As Christmas approaches, you might find yourself rushing to the nearest toy store to find the perfect gift for a child in your life. However, before you walk out of the store with your purchase, you want to make sure that the toy on the child’s wish list isn’t a…
Last week, many residents in the Boston area were excited to learn that the MBTA would be starting a yearlong trial of late night train service in the spring of 2014. The T’s current schedule has undergone scrutiny for many years, and many hope this will be the beginning of…
The mayor of Springfield has confirmed that the city has settled with Columbia Gas following a natural gas explosion that destroyed a gentlemen’s club and other buildings in the city’s downtown entertainment district, last November. Columbia Gas utility workers had been surveying gas lines on November 23, 2012, after responding…
According to Boston Fire Department officials, an 18-year-old man sustained injuries when he fell through the skylight of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity at MIT. The drop to the first-floor staircase where he landed four stories. Police say that the man suffered injuries. Since the Cambridge, Massachusetts fall accident, there…
More than 2 million dehumidifiers have been recalled throughout the United States and Canada after reports have surfaced of fires and property damage caused by certain models produced by Gree Electric Appliances. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, 12 brands of humidifiers, all manufactured by Gree Electric…
Tragedy struck the sports world yet again this weekend, as another fan fell to his death while leaving a football stadium in California. The man, whose name has not yet been released, fell on Sunday afternoon from the elevated Jamestown walkway that travels around Candlestick Park, where the San Francisco…
An Ayer, MA woman agreed to a $9.5M settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit against doctors at Emerson Hospital in Concord, after she contracted a flesh-eating infection and had all her limbs amputated six years ago. Monica Sprague Jorge, 41, contracted the rare and often fatal flesh-eating bacteria after giving…
A Hingham teenager suffered serious injuries after he was struck by a boat while tubing near the Hingham Yacht Club over Labor Day weekend. According to investigators, the victim and two other teenagers, all 13-years-old, had been tubing in a designated tubing and waterskiing area between World’s End and the…
A Massachusetts man and his young niece were hurt Sunday afternoon when a jet ski they were riding on in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, blew apart. According to Marine Patrol, who responded to the incident, the man broke his pelvis and the child, 8, suffered a laceration to her head.…
With summer still in full force, we would like to remind you to be responsible when hosting get-togethers this season. Whether you’re hosting a graduation party, barbeque, or any kind of social get-together where alcohol is being served, you bare a huge responsibility to your guests and their safety. Massachusetts…