Boston’s Origination Cultural Arts Center is getting ready for it’s most high profile stage, the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington D.C.
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Active police investigation in Chelsea
A police investigation is underway in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Overnight, police had blocked off the sidewalk outside of the MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center on Everett Avenue.
Yellow crime scene tape was seen marking the area, and what appeared to be shattered glass was on the pavement nearby.
No official details have been released. NBC10 Boston has reached out to Chelsea police seeking further information.
Two people rescued from house fire in Yarmouth
Two people were rescued from a Christmas night fire in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, according to fire officials.
The fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Gill Avenue.
Fire officials said the homeowner’s daughter, who was staying in a camper out back, saw flames coming from her mother’s home. Her husband, who was also staying in the camper, helped get the mother out of the home. A second person who was inside the home also escaped safely.
The fire started in a bedroom and was mostly contained to the second floor of the home.
Three people were evaluated by medical personnel, including the mother, the other occupant and the man who went into the house to rescue them. All three are expected to be OK.
No firefighters were injured battling the blaze.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The Red Cross is assisting those who were displaced by the blaze.
What you need to know if you want to return your Christmas gift
While most shoppers think they’ve nailed it with their gifts, some people may be returning or exchanging them.
But it’s not always an easy swap due to the different return policies.
Many retailers have updated their policies so whoever received your gift can get something more to their liking.
Some of them include Amazon giving shoppers until January 31st to return gifts, around a 90 day window for people who bought their gifts on November 1st.
Target says any electronic or entertainment item purchased on or later than November 7th can return it until January 24 for a full refund.
At Best Buy, any purchase made on or after November 1st can be returned through January 14th, 2025.
And if you bought a video game or system from Gamestop between November 17 and December 24, you have until January 18 to return it but the package must be unopened.
It should also be noted that none of these policies apply to Apple products.
If you are one of the people returning a gift, you are not alone. The National Retail Federation is predicting that the return rate for the 2024 holidays will be 17% higher than the annual return rate, which is 17% at the moment.
To put those numbers into perspective, the return rate pre-pandemic for 2019 was 8.1%.
10 Massachusetts Town Fair Tire stores sold for $88.5 million
The estate of Town Fair Tire’s founder has sold 31 of the retail chain’s properties in the Northeast for $88.5 million, including 10 in Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island.
Orion Buying Corp., an affiliate of Miami-based Orion Real Es…
Massachusetts ed tech group’s board members resign after ‘dangerous’ anti-Israel, Holocaust comments at conference
Five board members from the ed tech group Massachusetts Computer Using Educators have resigned following a MassCUE conference when speakers made “dangerous” anti-Israel and Holocaust comments.
