Protesters Ask Massachusetts Governor and Boston Mayor Why Roxbury Community Center Has To Shelter Illegal Immigrants

Protesters Ask Massachusetts Governor and Boston Mayor Why Roxbury Community Center Has To Shelter Illegal Immigrants

Protesters greeted Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Wednesday as they toured a Roxbury community center that is being converted into temporary housing to make room for more homeless families who are eligible for shelter services.

About a dozen protesters, some of whom were Roxbury residents, were outside the recreation center with signs that said "Boston's Full" and "Why Roxbury? Try Wellesley."

Western Massachusetts Town To Hire Law Firm To Investigate Gender Queer Police Investigation At Middle School
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Western Massachusetts Town To Hire Law Firm To Investigate Gender Queer Police Investigation At Middle School

Matthew McDonald

Great Barrington's board of selectmen plans to hire a law firm to investigate a police investigation at a local public middle school seeking a graphic novel called Gender Queer.

The teacher at the center of the police investigation wants to know who told police to investigate the presence of the book.

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