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Allegations of sick time abuse at the fire department in Medford, Massachusetts, are under investigation by city officials.
Nearly all firefighters called out one weekend this month, with overtime to cover the empty shifts costing nearly $100,000.
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A teenager working at a fast food restaurant in Fall River, Massachusetts, is accused of attacking a customer Tuesday.
NBC affiliate WJAR reported that 19-year-old Colby McCarthy was arrested after allegedly throwing a metal tray at the head of a c…
A request to bring in the National Guard to help stop high school violence in Brockton, Massachusetts, is gaining national attention.
A nonprofit formed after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, reached out to officials to propose another solution for the situation at Brockton High School. The Uvalde Foundation wants to help Brockton set up citizen patrol teams to monitor neighborhoods around the school.
The foundation has yet to receive a response back from the district, but they said it is prepared to recruit and organize.
“It is a sad state of affairs in this nation when a school has to call upon the National Guard to protect its students. We have a better solution and it starts with a community who decides to take action to protect their own sons and daughters,” the foundation’s founder Daniel Chapin said in a release.
Teachers are also proposing alternatives. Cliff Canavan, who was injured breaking up a fight at Brockton High School in 2022, said what needs to change is the state’s school discipline law. He said the law, known as Chapter 222, severely limits the school’s ability to suspend students.
“They’re not going to care if it’s a National Guard uniform or if it’s a teacher. They’re going to continue to act the same way unless they’re held accountable in an effective manner,” Canavan said.
Bringing in military support would not make much of a difference without the power to discipline, he said.
“What are they going to do? They’re not allowed to discipline the kids any differently than we are,” Canavan said. “If kids don’t feel like they’re actually being punished, it enables the behavior to continue.”
Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan said he also supports changing the regulations that hamper the efforts of teachers. In a statement, he said he does not think military measures are appropriate.
Boston police are looking for two suspects believed involved in two robberies in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood on Monday evening.
Investigators said the first happened near 853 River St. around 5:50 p.m. The second was at 942A Hyde Park A…
A judge has issued a final judgment on the case against the teachers’ union in Newton, Massachusetts, following a strike over contract negotiations that shut down schools for 11 days and will cost the union $625,000 in fines, but parents say the…
Escalating her administration’s response to a potential health care crisis, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday suggested Steward Health Care transfer its Massachusetts hospitals to new operators “as soon as possible” and demanded long-sought financial information about the for-profit system by the end of the week.
Healey penned a three-page letter to Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre, which her office publicized, alleging that his team has “not been forthcoming, truthful or responsive” about the apparent financial distress the hospitals are facing.
The governor demanded Steward provide the state with information about its finances — which all hospitals by law are required to submit to regulators — by the close of business on Friday. She also called on the system to properly staff and supply all of its Massachusetts facilities, comply with increased on-site state monitoring, and allow someone else to take over its seven hospitals in the Bay State.
“The time has come to move past our many months of discussions and begin executing a safe, orderly transition of your seven licensed facilities in Massachusetts to new operators as soon as possible,” Healey wrote. “This begins with your commitment to fully disclose the financial information we have requested by close of business on February 23, 2024. Your continued refusal to do so, particularly at this moment, is irresponsible and an affront to the patients, workers, and communities that the Steward hospitals serve. It also leads to a further breakdown in trust and creates a major roadblock to our ability to work together to resolve this effectively.”
While the letter didn’t say what consequences the health care system would face if it didn’t comply, Healey Cced the acting U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, Joshua Levy, and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.
And the letter put “freezing admissions, closing beds, canceling procedures, and transferring patients to other hospitals” on the table as possible responses if the hospitals don’t get adequate staff and supply levels.
Read the letter here:
NBC10 Boston’s Asher Klein contributed to this report.
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