Northern Essex Community College Failed to Address Recommendations to Improve Tracking of Property, Audit Finds

Northern Essex Community College Failed to Address Recommendations to Improve Tracking of Property, Audit Finds

BOSTON – In an audit released today, the Office of State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump (OSA) found Northern Essex Community College (NECC) has failed to take steps previously recommended by the office to better safeguard and track the college’s valuable property. The audit also showed NECC did not always obtain required documentation, including approvals, for expenditures. […]

Warren Urges CFTC to Investigate Google for Manipulation of Online Advertising Market

Warren Urges CFTC to Investigate Google for Manipulation of Online Advertising Market

“Today, the advertising market is functionally unregulated. It is a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars per year, and it is the main revenue driver for some of the country’s largest companies.” “Given the power of a company like Google to unilaterally manipulate the online advertising market, it is critical that the CFTC ensures […]

Congressman Moulton Encourages Small Business Transportation Companies Hurt by the Pandemic to Apply for Federal Grants

Congressman Moulton Encourages Small Business Transportation Companies Hurt by the Pandemic to Apply for Federal Grants

The grants for companies that operate buses, passenger vessels and pilot vessels are available now, but business owners will need to act fast; the application period closes July 19.  June 30, 2021 – Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) encouraged business owners who operate charter buses, passenger vessels, school buses and pilot vessel services to apply for grants […]

Governor Baker Scapegoats Hero Marine – Protects Political Insiders

Governor Baker Scapegoats Hero Marine – Protects Political Insiders

How Rich People of Privilege Set Up a Hero Marine From Lawrence By: Tom Duggan – June, 2021 Veterans and politicians in Massachusetts are demanding answers and an apology for Purple Heart recipient Francisco Urena, the former Secretary of Veterans Services for the Commonwealth, after a legislative report and a Boston Globe expose proved he […]

Illegal Alien, Manuel Maria German Familia of Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Misusing a Social Security Number

Illegal Alien, Manuel Maria German Familia of Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Misusing a Social Security Number

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fraudulently using another person’s Social Security number. Manuel Maria German Familia, 30, who previously resided in Lawrence, pleaded guilty to one count of false representation of a Social Security number. U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris scheduled sentencing for Sept. […]

Lawrence Man, Yunior Darismir Prandys Torres Sentenced in Federal Court for Fentanyl Distribution

Lawrence Man, Yunior Darismir Prandys Torres Sentenced in Federal Court for Fentanyl Distribution

June 18, 2021 BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing and possessing fentanyl. Yunior Darismir Prandys Torres, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to five years in prison and five years of supervised release. In October 2020, Torres pleaded guilty to one […]

Disabled Persons Protection Commission is Not Effectively Administering Investigations of Alleged Abuse, Audit Shows

Disabled Persons Protection Commission is Not Effectively Administering Investigations of Alleged Abuse, Audit Shows

Commission has not effectively addressed recommendations from previous audit BOSTON – In an audit released today, the Office of State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump (OSA) showed the Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) has been consistently missing required state deadlines for abuse investigations and did not have a system for identifying persons with repeated allegations of […]

Tyngsborough Police Officer (Daniel Whitman, 36, of Salisbury) Indicted for Bank Fraud & National Firearms Act Violations

Tyngsborough Police Officer (Daniel Whitman, 36, of Salisbury) Indicted for Bank Fraud & National Firearms Act Violations

June 3, 2021 BOSTON – A Tyngsborough police officer was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on bank fraud and violations of the National Firearms Act (NFA). Daniel Whitman, 36, of Salisbury, was indicted on one count of bank fraud conspiracy, two counts of bank fraud, two counts of making false statements to a bank, […]

Senator DiZoglio Calls for Full Senate Investigation into The Scapegoating of Francisco Urena After the Deaths of 77 Veterans in the Holyoke Old Soldiers Home

Senator DiZoglio Calls for Full Senate Investigation into The Scapegoating of Francisco Urena After the Deaths of 77 Veterans in the Holyoke Old Soldiers Home

“The Governor “forgot” who he hired (Walsh) and a head had to roll, so he sent the Lawrence kid packing. Our purple Heart veteran Francisco Urena should certainly receive a public apology.” ~ State Senator Diana DiZoglio By: Tom Duggan – June 1, 2021 Massachusetts State Senator Diana DiZoglio (D-Methuen) is calling for a full […]

Illegal Alien Jose Villar of Lawrence, Gets 18 Months Sentenced for Fentanyl Possession

Illegal Alien Jose Villar of Lawrence, Gets 18 Months Sentenced for Fentanyl Possession

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Jose Villar, 29, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 18 months in prison and four years of supervised release. Villar will face deportation upon completion of his sentence. On […]

MA Lottery Processes First Remote Ticket Cashing Transaction in Mobile App

MA Lottery Processes First Remote Ticket Cashing Transaction in Mobile App

Function will provide multiple benefits to customers as well as the environment DORCHESTER, MA (May 5, 2021) – The Massachusetts State Lottery has successfully processed its first remote ticket cashing transaction through the Mass Lottery mobile application, a significant step in the introduction of digital technology that will provide multiple benefits to customers as well […]

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