Tag: mass.

As a response to a rise in gun violence in Boston recently (a fact officials frantically tried to keep quiet before last Tuesday's election), Mayor Thomas "Mumbles" Menino is …

If there's one constant in life beyond death and taxes, it's that politics in Massachusetts is never boring. Next year there's going to be a race for governor in …

I've had my share of fun at Lawrence, Massachusetts' expense. I've called it "the armpit of the Bay State," among other things. Every now and then, though, I hear …

For several reasons (some of them quite good), I don't drink at all. I'm a complete teetotaler. None of those issues are moral ones, but I've never had any …

Yesterday, a miracle happened in Massachusetts. Governor Mitt Romney signed a new drunk-driving bill into law, toughening the penalties and removing some of the roadblocks that had been in …

Massachusetts, like many other states, is having a bit of a problem with Oxycontin. There are a lot of Oxy addicts around, and many pharmacies have had to post …

There's good news and bad news out of Massachusetts this morning. Yesterday I mentioned that a bunch of illegal aliens held a rally at the State House to demand …

As I've said before, one of Boston's great strengths is it's one of the few two-newspaper cities left in this country. With the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald …

From both the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe comes this heart-warming story. It seems Ted Kennedy was out along the beach at the Kennedy Compound over the weekend …

The police in Somerville, Massachusetts recently arrested a guy they'd been looking for for some time now. There's been a rash of graffiti around the city, and it's had …