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Business
A look inside the jail space that could become a Mass. and Cass unit
Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins’s plan for so-called dignified incarceration has generated blowback ― critics say it would further criminalize addiction and homelessness at a time when there’s a movement to imprison fewer people. Tompkins wonders how giving people food, shelter, and health care could be considered less humane than letting them live in squalor. Continue reading →
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Nation
Baldwin was told gun was ‘cold’ before movie set shooting
As a film crew and actors in Western garb prepared to rehearse a scene, assistant director Dave Halls stepped outside and grabbed a prop gun off a cart. He walked back in and handed it to the film's star, Alec Baldwin, assuring him it was safe to use because it didn't have live ammo. “Cold gun,” Halls yelled. Continue reading →
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Nation
In mourning and gratitude, the Blackfeet Nation says farewell to its leader
Throughout his life, Chief Earl Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation could be found in the Browning High School gym, always seated in the northwest corner of the bleachers and always in his blue, long-sleeved, buttoned shirt, cheering for his alma mater. But for his final trip into the gym, he was not in the stands. Instead, his coffin was placed directly on the court as mourners came to say goodbye. Continue reading →
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Massachusetts
Bird sightings from Mass Aubudon
Last week, the highlights were headed by the continued presence of a Bell’s vireo at Fort Hill in Eastham and a remarkable number of lesser black-backed gulls tallied at Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. Continue reading →
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GLOBE SANTA
School nurse retires after decades raising money for Globe Santa
Cathryn Stein retired recently after 22 years as school nurse, at the Patrick Lyndon School in West Roxbury, where she had also been Globe Santa Champion Extraordinaire, spearheading creative fund-raisers that have generated thousands of dollars year in and year out for toys, books, and games for children in need. Continue reading →
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Business
A look inside the jail space that could become a Mass. and Cass unit
Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins’s plan for so-called dignified incarceration has generated blowback ― critics say it would further criminalize addiction and homelessness at a time when there’s a movement to imprison fewer people. Tompkins wonders how giving people food, shelter, and health care could be considered less humane than letting them live in squalor. Continue reading →
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