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Obama: Economic stimulus is working
Facing growing public unease about his handling of the economy, President Obama takes his weekly Internet and radio address to defend the $787 billion stimulus...
Forecasters predict downpours of up to 4 inches of rain, warn of floods
By Globe Staff The National Weather Service is warning this afternoon of possible flash flooding in areas in central and eastern Massachusetts, with some areas...
Local option taxes on the table in some communities
Faced with steep cuts in state aid, some cities and towns are starting to consider adopting new local taxes on hotel rooms and restaurant meals...
Today's Globe: health bill funding, Mass. lessons, Boston EMS chief, seniors' drug cuts, Genzyme patients, flu vaccine, Shriners cuts, Lynn union vote
House and Senate Democrats appeared yesterday to be on a collision course over how to pay for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system,...
Massachusetts news
Know the colors of the road
We learn the colors of Independence Day about as soon as we can talk. The colors of the road are just as familiar - what could possibly be confusing about red, yellow, and green? Well, let me tell you. (Boston Globe, 9:26 p.m.)
ALS patient honors his hero, Gehrig
also called Lou Gehrig’s disease - but he continues to convey his love for family and life. (Boston Globe, 9:39 p.m.)
Garden speaker series
The Ashland Community Gardens will host a series of educational speakers on Tuesday evenings this summer to coincide with the concerts in Stone Park. Attendees are encouraged to bring a brown-bag dinner to the talks, which will be held at the park from 6 to 6:30 p.m., followed by time for questions and garden views prior to the 7 ... (Boston Globe, 9:06 p.m.)
Housing proposed for Belmont church site
A developer has filed plans with the town of Belmont to build 17 units of housing on the site of the former Our Lady of Mercy, a Catholic church that closed in 2006 and has been put up for sale by the Archdiocese of Boston. (Globe Correspondent, 8:53 p.m.)
Finding a school CFO will be tough
Interim Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Bodie said it’s likely to be a difficult challenge that will take quite some time to find a replacement for outgoing chief financial officer Sue Mazzarella. Bodie said she has begun advertising the position but is already finding there’s a shortage of candidates who are properly certified. Additionally, Bodie said, Mazzarella, who earned $91,000 ... (Boston Globe, 9:05 p.m.)
Scituate takes hit on aid from state
Scituate officials are reviewing how the town will adjust to the state aid reductions contained in the budget signed by Governor Deval Patrick last week. (Globe Correspondent, 10:04 p.m.)
West of Boston, local tree programs getting clipped
While several suburbs west of Boston boast vigorous tree maintenance and replacement programs, others are so strapped for cash that they do nothing except saw down dead and diseased trees. (Globe Correspondent, 8:53 p.m.)
More seniors seeking tax help
Local officials across the region are expecting an increase in applications for senior tax work-off programs in the coming months, with several communities resorting to waiting lists and lotteries because of a shortage of available spots amid the recent economic downturn. (Globe Correspondent, 9:33 p.m.)
T's station plan blasted
Town Meeting recently approved a resolution supporting an alternative design for the reconstruction of the South Acton commuter rail station. The state has presented a plan to the town that residents and town officials would like changed. That plan, according to the resolution, would create an “unsightly system of ramps’’ out of character with the historic nature of the ... (Boston Globe, 9:04 p.m.)
West of Boston, the boating water’s just fine
Summer is here, and even in the landlocked suburbs, you can dip an oar or catch the wind. (Globe Correspondent, 8:52 p.m.)
Plenty of candidates seeking office in Newton this year
With less than two weeks left for prospective candidates to take out nomination papers, Newton appears poised to fill more than half of the fall city ballot with competitive races. (Globe Correspondent, 9:01 p.m.)
Developer seeking to buy West Concord parcels
Concord town officials say a developer is looking to buy up several pieces of land in West Concord Village for a mixed-use project that would include shops, a restaurant, and housing. (Globe Correspondent, 9:03 p.m.)
In Canton, plan for Italian food retail store stirs controversy
The fuel pumps are long gone, but the question of what to do with the former Shell gas station long considered an eyesore at the “gateway to Canton’’ is continuing to stir controversy in town. (Globe Correspondent, 10 p.m.)
Marinas going green while trying to stay in the black
Each new boating season, mariners ready their boats, sanding and painting, varnishing wood and polishing brass, or pressure washing hulls. Any one of these activities can have an impact on marine life and the environment. And with tens of thousands of boaters storming the waters in the summer, local marinas have been upgrading their equipment and tightening their rules. (Globe Correspondent, 10:05 p.m.)
