Romeo Trauma set his drone flying over the Lynn Woods shortly before sundown this evening. In the left photo, you can see some burning continuing. On the right, you can see some of the damage done by the fire in recent days.
Roving UHub photographer butternugz spotted the smoke from Point Norfolk in Dorchester this afternoon.
NBC Boston reports more than 100 acres of woods burned overnight in Lynn.
The National Weather Service has a red-flag warning up for the entire state, until 6 p.m. on Sunday. There's a chance of rain after that and through Monday.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today a man who suffered a traumatic brain injury in an alleged beating by an MBTA bus driver with a history of anger-related issues can proceed with his suit against the MBTA for hiring the guy. Read more.
A Lynn man got 37 months in federal prison today for selling what turned out to be two fake Andy Warhol paintings, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Eggplant Rollatine. Photo by Sasha Patkin.
If you have ever read or watched a fantasy adventure, you are no stranger to the wonderful world of magical dining spaces. Whether it was a dark tavern or a school great hall lit up with millions of candles, you wanted more than anything to eat there. Or at least, we wanted to!
Enter Antique Table Lynn, which offers from-scratch Italian cuisine and an atmosphere worthy of any reader’s imagination. The menu features pan-Italian dishes and innovative daily specials (example: Pork Belly and Watermelon). Read more.
Yo Pesci on his YouTube channel.
A federal judge today sentenced Ernest "Yo Pesci" Johnson to 7 1/2 years in federal custody for his role in a violent pill-pushing drug ring on the North Shore - many of whose exploits he boasted of on his YouTube channel, which remains up, although the latest videos are by his supporters on World Star Boston. Read more.
WBZ reports the teen Wendy's worker is recovering while the city of Lynn is on edge knowing there's somebody with a hair trigger and a gun driving around.
WPRI reports agents swarmed across eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, busting into Hell's Angels clubhouses as the feds in the aftermath of a couple of violent battles between rival motorcycle gangs.
Caruso, the other Caruso and Yo Pesci, who is awaiting sentencing.
A federal judge yesterday sentenced Vincent "Fatz" Caruso, 27, of Lynn to nearly 21 years in prison for running a violent ring that bought a special pill-making machine to churn out hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills that he and his runners sold as Percocets across the North Shore.
Caruso's sentencing came one day after another federal judge sentenced his mother, Laurie, 52, to 9 years in federal prison for her role in her son's organization. Read more.
Live Boston reports a man walking on Storrow Drive early this morning was hit and killed by a driver who kept on going - but who was followed by another driver to a Lynn apartment building, where State Police arrested him on charges of motor-vehicle homicide and OUI - after he allegedly blew a .119 on a breath test more than two hours after the crash.
Vincent "Fatz" Caruso, 27, today pleaded guilty to running a fentanyl ring north of Boston that included buying a pill-making machine that could turn out tens of thousands of pills an hour, the US Attorney's office reports.
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Laurie Caruso, 51, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and other controlled substances for her role in a wholesale North Shore drug ring run by her son, Vinnie "Fatz" Caruso and his pals, including video mini-star Ernest "Yo Pesci" Johnson. Read more.
Salvador, convicted double murderer, making gang signs, with a gang tattoo. From government sentencing memo.
A federal judge today sentenced Henri "Perverso" Salvador Gutierrez to life in prison for the murders of Luis Fernando Orellana Ruano, 18, at Memorial Stadium in East Boston in December, 2016 and Herson Rivas, 17, in a Lynn park two years later. Read more.
Peter Eliopolous at WCVB reports on the situation at Lynn English High School.
The Supreme Judicial Court today upheld a jury's verdict that Philip Morris USA owes Fred Laramie's widow for getting him hooked on cigarettes when he was just 13 and then feeding his habit until he died of lung cancer in 2016. Read more.
Gov. Baker today activated the National Guard to get ready to drive school vans in cities that have been hard hit by driver shortages: Chelsea, Lynn, Lawrence and Lowell. Some 90 National Guard members will start training in driving the vans tomorrow.
Rachel Miller, who owns Nightshade Noodle Bar in Lynn, has been requiring would-be diners to show proof of vaccination. She reports she's been getting blowback, at least online, and tells the losers they can just stop now because she's not changing her mind: Read more.
The federal government today accused a Dorchester man who runs a series of "sober homes" in Dorchester, Roxbury and Lynn of violating the federal Fair Housing Act through sexual harassment and intimidation over a five-year period. Read more.
WBZ reports on the release of an annual water-quality report for local beaches. King's Beach in Lynn was a particular issue, what with "filthy, bacteria laden discharges from both Lynn and Swampscott" winding up there.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today prosecutors can't use the cocaine found in a man's car as evidence against him because the state trooper who initially stopped the man just off Rte. 1A in Lynn spent way too long asking him questions that had nothing to do with his failure to signal for a left turn. Read more.
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