Another violent incident at Brockton High School prompted renewed calls for safety after a staff member was injured while trying to break up a fight.
Apparent video of the fight showed two people brawling in a hallway. It wasn’t immediately c…
Massachusetts
Supreme Court decision to keep Trump on ballot to impact Super Tuesday voting
All eyes are on the race for the Republican nomination for president. The Supreme Court made a major ruling Monday, allowing former President Donald Trump to stay on the ballot.
Now, his challenger Nikki Haley is making a major push to stay competi…
Mass. voters to head to the polls for Super Tuesday
It’s Super Tuesday for 16 states across the United States, including in Massachusetts — and in less than two hours, the polls will officially open for voters.
A decent turnout is expected at polls like in Boston’s West Roxbury neighborhood. But Secretary of State Bill Galvin said we’ve already seen a significant number of mail-in ballots and early voting.
Galvin said between 700 and 800,000 voters requested mail-in ballots and more than half have been returned.
More than 15,000 Democrats have become unenrolled or become Republicans. That allows them to vote in the GOP presidential primary.
There are six municipal elections piggybacking on this election, and Galvin said that should increase turnout as well.
“We’ve had very significant participation in our early voting process. Over 50,000 people actually voted in person early and over 400,000 voted by mail. It certainly indicates also a significant interest on the number of unenrolled independent voters, which are the majority of our voters to participate in these primaries,” said Galvin.
If you still have a mail-in ballot, don’t mail it in. You’ll need to drop it off in a drop box, a local election office or vote in person.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Other New England states voting on Super Tuesday are Maine and Vermont.
Polls in Maine open between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., depending on the town and close at 8 p.m. In Vermont, also depending on the location, voters head to the polls between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
Rounds of heavy rain brings flooding potential this week
We’re wading through the week as we stare down three separate storm systems through Sunday. First up isn’t a huge deal, but it’s not helping matters either.
Rivers and streams are running high from recent rainfall, so this will ac…
Shelter set to help about 25 families in Fort Point
Migrant families who need housing are getting ready to move into a building in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston.
Their impending arrival at the new Farnsworth Street shelter comes with criticism that neighbors had no say.
“The process and the community process itself were lousy,” said City Councilor Ed Flynn. “There was no residential or community input.”
Flynn represents residents living in the area.
“Boston is a very compassionate city, but at some point, we just don’t have the resources or the money to continue welcoming everybody in,” he said.
According to the plan, the building will be used for overnight shelter. There’s room for about 25 families.
During the day, the families will be taken by vans to local YMCAs and community centers.
“I would say transportation and traffic are issues that we have to watch closely,” said Flynn.
The space in the building is owned by the Unitarian Universalist Association.
“We have the moral obligation to support vulnerable families, including migrant families,” the organization said in a statement. “Every child deserves a safe place to sleep, and we are pleased to do our part to help them.”
The association says cots and supplies were delivered to the building Monday. The migrants will be moving in at some point this week.
How marijuana is becoming big business in Fitchburg
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, a relatively small city in Worcester County, has transformed itself into a mega town for marijuana.
Converting an old wire-making factory into a cannabis cultivation operation, Garden Remedies was the first to move to Fitc…
