[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]
A bagel place in the northern suburbs of Boston is expanding to a second space north of the city, and this one is replacing a bakery-cafe that shut down last year.
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Baxter International to close Acton facility, lay off employees
Baxter International, a medical device company based in Illinois, plans to close its site in Acton only a few years after acquiring the building. The closure will result in 59 employees losing their jobs.
The job cuts are effective May 3 to J…
Man charged with kidnapping, assault after trapping girls in church bathroom
A Massachusetts man is facing kidnapping and assault charges after police say he followed two girls inside a church bathroom over the weekend and refused to let them leave.
Around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, police in Hudson said they were called to a church on Marlboro Street for an incident involving an adult male and two young girls.
Their investigation revealed that an adult male, identified as 61-year-old Michael Gadomski, of Stow, had followed the girls into the bathroom and then prevented them from leaving. Police determined that Gadomski had engaged in similar unwanted activity involving the same girls in the past.
He was taken into custody without incident and charged with kidnapping of a child, assault and disorderly conduct. He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Marlborough District Court.
The two girls were not injured.
“I applaud these individuals for reporting this incident and for their bravery during this process,” Hudson Police Chief Richard DiPersio said in a statement. “I would also like to commend our officers for their professionalism in helping to keep our community safe.”
Fight at Brockton High School Monday injures staff member
A staff member at Brockton High School was injured in a fight that took place Monday, officials said.
Details on what took place in the fight weren’t immediately available. It’s the latest in a series of violent incidents at the school, the largest high school in Massachusetts.
The students involved in the fight will be disciplined and school police were investigating, according to a representative for Brockton Public Schools. The injured staff member, who wasn’t identified, was evaluated by the school nurse and sent home.
Brockton police were gathering information when asked for information by NBC10 Boston Monday afternoon.
Apparent video of the fight showed two people brawling in a hallway. It wasn’t immediately clear from the footage what prompted the fight.
Other fights at the school have been filmed, including one last month of students fighting on a stairwell.
Teachers have described the regular student violence at Brockton High School as a nightmare, and some members of the Brockton School Committee have called for members of the National Guard to be brought in to help keep the peace at the school.
That unorthodox measure was opposed by Brockton’s mayor and ultimately nixed by Gov. Maura Healey last week. But she did say the state would provide a grant to pay for a public safety audit to ensure resources are in the right places.
More on the recent violence at Brockton High Schools
Harvard names new provost amid leadership changes
Harvard has named a new provost to oversee the university’s academics after its most recent provost stepped into the interim president role.
John F. Manning, who has been the dean of the Harvard Law School, will become interim provost starting Mar…
Taffer’s Tavern at Arsenal Yards in Watertown has closed
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]
The Boston-area location of a trio of restaurants owned by the host of a reality show has shut down.
According to a post from @adam_lozo, Taffer’s Tavern at Arsenal Yards in Watertown …
