Boston Public School families experienced significant school bus delays during the first week of the new school year.
On the first day of school, 66% of buses were late, according to data provided by BPS. (See the chart below.)
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Dad of girl killed by truck in Andover suffers his own close call, continues push for safer streets
The first thought Eric Olson had after getting hit by a truck while cycling in Andover, Massachusetts, last week was of his late 5-year-old daughter, Sidney.
Olson was riding his bike down Woburn Street when a Ford F150 hit his back tire and s…
Dorchester man accused of raping and beating woman in his apartment
A Dorchester man is accused of raping and beating a woman in his apartment over the weekend, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
Anthony Dew, 42, was charged with one count of aggravated rape in Dorchester BMC. Dew is accused of violently raping a woman at an apartment on Evelyn Street early Sunday morning.
According to prosecutors, the woman was screaming and spitting up blood when officers first found her, with her jeans pulled down to her ankles and a t-shirt that appeared to be soaked in blood. She said “he raped me” and pointed to an apartment, telling officers a man who lived there raped and beat her as she “went in and out” of consciousness.
The victim was taken to the hospital with bruises and scratches all over her body and swelling and bruising to her mouth and both of her eyes.
Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673, and Massachusetts provides this list of statewide and resources for sexual assault survivors.
Dew was combative with officers when he found them at the scene. Police noted that he had scratches on his hands and face. Based on the victim’s description of her attacker, he was taken into custody.
“This was a terrible, violent attack, and one likely to have lasting emotional and physical impacts on the victim. We will do everything we can to assist her now and as the case moves forward,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a media statement.
Dew has a history in the court system – he pleaded guilty to sex trafficking, assault and drug charges in 2016 and was sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison. However, after he finished his sentence in 2023 the conviction was vacated by the Supreme Judicial Court due to ineffective counsel.
Man now charged with murder in death of Lawrence mom found in Haverhill
A man is now being charged with murder in the death of a Lawrence, Massachusetts, mother whose body was found in a park days after she was reported missing, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The Essex County district attorney had previously said murder charges were expected in the death of Carol Flaz-Burgos, pending the completion of an autopsy. That autopsy has now been completed, and Cristian Montero, who was previously charged with witness intimidation, has now been charged with murder, the DA’s office said.
Montero is due to face the murder charge at an arraignment in Lawrence District Court Wednesday afternoon.
NBC10 Boston has reached out to prosecutors for more on what the autopsy found.
This is a breaking news story that will be updated.
More on Carol Flaz-Burgos’ death
Neighborhood restaurant featuring authentic Persian dishes closes
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]
A neighborhood restaurant that featured authentic Persian dishes has shut down.
According to multiple sources, Shiraz Persian Cuisine in East Watertown is no longer in business, with a …
Family devastated by deaths of mother, son in New Bedford crash
The family of a woman and her son who died in a rollover crash on Interstate 195 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Friday is seeking answers clarifying what happened in the incident, having heard different accounts.
First responders encountere…
