Trolley, truck collide on Green Line tracks

An MBTA Green Line trolley collided with a truck and pushed it into a light pole yesterday morning, injuring a passenger on the trolley, said Joe Pesaturo, T spokesman. An unlicensed driver of a small box truck took an illegal left turn into the path of the eastbound B Branch train at Commonwealth Avenue and Cummington Street near the Boston University East stop, according to the T. The passenger was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital with back and neck pain. Damage to the trolley was minor, and the truck was towed from the scene. Pesaturo said Transit Police will summons the truck driver to court for driving without a license. Inbound service on the Green Line was suspended for an hour during the investigation.

Weekly celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass will resume today at Holy Trinity Church, ending a hiatus that began in April when the Mass moved out of Boston, according to a press release from the Committee to Preserve Holy Trinity Parish. Founded 163 years ago, the church, located at 140 Shawmut Ave., was home to the Latin Mass for nearly 17 years before it was taken to Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish in Newton Upper Falls. The shift occurred in anticipation of the closure of Holy Trinity, which was announced in 2004; the date for the closure has not been set. After consulting with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, the administrator of Holy Trinity accepted in July a petition signed by parishioners seeking the return of the Mass, the day after Pope Benedict XVI announced new papal norms to allow any parish to celebrate the Mass. Mass will continue to be said at Mary Immaculate Lourdes Parish Sundays at noon.

A Hampton man has filed a lawsuit accusing a self-storage company of throwing away his family heirlooms. Michael Sliby said he rented a unit from North Hampton Self Storage two years ago to store items left to him by his parents and brother, including a medal awarded to his brother during the Vietnam War and the flags that covered the coffins of his brother and father during their funerals. Sliby said he was told all of his property was thrown in a Dumpster because the company was unable to contact him and considered the unit abandoned. But he said he paid his bill in full less than a month before the items were destroyed. "I'm angry and I'm sad. This wasn't like a couple of bicycles. This is sentimental stuff for me," said Sliby, 41. "They had no right to go in there." (AP)

A 16-year-old Worcester youth was arrested and charged with drunken driving Friday night after rolling his vehicle over a guardrail on Marshall Street. The juvenile, whose name was withheld, was charged with operating under the influence, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and being a junior driver with a passenger under 21 years old. Neither the driver nor his 16-year-old male passenger was seriously hurt. Chief James Hurley, in a statement released yesterday, expressed frustration with individuals who do not comply with the junior operator's license requirements.

Two brothers from Lynn were arrested for possession of illegal drugs and a handgun after a traffic stop by members of the Lynn and State Police Gang Units on Friday night, according to the Lynn Police Department. Steeven P. Charles, 23, and Junior W. Charles, 28,were stopped by police on Summer Street. Officers said they looked in the vehicle and saw a loaded handgun, which neither was licensed to carry, and found marijuana in the car. Steeven Charles also had 26 grams of cocaine and ammunition for the handgun, police said. Junior Charles will be charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition as well as marijuana possession. Steeven Charles will be charged with trafficking cocaine in a school zone, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, being a felon in possession of a firearm, marijuana possession, and various motor vehicle violations. Police said they will be arraigned tomorrow in Lynn District Court.

A Coventry lawmaker looking to streamline local government wants to merge 5 1/2 communities into a "supertown." Representative Nicholas Gorham's plan would merge Exeter, Foster, Glocester, Scituate, West Greenwich, and the western end of Coventry. The new town would be called Westconnaug. Gorham told the Providence Journal that consolidation would reduce property taxes and improve services. Gorham, a Republican, has submitted a draft of his bill to the Joint Committee of Legislative Services. Leaders in the towns Gorham proposed merging were not receptive to the idea. Glocester town council president Steven Sette said Gorham was in a "fantasy world." (AP)