High End Chocolate would cultivate marijuana, infuse chocolate with it, and sell the product in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where Mayor Alex B. Morse has embraced cannabis as a means to revitalize the down-at-the-heels old mill town. Helen Gomez Andrews of Brooklyn, New York made a pitch for the proposed business before the Holyoke City Council on Tuesday night; she has experience working for financial institutions Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Lehman Brothers, and her husband runs a restaurant in New York City, according to MassLive.com.
Ever Diaz, a 19-year-old man originally from Guatemala, lives in Springfield, Massachusetts. He crashed into a state police cruiser in October 2017 while driving under the influence of alcohol, and late Friday night he crashed into a Springfield police cruiser while driving under the influence, police say; his lawyer says he graduated from a vocational high school in Springfield, has a work permit, and has a full-time job teaching English to Guatemalan migrants, according to MassLive.com.
