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Matt Murphy State House News Service Restaurants that have been serving patrons on patios and sidewalks for the past two weeks will be able to welcome diners indoors beginning Monday as Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday that he was triggering the next stage of his economic reopening plan. In the …

At about 6:05 PM on Thursday, officers assigned to District D-4 (South End) responded to a radio call for a person with a knife in the area of 1255 Boylston Street in the Fenway area. On arrival, officers were directed to a male standing in the middle of the street …

LIVE STREAM: Saturday, June 20, 7pm. Stevie Wonder, Scott Joplin, Florence Price, Duke Ellington, gospels, classical and pop music — join our music director Yaniv Dinur for a piano concert dedicated to African American music. Tune in on our website or on Facebook for a LIVE STREAM of “From Yaniv’s …

Chris Lisinsk State House News Service Warning that prisons and jails are “major incubators” of the highly infectious coronavirus, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley proposed legislation Thursday that would require large numbers of people to be released from incarceration or custody for at least one year. The bill, which Pressley introduced …

By Katie Lannan State House News Service A pair of bills filed in the House and Senate this week would make Juneteenth an official state holiday in Massachusetts, a step that’s already been taken in other states. The lawmakers who filed the bills here said in a press release that …

Four of those inmates are currently being housed in medical isolation. One was released as the individual’s sentence was concluded. Before being released, the BCSO notified the person picking them up from the correctional facility as well as the state Department of Public Health, which in turn notified the local …

Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Step Two of Phase II of the Commonwealth’s four-phase reopening plan, Reopening Massachusetts, will begin on Monday, June 22 to allow additional industries to resume operations under sector-specific guidelines. Businesses and sectors set to begin operating in Step Two of Phase II are subject …

On Tuesday evening, June 16, Wareham Police received information that there had been an altercation between two groups of males on Station Street near the conservation area. During the incident a vehicle was struck and damaged with a baseball bat, as well as a male being pepper sprayed. All parties …

Governor Charlie Baker today issued a proclamation declaring June 19, 2020 as “Juneteenth Independence Day” in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Celebrated each year on June 19th, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, and is an opportunity to reflect on the need to continue working toward racial …

“These four explosive detection canines successfully passed the certification exam with their handlers today. Three will work for the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad assigned to DFS and one for another agency. In addition, 13 others were recertified today. These dogs are posed before the Accelerant and Explosive K9 Memorial …