New rules aim to protect low-income people in Mass. small claims courts
The rules, to go into effect in February, will require courts to hold so-called payment hearings to assure that low-income people aren't agreeing to give up legally protected income like social security to creditors.
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Toad bar to reopen in Porter Square this month
Toad re-opens under the same ownership as The Burren.
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Kick off the new year outdoors with First Day Hikes across Massachusetts
What began as an annual tradition in 1992 has now spread across the state and the nation as part of a movement to get outdoors and start fresh in the new year -
St. Vincent nurses’ union says poor staffing, equipment are putting patients at risk
Nurses filed a sixth complaint against Tenet Health Care, the for-profit owner of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, alleging dangerous patient care conditions due to inadequate staffing. -
Healey task force misses deadline for report on transportation funding
The 31-member panel was supposed to release its findings before the end of the year. -
This married couple are the narrators behind some of your favorite audiobooks
Michael Kramer and Kate Reading have become popular audiobook narrators, spending 62 hours at the microphone for one recent book. -
Man who was convicted for 1984 Beverly fire gets chance for new trial
Advances in fire science and eyewitness memory cast "real doubt," the judge wrote.
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