Illustration by Eliana Whitehouse
Out of frustration with communication at Lawrence, the Shoutbox Facebook group was created by Lawrence students for Lawrence community members on May 27, 2019. According to the group’s header, the Shoutbox is “The all-in-one communication platform for clubs, events and community announcements.” Students can post any announcement or question in the Shoutbox regarding public events, community announcements, or general comments and concerns.
Creator and head-administrator of the Shoutbox junior Nick Mayerson describes the page as a medium in-between the local community and Lawrence as a whole. “From my perspective, I think it’s this kind of middle ground that didn’t exist before,” Mayerson said.
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Mick Adams and the Stones, which bills itself as “the world’s most authentic” Rolling Stones tribute band, may have sympathy for the devil, but that doesn’t mean they appreciate being scammed.
“We escaped this without getting screwed,” said Erin O’Brien, the band’s manager (and wife of lead singer Adams). “But I’m worried about other people in the business who might fall for something like this.”
Which would, of course, leave them shattered.
OK, enough with the Stones references. This is a classic bogus-check racket, with the unusual wrinkle that it’s targeting entertainers rather than, say, seniors sitting alone at home.
In a Changing Boston, a New Mayor Challenges the Police
Three weeks into her tenure as Boston’s acting mayor, Kim Janey has done something her predecessor did not: order the police to release documents about a leader accused of sexual abuse.
Kim Janey has moved deliberately to build her political profile, taking her place on the growing list of Black women running major U.S. cities. Credit.Philip Keith for The New York Times
April 17, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
BOSTON Three weeks after her swearing-in as acting mayor of Boston, Kim Janey was enjoying a sort of honeymoon, enacting feel-good policies like forgiving library fines and basking in the spotlight that came with her status as the city’s first Black and first female mayor.
Reports of child abuse down in Chester County, prompting concerns of underreporting
Reports of child abuse down in Chester County, prompting concerns of underreporting
In Chester County, reports to a state-run hotline for child abuse and neglect are down 42 percent over the past year. All the while, most people were home more, and under more stress.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The coronavirus pandemic is leaving emotional scars on an entire generation of children, but the most devastating damage may be happening out of view.
Online schools and a lack of social interaction have left teachers, coaches, and other adults unable to intervene in cases of abuse.
Acting Mayor Kim Janey announced her candidacy for mayor Tuesday with a campaign video that calls out Boston s “deep racial inequities,” invokes a host of civil rights and political leaders, and casts her career as one which follows in their footsteps.
Then-City Council President Janey became acting mayor last month as the city charter dictates when predecessor Marty Walsh became U.S. Secretary of Labor. Because the string of white males in city hall s top job had been unbroken, Janey s status as a Black woman catapulted her to national attention. Janey s video celebrates her historic position and makes it a focal point of her campaign.