Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s team is looking into what more the state can do to help high school students who do not pass the MCAS exam, but she gave voice Tuesday to her opposition to a potential ballot question that would force the state …
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Truck carrying batteries rolls over on I-290 in Auburn, prompts hazmat response
A tractor-trailer carrying batteries rolled over in Auburn, Massachusetts, early Wednesday morning, fire officials said, prompting a hazmat response.
The incident occurred just after midnight on the westbound ramp from Interstate 290 to the Massach…
Police investigating ‘peeping Tom’ incident in Brighton
Police are continuing to investigate after a man was reportedly peeping in the window of a home in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood over the weekend.
The incident has neighbors on edge, as this is not the first time.
A man with a flashlight was caught walking around a woman’s Beechcroft Street yard at about 2 a.m. Sunday and peeping in her windows, Boston police said.
When officers arrived, they searched all over the neighborhood for the man but found no one, according to police.
Officers, however, did find a plastic chair in her driveway that was faced toward her bedroom, police said.
Nearly a month ago, a female Boston College student saw a man coming up the back steps of the house she shares with eight other students. She immediately called police. Just days before that incident, someone was seen peering through their bathroom window.
As for the latest incident on Beechcroft Street, police said the person they’re looking for is about 5 feet 8 inches tall and was last seen wearing a light gray hoodie and jeans.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Boston Police Department.
Breezy and mild Wednesday, with evening rain showers
Mini warmup Wednesday, but it will be fleeting. Breezes make it feel chilly, and the sun will dart in and out of the clouds. Things get a little bumpy as we move through the evening and a vigorous cold front approaches.
The front is supported by so…
Brockton High School principal reports progress combating violence
School leaders in Brockton, Massachusetts, struck an optimistic tone at a Tuesday night meeting about progress in curbing student violence.
After weeks of discussions on how to deal with violence at Brockton High School — including the state denying some school committee members’ request for National Guard assistance — new safety policies are in effect, and morale is improving.
Police in Brockton has been working with the school committee to establish a safer setting. A representative from the Brockton Police Department said at the meeting that while fights are still occurring, they seem to be trending downward.
Among the policy changes are bag checks with metal detectors and unoccupied classrooms being secured. Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and his team will also work with the school to improve security.
“I’d like to thank our teaching staff, who’s doing an outstanding job, — I’m not just saying it for the TV cameras and the such,” Brockton High School Principal Kevin McCaskill said during the meeting. “They come to work every single day, we’re seeing an increase in teacher attendance.”
“Definitely, it’s very different,” one student told NBC10 Boston. “It’s sort of calming down a little bit.”
“It feels great, you know, but again, we still have work to do,” McCaskill said. “We are, in no way, shape and form, the school that we need to be. So if we continuously work hard, come in with our hard hats on every single day to provide the best possible outcomes for our students, we will continue to do that.”
3rd teen arrested in fatal shooting of high school student in Fall River
A third teenager is facing charges in the deadly shooting of a high school student last week in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Police responded to Rock Street Thursday morning around 11:40 a.m. Thursday, finding 18-year-old Colus Jamal Mills-Good of Fa…
