Construction worker killed in concrete wall collapse at Newton home under renovation
By John R. Ellement and Emily Sweeney Globe Staff,Updated May 6, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Crews conducted a trench rescue Thursday morning after a wall collapsed on a worker in Newton.NBC10 Boston
NEWTON â A 55-year-old construction worker was fatally injured Thursday when a concrete wall fell on him while he was working in the foundation of a house undergoing renovation in Newton Highlands, making him at least the fourth person killed on an Eastern Massachusetts job site since February, according to officials.
The man, whose name was not released, was working for M. DiStasio Inc. of North Reading, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryanâs office.
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After a local brook turned milky white on April 2, the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) said on April 5 that the substance that likely caused the color change titanium dioxide “does not exhibit any hazardous characteristics.”
There are no levels of concern and no further testing will be conducted, said Edmund Coletta, director of the MassDEP public affairs office, on April 5.
The Newton Fire Department at 4 p.m. went to Hammond Brook, which runs through Newton Centre Playground, goes to the City Hall Ponds and then into Bullough’s Pond.
“The stream does not flow near public drinking water,” according to Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s office.
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Michael Bianchi of Brighton filed papers with the state campaign office this week to run for Boston mayor this fall.
His platform calls for bringing Boston together, but more specifically, it includes dealing with what he says is a mismanaged city budget, bringing art and vocational classes back to schools, increasing other youth-training programs, supporting small businesses and returning happy hours to bars once health conditions permit.
Already running: City Councilors Annissa Essaibi-Geroge, Andrea Campbell and Michelle Wu, state Rep. Jon Santiago, former city economic-development chief John Barros and Dana Depelteau.
City Council President Kim Janey, who will become acting mayor the moment Marty Walsh resigns to go to Washington, has yet to say if she ll be running for re-election as a councilor or to make her mayoral job permanent.