Library seeing increased demand
Poor weather, combined with reduced hours, has ramped up demand at the Abington Public Library. “Summer tends to be busy here with our reading program,” said library Director Deborah Grimmett. “But this year we’ve definitely been busier than normal.” As part of the town’s efforts to trim its operating budget, the library will close its doors every other Friday, ... (Boston Globe, 9:58 p.m.)
Developer plans to restore old Whitman shoe factory as housing
Whitman is a small town with a rich history, but because it has neither a historic district nor any protective bylaw to check demolition of significant buildings, much of the physical evidence of that past is long gone. (Globe Correspondent, 9:51 p.m.)
Citizen scientists track declining oriole numbers
Sharla Fenwick sees Baltimore orioles wherever she goes: in Plymouth’s Jenney Pond park near her house, long nests dangling above unsuspecting picnickers; on the way to the dentist, beside the road. Whenever she spots one of the bright orange birds, Fenwick sends an online report to the Massachusetts Audubon Society. (Globe Staff, 9:57 p.m.)
Towns consider tax hikes
Cities and towns across the region are weighing whether to raise taxes on hotel stays and restaurant meals, after the state recently provided them with those options. (Globe Correspondent, 9:55 p.m.)
Young woman grateful to see the positive
It had been five years since Chinonye Omeje had seen her mother’s face. The two live together in a Milton apartment, but Chi Chi, as she is called, had been blinded in a horrific accident in her native Nigerian village. In August 2004, as the 14-year-old was checking on a pot of stew, she suffered an epileptic seizure and fell ... (Boston Globe, 9:56 p.m.)
Debt collectors have rules too
In your article (“ Recession’s a bear for debt collection agencies ’’ (GlobeWest, July 2), you neglect to mention that when debt is harder to collect, debt collectors violate the law more often. (Boston Globe, 9:47 p.m.)
Unused prescription drugs? Just drop them off
That large US Postal Service mailbox mounted in the lobby of the local police station is not for outgoing mail. (Globe Correspondent, 9:44 p.m.)
Baby float recall
Avon-based Aqua-Leisure Industries has issued a recall of inflatable baby floats due to defects in some of the units’ leg straps. The company produced about 4 million of the baby floats from December 2002 until last month, and there have been 32 reports of rips in their leg straps, which have caused children to fall ... (Boston Globe, 9:59 p.m.)
Mass. Daily
The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in the Massachusetts Daily Lottery were: 8-6-7-4 (AP, 8:28 p.m.)
Mass. man stabs woman, then self
A man faces attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing a woman in a Swampscott parking lot, then turning the knife on himself in what police are calling a domestic incident. (AP, 6:08 p.m.)
Mass. zoo says cuts may mean closure
State budget cuts may force Boston's Franklin Park Zoo to shut down and euthanize some animals. (AP, 4:48 p.m.)
Colby, Shea win Mt. Washington bike race
Bicyclists shared the grueling road up New Hampshire's Mount Washington with a moose on Saturday for the annual Newton's Revenge race to the summit. (AP, 4:38 p.m.)
Mass. Mid-Day Numbers
The winning numbers drawn Saturday in "The Numbers Game" mid-day draw were: 8-8-0-9 (AP, 3:48 p.m.)
New Mass. bill targets repeat dangerous offenders
Lawmakers will consider a new bill named in memory of a teacher who was murdered a decade ago after her car broke down and she accepted a ride from a stranger. (AP, 3:38 p.m.)
Conn. hostage in bank robber chase being honored
The Farmington Town Council is presenting a special award for courage to a 70-year-old woman who was the victim of a kidnapping after a Bristol bank robbery went sour. (AP, 3:38 p.m.)
Berklee taps African talent
Victor Dogah bobs his head and smiles, quickly getting the hang of the Puerto Rican rhythm written on the whiteboard behind his professor. He and his classmates hit their fingers and palms on their drums in near perfect unison. (Associated Press Writer, 3:18 p.m.)
Mass. lawmakers weigh creating poet laureate post
Massachusetts can claim its share of poet heavyweights, from Emily Dickinson to Robert Frost. One thing the state can't boast of is its own poet laureate. Massachusetts is one of eight states without the literary posting. (AP, 2:58 p.m.)
NTSB to issue final report on Boston trolley crash
The National Transportation Safety Board plans this week to issue its final report on a MBTA Green Line trolley crash that killed the operator and injured five others. (Associated Press Writer, 1:28 p.m.)
