Massachusetts

Boston Market fast-food chain on the brink as owner files for bankruptcy protection, stores are evicted and employees and vendors are left unpaid

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Boston Market had its headquarters seized, and has over $329,000 in unpaid sales and payroll taxes Its owner Jignesh Pandya has personally filed for bankruptcy protection which leaves the future of the company in doubt, according to The News Tribune   Boston Market, which began in Newton, Massachusetts, once had over 1,200 restaurant locations but this … Read more

Eye kid you not! Doctors find tiny wooden splinter buried in man’s cornea which had gone unnoticed for 15 years

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He suffered an agonising ‘penetrating injury’ while gardening in the late 2000s  By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 09:14 GMT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 09:32 GMT, 15 December 2023 A man who went for a routine eye check-up was found to have a splinter lurking in his cornea — and doctors say … Read more

Are YOU richer than your neighbors? Fascinating study shows the amount needed to be in the top 5% of each state

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What it takes to be in the top 5 percent of earners in each state varies hugely across the US, a landmark new report lays bare.   Connecticut requires the highest income of any state to make the top 5 percent, according to a study by GOBankingRates.  Residents will need to earn a pre-tax household income of … Read more

Massachusetts pupil is ‘kicked out of school’ for wearing shirt saying “there are only two genders” 

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Boy, 12, says he was kicked out of Massachusetts school for wearing shirt that said ‘there are only two genders’ – because staff said it made pupils feel ‘unsafe’ Liam Morrison, 12, said he was kicked out of John T. Nichols Jr. Middle School in March because he was wearing a shirt proclaiming ‘There are … Read more

The most expensive and cheapest college in each state

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New data shows a more than $60,000 gap in the costs to attend the United States’ most and least expensive colleges in each state. In western Massachusetts, Bard College at Simon’s Rock costs a staggering $63,585 per year, while annual fees at Florida‘s Indian River State College are a bargain, by comparison, at just $588. … Read more

Two missing Maine women discovered alive in their Jeep – after getting stuck in the snow for 5 DAYS

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Two women who went missing after leaving home to go bowling at a mall in Maine have been found alive in their Jeep in 15 Fahrenheit temperatures five days later.   Kimberly Pushard, 51, and Angela Bussell, 50, who both have intellectual disabilities, were heading an hour south of their home in Wiscasset to the Maine … Read more

Five cars rented by Biden’s Secret Service burst into FLAMES in Nantucket

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Five cars rented by Biden’s Secret Service burst into FLAMES in Nantucket: Investigation into blaze with vehicles used by the first family The vehicles that went up in flames were rented by the U.S. Secret Service during President Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving vacation to Nantucket Fire happened Monday in the parking lot of the Nantucket Memorial … Read more

Makeup artist reveals how to ‘perfectly cover’ acne using three-product ‘sticky method’

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A makeup artist has shared a simple and effective hack for ‘perfectly’ covering up acne – revealing why making your skin as ‘sticky’ as possible is the key to concealing blemishes.  Mikayla Nogueira, 24, from Massachusetts, is a renowned makeup artist, who has earned viral fame – and 13.4 million followers – on TikTok by … Read more

Junior hockey player gets a LIFETIME ban from league for sucker punching an official to the ice

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Junior hockey player gets a LIFETIME ban from league for sucker punching an official to the ice: Aspiring pro is being investigated by police after incident in Massachusetts A junior hockey player has been given a lifetime ban by the United States Premier Hockey League after sucker punching an official while disputing a call The … Read more

Incredible drone footage shows icy Nantucket homes covered in frozen sea spray

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Incredible drone footage shows icy Nantucket homes covered in frozen sea spray as temperatures plunged to 18F and more than two feet of snow fell in other Massachusetts towns Video footage documented the aftermath of the nor’easter storm Sunday after it hammered Massachusetts and other northeastern states  Homes were seen encased in snow and time … Read more

Sacha Baron Cohen sues cannabis company claiming they used his image without permission

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Sacha Baron Cohen files a lawsuit against cannabis company claiming they didn’t get his permission to use his image on billboard By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 03:10 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 03:24 BST, 13 July 2021 Sacha Baron Cohen on Monday filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts against a cannabis company called … Read more

Boston cop faked a police report to help his best friend’s brother avoid getting fired

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Boston cop faked a police report to help his best friend’s brother avoid getting fired when he overslept for his shift as a bus driver and claimed he’d been arrested Boston Police Officer James Clark violated the state’s conflict of interest law by filling out a false criminal complaint application for his bus driver friend … Read more