Posts Tagged ‘president’
Marine lieutenant general from Boston nominated by president to become full general
Marine Lieutenant General John F. Kelly, the son of a postal worker from Brighton, has been nominated by President Obama to become a full general and lead US Southern Command. Kelly, who is the senior military adviser to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, would lead a command that is responsible for [...]
Onyango Obama gets Framingham police officer’s driving history as he challenges drunken driving arrest
The attorney for Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Obama, today told a judge that he now has the driving history of the Framingham police officer who arrested Onyango Obama for drunk driving last year. P. Scott Bratton told District Court Judge Robert V. Greco that Framingham’s town counsel [...]
Onyango Obama gets Framingham police officer’s driving history as he challenges drunken driving arrest
The attorney for Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Obama, today told a judge that he now has the driving history of the Framingham police officer who arrested Onyango Obama for drunk driving last year. P. Scott Bratton told District Court Judge Robert V. Greco that Framingham’s town counsel [...]
MGM Resorts promises 3,000 jobs at proposed ‘world-class resort’ in Brimfield
MGM Resorts International, one of the largest casino companies in the world, said thousands of jobs would be generated by the company’s proposed “world-class” casino resort in the tiny Western Massachusetts town of Brimfield. MGM chairman and chief executive Jim Murren announced today that [...]
Rubenson Cherilus, a Top 10 probation violator, captured in Dorchester, police say
Police this morning captured one of the Top 10 suspects wanted by the state Probation department in Dorchester. At about 6 a.m., State Police troopers and Boston police officers raided a home on Brinsley Street where they found Rubenson Cherilus.The 27-year-old Cherilus was wanted by three [...]
Springfield man who burned church after Obama election gets nearly 14 years in prison
One of the three men convicted of setting fire to a predominantly black church in Springfield to protest the historic election of President Barack Obama in 2008 was sentenced today to nearly 14 years in prison. Michael Jacques, 27, of Springfield, will also have to serve four years of supervised [...]
Tony Lepore, the ‘Dancing Cop,’ is back on the job in Providence
As holiday shoppers filled the streets of Providence recently, a familiar sound filled the air: the shrill whistle of one of the most celebrated traffic cops in dancing-traffic-cop history. Sixty-four-year-old Tony Lepore, the “Dancing Cop,” has been directing traffic with skillful pirouettes [...]
Former Councilor Maureen E. Feeney elected city clerk of Boston
The Boston City Council today elected Maureen E. Feeney city clerk, handing the job to a former colleague who served on the council for almost 20 years until she resigned last month. Council President Stephen J. Murphy, a longtime political ally of Feeney, called for the vote. Feeney was elected by [...]
Ceremony marks 48th anniversary of JFK assassination
The Brookline home where President John F. Kennedy was born is open to the public today, in commemoration of the 48th anniversary of his assassination. The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, at 83 Beals St., is usually closed from November through April. Today, however, it is open from [...]
President Obama’s uncle to challenge legality of drunken driving stop
FRAMINGHAM - President Obama’s uncle was back in court today as his lawyer declared that he intends to challenge the legality of the traffic stop that resulted in his arrest for drunken driving. P. Scott Bratton, the lawyer representing Onyango Obama, said in an interview that he will file a [...]