Mass. Catholic church in Northampton reopening
Parishioners at a Roman Catholic church in Northampton are celebrating. St. Mary's of the Assumption is reopening Saturday a month after loose slate shingles on the church's twin spires prompted city officials to close the building. (AP, 12:58 p.m.)
CT seeks stimulus money for high-speed rail to MA
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says her state has applied for a share of $8 billion in stimulus funds for high-speed rail projects as it works to link New Haven and Springfield, Mass., with high-speed trains. (AP, 11:38 a.m.)
RI debates changing state name linked to slavery
George Lima is offended by his state's full official name, and he wants it shortened. (Associated Press Writer, 11:28 a.m.)
Mass. kayakers to harvest water chestnuts
Nearly three dozen volunteers in kayaks are attacking an invasive species in the Charles River -- water chestnuts. (AP, 10:08 a.m.)
Mass Cash
The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the $100,000 Mass Cash game were: 19-20-21-22-24 (AP, 12:08 a.m.)
Wary Christmas looms for music retailers
Retailers expect music sales to be better during the Christmas shopping season than the rest of this year, but most anticipate a case of the holiday blues. (Reuters, 12:20 a.m.)
Fairey pleads guilty to vandalism charges
Shepard Fairey, the street artist who for decades has plastered his stickers and posters on buildings and street signs, yesterday agreed to stop leaving his mark in Boston. (Globe Staff, 1:20 a.m.)
Bacteria level high; warning at 3 beache
After weeks of cloudy skies and rain, Michelle Harper was happy to be at Carson Beach yesterday as she watched her nieces play in ankle-deep water, enjoying the sun and mild breeze. (Globe Correspondent, 12 a.m.)
31 firefighters on Cape taken to hospital
Thirty-one firefighters were taken to Cape Cod Hospital yesterday because of concern they may have been exposed to hazardous materials while fighting a blaze in South Yarmouth, officials said. (Globe Correspondent, 12 a.m.)
Silver lining in cloudy weather: lower electric bills
Like any other New Englander, Bob Cleary knows that Memorial Day heralds the unofficial start of summer. So in late May he enlisted a buddy to help him hoist his 85-pound, 14,000-BTU monster of an air conditioner into one of the downstairs windows of his Quincy home. (Globe Staff, 12 a.m.)
As thefts from cars spike, police stings seek out culprits
The police officers immediately grew suspicious. Four men, two of them carrying a duffle bag, hurried from their car after seeing a cruiser driving nearby, in an area that has seen an increase in thefts from motor vehicles. (Globe Staff, 12 a.m.)
For sailing students, a slightly larger vessel
Learning to ride on a ship as it leans steeply in a high wind was the first fear Andrew Carr conquered while learning to sail. The second and the third he cannot quite remember, said Carr, 15, but sailing “helps you overcome your boundaries.’’ (Globe Correspondent, 12 a.m.)
Flemmi testifies in slayings of two women
Showing no emotion, Stephen “The Rifleman’’ Flemmi testified yesterday that he lured two young women to homes in South Boston on separate occasions in the 1980s, then silently watched as his partner James “Whitey’’ Bulger quietly emerged from a back room and strangled them. (Globe Staff, 12 a.m.)
Hungry patrons are dismayed to discover several restaurants and cafes closed for vacation
Craving the arancini at Galleria Umberto - the deep-fried, softball-size rice balls stuffed with meat and cheese - Patty Bonito drove in from Saugus the other day, hoping to win the scramble for North End parking before the pizzeria sold out. But instead of a line out to Hanover Street, Bonito found a padlocked door and a sign scrawled in ... (Globe Staff, 12 a.m.)
New England in brief
A K-9 state trooper’s vehicle and a 2006 Ford Mustang collided last night on Morrissey Boulevard, said Lieutenant Eric Anderson of the State Police. The accident occurred at about 9:35 near the entrance to the University of Massachusetts at Boston. The unidentified trooper was in the northbound lane when the Mustang made a U-turn from the southbound lane and the ... (Boston Globe, 1:26 a.m.)
Wheelock College looks to attract more men
Men are such a rare sight on the Wheelock College campus that a visitor might believe that the tiny school, tucked among the hospitals and other small colleges in the Fenway, admits only women. (Globe Staff, 12 a.m.)
Obama delivers Kennedy letter, asks pope’s prayers for senator
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the ailing scion of the nation’s most famous Catholic family, drafted a personal letter to Pope Benedict XVI that was hand-delivered to the Vatican yesterday by President Obama. (Globe Staff, 7/10/09)
Most voters don't know much about Charlie Baker
Some stared blankly. Others looked puzzled. Charlie, who? (Globe Correspondents, 12 a.m.)