Tragedy, Grief Counselors On First Day Of School: Patch PM

Share-worthy stories from the Massachusetts Patch network to talk about tonight:

Sad, Scary School Beginnings

This isn't the way school should start. One school district was the subject of some of the 24 bomb threats all in one day in the city. Elsewhere, a high school had grief counselors and had to offer condolences instead of school spirit. A student in another school was arrested following threats of violence on the first day.

Obamas Planning To Buy Massachusetts Home: Report

Here are five homes they may just be looking at in one of their favorite spots.

Facebook To Move To Bigger Cambridge Building, Add 500 Jobs

You spend all your time at work on Facebook anyways. May as well get paid for it.

Mother, Baby Subjected To Abject Grossness At T Stop

We'd rather not say...

Volunteers from Beverly FEMA Office On The Ground in Houston

Folks from Massachusetts are playing the role of heroes in Houston.

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• Sexual Assault Investigation At Now-Shuttered Westwood Psychiatric Hospital
• 3rd DUI For Driver Arrested By Westford Police
• New England Patriots Super Bowl Banners Moved To New Location
• Candidate Showcase Being Held For Framingham Before Sept. Election
• Boston Man Connected To Hingham, South Shore Break-Ins Arrested
• Ernie Boch Jr. Gives $100K To Help Hurricane Harvey Victims

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