Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation Friday that redefines how families are spelled out in state law, a move supporters say will make it easier for the LGBTQ+ community become parents.
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Karen Read case defense team asks original jurors to be questioned on possible murder verdict
Karen Read’s defense team is asking that the jury of the trial that ended in mistrial be brought back in for a private hearing to determine if they had actually reached a verdict on two of the three charges against the Mansfield woman — including murder.
‘Live longer and live better’
FITCHBURG — The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) approved the funds required to transform Wallace Tower into a modern, aging-in-place community so its residents can live longer and live better. The announcement came last month by the Fitchburg Housing Authority (FHA) during an event that drew an overflowing crowd of tenants, local […]
Summer cookout with ‘Jumpin Juba’ at Senior Center
PEPPERELL — On a hot summer afternoon over 125 senior friends at the Albert Harris/Pepperell Senior Center were treated to a delicious cookout luncheon sponsored by the Rotary Club of Groton and Pepperell. Everyone was delighted to tap their feet to the live music of folk trio “Jumpin’ Juba.” The concert was funded by a […]
Community Calendar
Friday, August 9 Adult Hula Hooping: 10 a.m.; Townsend Public Library, 12 Dudley Road. Bring your hoop and enjoy a morning of exercise. Register at townsendlibrary.org. Parent & Me Yoga: 10:15 a.m.; Thayer Memorial Library, 717 Main St., Lancaster. Explore yoga and movement through poses, songs, and a story. Led by Valerie Kacian. 978-368-8928. Preschool STEAM Story […]
Warren, Markey push private equity firm Apollo to ‘act quickly’ in sales of Steward hospitals
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are fixing on a new target in the Steward Health bankruptcy crisis, pushing affiliated private equity giant Apollo Global Management as the key “fulcrum economic stakeholder” in desperate efforts to sell the remaining Massachusetts hospitals.
