Crime & Safety
Conductor Struck By Own Train Loses Leg: Patch PM
Also: Who is snapping the necks of baby goats?; Patriots can't keep up in preseason opener; South Boston break-ins arrest; More.
Happy Friday. Here are today's top stories.
A train conductor who slipped off the platform and was struck by his own train has lost his leg. Friends and complete strangers have been quick to offer support.
Who is snapping the necks of these baby goats? A startling instance of animal cruelty.
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It's scary to think about, but with today's rhetoric, worth discussing. How much damage would a nuclear bomb do to Massachusetts? We pray we'll never have to know.
Police made an arrest in a series of break-ins that "should put South Boston residents' minds at ease."
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A New Hampshire hospital only 7 miles from the Massachusetts border was evacuated when more than a dozen got ill.
The Patriots' preseason opener had its ups and downs last night.
Crime time: A North Shore felon was arrested in New Hampshire, allegedly with guns, drugs ... A felon who is banned from having firearms was caught with a pistol, police said ... WATCH: Quincy Police are searching for the suspect in a knife-point robbery.
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