The state suspended mandatory courses for divorcing parents. Why do some separating couples still have to attend courses, paying nearly $2,000 and spending 27 hours with their ex-partner?
NORTH ATTLEBORO — With mental health issues and addiction becoming more common, partly because of the pandemic, residents and students now have access to a new service at no charge.
The one-day class teaches clinicians, veterans' advocates and family members how to talk with vets about guns, safer storage and reduced access in the event of a mental health crisis, which lessens the chance of suicide.
The fate of Christopher L. Ferguson Jr. now rests with the criminal justice system, which will likely weigh his alleged crimes against his mental state at the time prosecutors say he killed three people.