Rocky relationship preceded woman's death
Boyfriend arrested in Conn. slaying
(By Michael S. Rosenwald and Douglas Belkin, Globe Staff)
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Randy Morris and Christine DeFelice were an on-and-off-again couple, a reflection perhaps of the differences of the lives they had led and where they were headed.
Brookline High senior Sean Garren, who boycotted the MCAS exam, refused to accept his "graduation document" issued by the school at yesterday's ceremony. "People heard what we had to say," Garren said.
(Globe Photo/Amy Newman)
Graduation speakers
Students express relief,
put MCAS on center stage
(By Anand Vaishnav and Catherine Dunn, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent)
Standing in a hallway of her soon-to-be-alma mater yesterday, Brookline High School senior Emily Nelson looked the part of an imminent graduate -- the royal blue robe, the tassel-swinging cap, the eager smile. But she also sported a more personal symbol: a small orange-and-black button with ''MCAS'' and a line crossing it out.
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Clean break
from the law
(By Adrian Walker,
Globe Columnist)
The state's Clean Elections Law died last Thursday night. If it were a person, it would have suffered a death of the long, lingering variety -- periods of decline followed by glimmers of hope, culminating in a swift, silent end.
Everyone knew it was coming, of course. After the outcome of the nonbinding referendum last year, the fate of the law was all but settled. I supported scuttling it, after the gravity of the budget problems became clear.
Spending plan now
in hands of leaders
(By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff)
With open budget deliberations ended, the fate of 36,000 people dropped from Medicaid, the charter school movement, a statewide smoking ban, and many other issues now moves behind closed doors, where legislative leaders will hammer out a compromise spending plan.
The leaders have one month to meet the goal of adopting a spending plan in time for the new fiscal year, which begins July 1.
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RCC president takes on a diamond in the rough
(By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff)
In the normally low-key world of college administration, there are few seats hotter than the president's office at Roxbury Community College.
Cellucci warns Canada on marijuana
Says law change would force US to hike security
(By Associated Press)
WORCESTER -- US Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci says he has told Canadian leaders that their proposal to decriminalize marijuana for personal use would result in much tighter security along its 5,500-mile border with the United States.
US wraps up probe of N.H. drug ring
Some cases left in state courts
(By Associated Press)
NASHUA -- It began as a whisper of information to police. Two years later, a drug investigation called Operation Beachhead netted 29 arrests and broke up a close-knit drug business that allegedly had operated for more than a decade.
Providence sees green in tickets
(By Associated Press)
PROVIDENCE -- Mayor David N. Cicilline plans to aggressively pursue more than $18 million in uncollected parking fines at Municipal Court, even though some traffic officials believe it's a dead end.
City budget cuts leave teens scrambling for summer jobs
Critics unload at 2,800 fewer spots this year
(By Nicole Fuller, Globe Correspondent)
Over the past two summers, Cassandra Semexant has worked part time, helping clean up Thompson Island and editing a teen magazine.
Deluge puts events and residents to the test
(By Steve Eder, Globe Correspondent)
Mimi Rittenburg said yesterday's steady rain couldn't stop her from taking part in the Boston AIDS Walk & 5K Run for the 13th consecutive time.
Gay-rights activists walk out of Mass, cite bishops' letter
(By John McElhenny, Globe Correspondent)
Gay-rights activists took their fight with the Catholic Church over same-sex marriage from the streets to the pews of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross yesterday, when a dozen protesters walked out in the middle of Mass, some kissing and holding hands as they left.
Romney to testify to legislative panel
Bulger's office may be a topic
(By Associated Press)
Governor Mitt Romney plans to testify today before a legislative panel that is examining his government restructuring plans, including the proposed elimination of University of Massachusetts president William M. Bulger's office.
NATICK
State urges herbicide use in Lake Cochituate
Town conservation board concerned about safety risks
(By Benjamin Gedan, Globe Correspondent)
NATICK -- Citing a potential threat to town wells, the Natick Conservation Commission declined again last week to give state environmental officials permission to use an herbicide in Lake Cochituate.
FRAMINGHAM
Condominium trash pickup gets nod
Town Meeting expected to OK policy change
(By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
Despite legal and fiscal concerns raised by Town Manager George P. King Jr., the Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to support public trash pickup for condominiums beginning in January, an initiative that voters are expected to back at tomorrow's Town Meeting.
New England in brief
(By Globe Staff and Wires)
Police investigate woman's shooting Local and state police are investigating the shooting of an unidentified woman found with a bullet wound in the back at a single-family residence early yesterday. The woman was found at a house on Banbury Lane after a man anonymously called 911 about 9:20 a.m. The woman was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester, where her condition was unavailable last night. Police Sergeant Timothy Regele said police have a suspect but refused to elaborate. (AP)
News in brief
(By Globe Staff and Wires)
Schools place coach on unpaid leave Joseph Doyle, the Natick High School teacher arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor over the Internet, has been placed on unpaid leave, Superintendent James J. Connolly said last week. The decision to place Doyle on leave, finalized on May 22, is retroactive to May 15. Police in Keene, N.H., arrested Doyle on May 12, after which school officials placed him on paid administrative leave.
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