Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, the state’s top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen in Middlesex County — as hundreds of people statewide remain unrepresented.
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MassDOT worried people aren’t paying attention ahead of major road work
Officials at MassDOT have their fingers crossed hoping that people are paying attention to their weekend traffic warnings.
Pot cafe rules near completion, could be in force by October
Almost nine years after the state moved to allow adults to use marijuana recreationally, rules for how Amsterdam-style pot cafes will operate in the Bay State are finally coming into focus and could be in place by Halloween.
Group gets $250K to address health equity in Ayer
AYER — As the Nashoba Valley Region continues to grapple with the loss of a hospital, a local group received a three-year, $250,000 grant to bolster health equity in Ayer, the Healey administration announced Wednesday. The Health Equity Partnership of North Central Massachusetts will use the funding to create a coalition to address the underlying […]
Tourism down ‘between 20% and 60%’ in several Northeast states, US governors meet with Canadian premiers
As a new U.S. federal policies shift the U.S.’s foreign relationships, tourism has been hit hard in several Northeastern states, governors stated in a wide-ranging conversation with Canadian premiers at the Massachusetts State House on Monday.
Trump protestors pack downtown Fitchburg
Protestors lined both sides of the street in the center of downtown Fitchburg on Saturday, June 14 as part of a nationwide No Kings protest to oppose President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington for his birthday, as well as his policies and Big Beautiful Bill.
