2+ week, 4+ day ago   (261+ words) By Chris F. Weber, One recent afternoon a team arrived at an apartment building where a resident had not left his room for days. Instead of handcuffs or transport to jail, the visitors offered food, listened without interruption, and arranged a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (572+ words) The high court upheld a lower court judge’s ruling halting the installations and declining the city’s motion to dismiss the case. The state’s highest court unanimously ruled against Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch’s plan to install two 10-foot-tall bronze statues outside…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (472+ words) Massachusetts’ highest court has intervened in a dispute over religious statues at a public building, ruling that a mayor cannot install two towering Catholic saints outside the city’s new public safety headquarters. The mayor spent $850,000 on the statues without telling…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (448+ words) At issue: An attempt by the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo to merge St. Jude the Apostle's loyal congregation with that of St. Christopher's Church in the Town of Tonawanda. Both are located on Niagara Falls Boulevard and less than five…...