The investigation continues after antisemitic stickers were posted all around Brookline, Massachusetts. And the community is now coming together to fight hate.
Members of a synagogue on Harvard Street will gather outside in a show of solidarit…
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High wildfire risk across Massachusetts this week
The dry, windy and warm temperatures are increasing the risk for brush fires, and several have already sparked across Massachusetts this week.
In Lynn Woods Reservation, the concern is similar to elsewhere – warmer than normal weather, dry leaves that have been falling, thick brush already on the ground and the wind and lack of rain.
It’s the perfect recipe for a forest fire. And that’s exactly what happened off Paxton Road in Holden on Wednesday.
White smoke could be seen coming from under several trees. Spencer and Townsend fire departments were called in to help fight that fire.
And in Lynn, fire crews and residents are on high alert because of these conditions.
Lynn has 2,200 acres of forestry land – the bulk of which is in Lynn Woods Reservation. And over the past two years, firefighters say more than 400 acres have burned in brush fires, so they’re being extra cautious with the elevated fire risk this week.
“With how dry it has been, the current foliage that’s falling and everything, it’s something that we’re watching out for,” Lynn Fire Lt. Dennis Ring said. “We have people who are regularly in the woods hiking, biking, so that early detection and letting us know there’s a fire is huge.”
With no measurable rain in the forecast and a mix of seasonable weather and warmer than normal temperatures, these concerns will likely remain through the end of the month.
Man shot in the face in North Attleborough hotel lobby
A 61-year-old man was shot in the face late Monday night in a hotel lobby in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, according to officials, who say they don’t believe the victim was the intended target.
The Bristol County District Attorney&#…
23-year-old motorcyclist critically injured in Mansfield crash
A 23-year-old man was flown to a Boston hospital after he sustained life-threatening injuries when his motorcycle and a car collided in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon.
The Mansfield Fire Department says there were multiple 911 c…
Karen Read supporter denies intimidating witnesses with rubber ducks
In one of the more unusual twists and turns of the Karen Read case, one of her supporters was arraigned on Wednesday, accused of placing rubber ducks on the property of people connected to the high-profile investigation.
Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Junior with witness intimidation, harassment and littering.
The ducks included messages protesting the Read prosecution. Schiffer says he got the idea about the ducks after Read’s attorney argued in court that Read was framed, saying, “if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it’s a duck.”
Schiffer’s attorney, Tim Bradl, tells NBC10 Boston that “they’re throwing the book at him.”
Bradl also says that his client has a right to free speech.
“We joke about rubber ducks but this is serious stuff,” he said. “This is the government trying to tamp down our First Amendment rights because they don’t agree with the message.”
NBC10 Legal Analyst Michael Coyne says it comes down to intention.
“The question is were the actions designed to intimidate and harass these witnesses? If in fact they were, then you’ve got a different story, it’s not all covered by the First Amendment,” Coyne said.
Schiffer believes there’s been a massive coverup in the Read case.
Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, outside a Canton home during a snowstorm by backing her car into him. Her defense says O’Keefe was beaten up inside the home and left on the front lawn.
As for Schiffer, he pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday to the charges he’s facing. Bradl is filing a motion to dismiss the charges. A hearing is scheduled in one month.
Barn catches fire in Holliston
A fire broke out at a barn in Holliston, Massachusetts, Wednesday evening, the fire department said, adding that firefighters were able to extinguish it before it spread to the nearby residence.
The Holliston Fire Department received multiple …
