House of Blues sued over fatal wrong-way crash; fired immigration judge sues to get job back
Widow of man killed by alleged drunk driver in wrong-way I-95 crash sues House of Blues
May 18
The widow of an Endicott College police sergeant, killed while driving home to Exeter, NH at the end of a shift, today sued the House of Blues on Lansdowne Street and Live Nation, alleging the concert hall overserved the man charged with killing her husband.
On a clear day, you can see forever
May 18
Crashsafely climbed the stairs to the top of the Cochituate Standpipe on Fort Hill yesterday during the annual open house (open tower?) by the Roxbury Historical Society and the...
Area woman says something stinks about 'unscented' Secret, so she sues
May 18
A Massachusetts woman hopes to become lead plaintiff in a class-action suit against Procter & Gamble over the way its "unscented" Secret deodorant has an ingredient list that includes "fragrance."
As one private elementary school in Jamaica Plain gets ready to shut, another plans to open nearby
May 18
Jamaica Plain News interviews the founder of a new private school aiming to open this fall, initially in space rented from Temple Israel in the Longwood Medical Area, but eventually in its own space on...
Man gets 17 to 20 for repeatedly drugging woman to rape her; faces a separate trial related to a woman's decomposing body found in a Hyde Park forest
May 18
A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced Rinnyers Pena, 47, to 17 to 20 years in state prison following his conviction on Friday on one count of drugging for sexual intercourse, one count of strangulation, two counts of rape, and two counts of photographing an unsuspecting nude person, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Three women charged with beating up man in robbery at Downtown Crossing T stop
May 18
Transit Police report arresting three women - 18, 19 and 21, from Everett and Medford - on charges they beat up a man in a robbery near the faregates at the Orange Line in Downtown Crossing around 10 p.m. on Sunday.
Dunk's to try to do to Canada what Krispy Kreme tried to do to Massachusetts
May 18
The CBC reports that a Dunkin' franchisee is planning hundreds of Dunk's across the Great White North, under the assumption that Canada will run to an American chain at a time when Yankee-go-homeness is at peak levels north of the border and when Tim Horton's still exists. Grizzled New Englanders, of course, will remember when Krispy Kreme tried a similar invasion of the Boston area, only to fail.
Fired immigration judge sues to get job back; charges regime is racist, xenophobic and hates older people
May 18
A man fired as a Boston-area immigration judge is suing to get his job back - on the grounds he was forced out because of his national origin, because he had been a lawyer who worked with immigrants in the past and because he was too old for a regime that prefers younger faces for positions below cabinet level....
A calming voice in a Blue Line crisis
May 18
On Boston Reddit, CarreraEngi reports on a bad mishap at Maverick on the Blue Line Saturday evening: The packed train pulls in, and he, with his back to the door, steps backward to let people out - and his left leg falls into the gap between the train and the platform.
