wenham Restaurant Wants to Sell Wine To Go Three years ago, The Exchange at the Wenham Tea House was issued Wenham’s first liquor license. Soon, the Salem News... Learn More
New Topping Requires ID; Whipped Cream Contains 15 Percent Alcohol Weeks after state liquor regulators banned the sale of caffeine-packed alcoholic drinks, two other liquor concoctions are making their way... Learn More
Falmouth Club Liquor License Suspension Reduced Falmouth Selectmen reduced its suspension of the Cape Verdean Club’s liquor license this week from 60 days to two weeks... Learn More