BOSTON – New Year's Eve celebrations will attract over 1 million people to Boston later this week and one local law firm is trying to ensure a safe night for many if not all.
Through Sober Ride Home Program, Sweeney Merrigan Law, a Boston-based firm that specializes in personal injury cases, is putting up $5,000 to pay for $15 Lyft credits to cover transportation for as many as 333 rides in cars dispatched by Web-based hailing service to help reduce the number of drunk drivers and related accidents in and around the Hub Thursday night and Friday morning.
BOSTON — The mellow computerized voice interrupted the governor a few times each minute, alerting customers that it was their turn to take care of a transaction at the customer service window.
"Now serving C111 at counter number 18," the voice said, just as Gov. Charlie Baker was making a point about his administration's war on wait times at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
