Monday, January 28, 2013
New legislation is proposing teens convicted of murder before age 17 to be eligible for parole 15 years after being incarcerated.
Gov. Deval Patrick introduced a new piece of legislation on Monday in an effort to offer convicted teenagers a second chance earlier in their sentence. The proposal, "An Act to Reform the Juvenile Justice System in the Commonwealth", offers new plans regarding how the state treats teenagers who have been convicted of murder, according to MyFoxBoston.com. Specifically, the plan aims "to create a fairer justice system for the state’s youth by extending the juvenile court jurisdiction" from age 17 to 18, and eliminating mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder, according to an announcement from the Executive Department Office of Gov. Patrick Monday. If the proposal is passed, anyone aged 14-17 …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Former Congressman Barney Frank told the "Morning Joe" Show on MSNBC he is interested in being the interim senator.
Senator Barney Frank? One day after watching Joseph Kennedy III take over his former Congressional seat, Frank told the "Morning Joe" show on MSNBC he wants to be the interim senator if John Kerry is confirmed as Secretary of State. “A month ago, or a few weeks ago, I said I wasn’t interested,” said Frank Friday morning on the show. “It was kind of like you’re about to graduate, and they said: ‘You gotta go to summer school.’ But [the fiscal cliff deal] now means that February, March and April are going to be among the most important months in American financial history.” Frank said Friday he told Gov. Deval Patrick he wanted to be the interim senator. He wouldn't be a candidate in the special election, according to Politico. Former …
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Both Foxborough Public Schools and Foxborough Regional Charter School are closed Monday, Oct. 29 due to Hurricane Sandy.
Foxborough Public Schools will be closed Monday, Oct. 29 due to Hurricane Sandy, according to Superintendent of Schools Debra Spinelli. "There will be no school tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 29th," she said in an e-mail to Foxborough Patch. "Emergency advisories regarding the incoming hurricane indicate that high winds over the next 24 hours are expected in the area, which would make it unsafe for students traveling to and from school. All after-school athletic and extracurricular activities are also cancelled for [Monday, Oct. 29]. All school offices will be closed as well." Foxborough Regional Charter School is also closed Monday, Oct. 29, according to FRCS Executive Director Mark Logan. Both decisions came shortly after Gov. Deval Patrick's …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Gov. Deval Patrick is scheduled in the 9 p.m. hour.
The Democratic National Convention will have a Massachusetts feel Tuesday as Gov. Deval Patrick and Fourth Congressional District candidate Joe Kennedy III are scheduled to speak before the convention. Kennedy is scheduled to speak during the 7 p.m. hour after a Kennedy family tribute video. Two hours later, Patrick is scheduled to finish the 9 p.m. hour. The night will also include a number of prominent speakers, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reed, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Director Kathleen Sibelius and conclude with a speech by First Lady Michelle Obama. The Wall Street Journal published a full schedule of speakers. In Foxborough, polls for the State Primary will be open 7 a.m…
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Insurers will be required as of next year to cover correction or treatment of the two conditions.
Two bills that broaden insurance coverage for children were signed into law this week. On Monday, Gov. Deval Patrick signed bills that require insurers to pay for hearing aids for minors and to pay for treatment of cleft lip and palate surgeries and related care for children. "An Act to provide access to hearing aids for children," was sponsored by Arlington Democrat Sean Garballey and co-authored by Newton mom Lisa Adams, who has twin boys with hearing problems and says she pays upward of $10,000 on hearing aids every few years, according to a report in Wicked Local. The new law will require insurers to pay $2,000 toward each hearing aid, as well as "all related services prescribed by a licensed audiologist or hearing instrument …
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Transportation bond bill provides $1.5 billion in state, federal funds for road, bridge, rail projects. Funding for I-95 project in Foxborough is included in the bill.
- GOVERNMENT
-
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Earlier this week, Gov. Deval Patrick signed H. 4371, “an act financing improvements to the Commonwealth’s Transportation System,” maintaining funding for transportation infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes a total investment of $1.5 billion for Fiscal Year 2013, including $885 million in state funds that leverage federal funds for state road, bridge, rail and regional transit projects, including I-95 in Foxborough and continues funding for the final year of the five-year Transportation Bond Bill Governor Patrick signed in 2008. “Our transportation infrastructure had suffered from years of neglect, so this administration started rebuilding roads, rails and bridges in every corner of our state and creating …
Friday, August 3, 2012
The tax break was part of a larger economic development bill the Legislature passed earlier this week.
Time for back to school shopping at Patriot Place? Or a trip to the Wrentham outlets? Saturday, Aug. 11 and Sunday, Aug. 12 would be a good time to go. As part of the jobs bill passed on the last day of the legislative session, lawmakers in Boston passed a two-day tax holiday. The 115-page bill, passed on Tuesday, included a two-day holiday on the weekend of Aug. 11 and 12 from the state's 6.25 percent sales tax, according to the Boston Globe. Excluded from the tax holiday are restaurant meals, cars, motorboats, tobacco and any item that costs more than $2,500. To offset the loss of revenue, Gov. Deval Patrick set aside $20 milliion in a supplemental budget he filed early last month. Massachusetts was one of 17 states in the country to …
Monday, July 30, 2012
Here's five things you need to know today in Foxborough: Chance of showers, Trader Joe's begins hiring, Gov. Patrick to sign Casino Compact and more …
Editor's note: Five Things You Need To Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. If you know of something happening in town that did not make our list, please add it in the comment section! 1. Expect a Chance of Showers with a High Near 81 Today’s weather in Foxborough, according to the National Weather Service based in Taunton, calls for a slight chance of showers after 11 a.m. Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. A slight chance of showers before 9 p.m. Patchy fog after 5 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance …
42.094831
-71.266437
Patriot Place
2 Patriot Pl, Foxborough, MA
/articles/5-things-for-july-30-trader-joe-s-now-hiring-father-goose-tales-registration-and-more
1882110
/locations/7503275
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Included as an amendment to a bigger jobs bill, the update would expand the bottle redemption law to include plastic bottles used for water and juice.
House and Senate leaders started debate Wednesday on whether to include an expanded bottle deposit amendment in a bill designed to spur job creation. The bill was passed in the Senate Thursday and is now being hashed out in a conference committee comprised of members of both chambers. Gov. Deval Patrick has said that he supports it. But the House has fought passage of an expanded bottle bill, which Speaker Robert DeLeo and others in the House view as a tax. But Sen. Robert Hedlund disputes this view, saying that taxes can't be redeemed. The expansion to the 31-year-old law designed to promote recycling and reduce litter would add plastic bottles used for water, juices, iced tea and sports drinks to the list of containers subject to the 5…
Sunday, July 15, 2012
On Friday, Governor Deval Patrick appointed Timothy Alben, a 30-year MSP veteran, who will continue to move the agency forward. Patrick also praised outgoing Superintendent McGovern.
- POLICE & FIRE
-
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Governor Deval Patrick recently appointed Lt. Col. Timothy P. Alben as the next Superintendent and Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police (MSP). A 30-year law enforcement veteran, Alben currently commands and manages the Division of Field Services, the largest organizational entity in the MSP with 1,550 sworn members. The Governor administered the oath of office to Alben in his State House office Friday and his appointment is effective immediately. “Tim Alben brings broad leadership experience and deep professional and personal integrity to this appointment,” said Patrick. “He is well prepared to build on the great work of his predecessor, Colonel Marian McGovern.” McGovern announced her retirement in June after 33 years of service to …
Jerry Chase
9:37 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Where is the evidence to support the governor's rationale for "fairer" sentences? There isn't any. more ›