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Woburn teacher strike continues into weekend without agreement
boston.com > news > local-news...Woburn Mayor Scott Galvin and the Woburn School Committee released a joint statement Friday night saying that an agreement on a successor contract... ...A Woburn teachers union and the town's school committee failed to agree on a new teachers" contract Friday, meaning a teacher strike is likely to... ...On Friday, Middlesex Superior Court Judge Camille Sarrouf issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) to... ...On Thursday, WTA President Barbara Locke said they had made significant progress negotiating the teachers" contract....
Patriots trading for DeAndre Hopkins is reportedly a "long shot," but there might be other options
boston.com > sports > new-england-patriots...It would be a "long shot" for the Patriots to land Hopkins in a trade this offseason due to his relationship with offensive coordinator Bill O"Brien... ...Hopkins played under O"Brien for six seasons when the latter was the head coach of the Texans until the receiver was traded in 2020 as he fell out... ...If that's the case, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin could be two guys to look out for.... ...touchdowns with Tom Brady at quarterback....
Ex-tribal leader ordered to pay nearly $210K in bribery case
boston.com > news > local-news...Cedric Cromwell, former chair of the Cape Cod-based Mashpee Wampanoags, was sentenced to three years in prison in Boston in November.... ...David DeQuattro, the owner of the Rhode Island architecture and design firm, was sentenced to a year of probation under home confinement....
State police locate Mass. man lost in forest as bitter cold closed in
boston.com > news > local-news...A Massachusetts State Police flight crew located an elderly man who was lost in the Granville State Forest Thursday night before arctic temperatures... ...The rescue happened around 6:30 p.m. in a heavily wooded area near West Hartland Road in Granville.... ...Kristopher Malm and Troopers Kenneth Dinjian and Brendan Crowther conducted an aerial search of the forest using the aircraft's Forward Looking Infrared... ...State police said an Air Wing helicopter crewed by Sgt....
A 200-pound Shrek sculpture is missing in Hatfield
boston.com > news > crime...According to a spokesperson for the Hatfield Police Department, the sculpture had become "kind of [an] iconic statue in the town."... ...The owner told the department it is worth roughly $500, but to him, "it's priceless.".... ...The owner, who placed Shrek on the edge of his property next to a dragon statue, called to report the sculpture missing from his Mountain Road residence... ..."The owner is devastated that he's gone and would really like him to come back," the police spokesperson said....
China balloon: Many questions about suspected spy in the sky
boston.com > news > politics...Its presence prompted Secretary of State Antony Blinken to cancel a weekend trip to China that was aimed at dialing down tensions that were already... ...The United States says it is a Chinese spy balloon without a doubt.... ...John Ferrari, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.... ...The State Department said Blinken and Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman spoke with China's senior Washington-based official on Wednesday evening about...
Sean Payton is officially named Broncos head coach
boston.com > sports > nfl...He shares our commitment to winning championships for Broncos Country and we're excited to welcome him as our new head coach," owner and CEO Greg... ..."Sean Payton is an outstanding leader and Super Bowl champion with a brilliant offensive mind.... ...Interim head coach Jerry Rosburg went 1-1 to close out the Broncos" sixth consecutive losing season.... ..."Our goal was to identify a strong leader for the Denver Broncos who is focused on winning, and we found him in Coach Payton."....
Ask Fran Lebowitz questions at the Emerson Colonial Theatre
boston.com > things-to-do > arts...Wander the world with wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen for an evening... ...were combined into "The Fran Lebowitz Reader" in 1994.... ...Lebowitz has once again captured the public's imagination with the recent Netflix docu-series "Pretend It's a City," directed by Martin Scorsese.... ...In Boston, she"ll be poised to capture yours at this totally spontaneous show that begins with a 30-minute moderated conversation with Bowen, followed...
New England ski mountains are closing or limiting operations due to the cold weather
boston.com > travel...Jay Peak Resort in Jay, Vermont, closed on Friday and will limit operations on Saturday.... ...Mt Abram Ski Area in Greenwood, Maine, also closed on Friday.... ...Bosquet Mountain Ski Area in Pittsfield, Mass., closed on Friday and will open at noon on Saturday.... ...Killington Ski Resort in Killington, Vermont, is limiting lift operations and the Tubing Park is closed on Friday and Saturday....
The Celtics miss Marcus Smart, but that wasn't why they lost against the Suns
boston.com > sports > boston-celtics..."I think that they came out and outplayed us from start to finish for the most part," Celtics guard Jaylen Brown said.... ...Phoenix.... ...The Suns, who were without star guard Devin Booker didn't shoot particularly well either.... ..."We just have to get back to what we were doing while he was in there," Celtics guard Derrick White said....