Local Coverage- Boston Herald

Police eye suspect in murder of Dorchester sisters
Boston police have identified a suspect in the murder of two Dorchester sisters last November and are seeking the...

Mayor implores New Bedford schools to get serious about 'crisis'
NEW BEDFORD - Mayor Jon Mitchell on Monday night said the School Committee needs to take clear and decisive action...

UMass boosts student financial aid to $158M
BOSTON -- The University of Massachusetts has announced that it is boosting financial aid for students by $25 million...

Dolphin strandings offer few clues
WELLFLEET - The rash of strandings of short-beaked common dolphins along the Cape Cod Bay shoreline in the past...

'Pirates' plead guilty to trying to rob boat
GLOUCESTE - Two men authorities say boarded and tried to rob a sailboat in Gloucester Harbor last summer while...

Phillipston man dies in snowmobile crash
WARWICK -- Authorities say a man has died after crashing a snowmobile in the Franklin County town of Warwick. Police...

Dead body discovered outside Hyannis store
HYANNIS - Police are looking into the death of a Barnstable man whose body was found off Barnstable Road on Monday. Around...

Brockton teen shot in neck
A Brockton teenager is recovering after he was shot in the neck early today in what police said may have been a...

DA: Falmouth woman deals drugs with baby in car
FALMOUTH -- Authorities say a 22-year-old Falmouth woman arrested while allegedly making a drug deal with her 3-month-old...

Authorities probe fire at illegal Somerville apartment
Authorities say an illegal apartment was among those in flames yesterday during a raging, two-alarm fire in Somerville...

2 Fall River workers get probation in murky pool case
FALL RIVER - Two former Massachusetts recreation managers have admitted that prosecutors have enough evidence to...

Group says Mass. biz confidence up slightly
A monthly survey shows business confidence on the rise in Massachusetts, but employers remain wary about the pace...

1 killed, 2 hurt in Lowell stabbings
LOWELL - The Middlesex District Attorney's office and Lowell police are investigating a triple stabbing that left...

Stolen laptop found in a snap
A shaken Jamaica Plain graduate student said a cutting-edge security software program called "Prey" turned him...

Fall River Catholic girls school to go co-ed
FALL RIVER - The only all-girls Catholic school in Fall River is going co-ed. Seton Academy for Girls announced...

Barney Frank, partner to band together this summer
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank has has been tight-lipped about his wedding plans as he prepares to get hitched to longtime...

1 dead in crash in Foxboro
FOXBORO - State police say one person is dead after a crash involving a cement truck and a car on Route 1 south...

Over 500 people arrested in national sex crime sting
CHICAGO - The days surrounding the Super Bowl weren't so super for more than 500 people arrested around the country...

Former state workers admit to facts in Fall River pool death
The two former state workers who last year allowed a murky Fall River pool to stay open as a woman's body lay in...

Mass. high court says mobile home park can expand
BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts has approved the expansion of a mobile home park in the town of Shirley,...

Boston's Jewish institutions on alert
A security alert warning of possible extremist attacks on "soft targets" amid increased tensions between Israel...

Cops: Worcester man killed girlfriend in ambush before suicide
A Worcester man ambushed his ex-girlfriend outside a city supermarket yesterday, shooting her twice in the head...

Reality show producers so far getting brushoff from Southie
The battle for Southie is heating up. First there was the Paulilu Productions' YouTube spoof "The Real Housewives...

7th suspect arrested in multi-state burglary ring
KEENE, N.H. - One of seven suspects in a five-state burglary ring has been arrested in New Hampshire. Twenty-one-year-old...

DA: Child porn on peeping Tom's cellphone
A cache of child porn was found on the cellphone of a man accused of using the same phone to videotape women showering...


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