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‘We are very concerned’: Miami-Dade mayor addresses broken elevators, escalators at county’s Metromover stations 

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

There is some transit trouble, which some people might call a metro-fail. Broken escalators and elevators at many Metromover stations have caused problems for riders.At some stations, the elevators and escalators have been out for a year.For two weeks, 7 Investigates has been documenting the maintenance mess.A week after we contacted the Miami-Dade Mayor’s office, the mayor is now speaking out.Mike Sheridan rides the Metromover five days a week.Mike Sheridan: “So my spouse takes the car to go to work and I’ll take the Metro.”Nearly a half-million people ride the Metromover every month. A free service that makes stops across downtown Miami and Brickell.But you can’t get on the train without first getting up onto the train platform. For some, that is easier said than done.Mike Sheridan: “So you can see here that the escalators out as well as the elevator. So if you were a disabled person, there’s literally no way down other than the stairs.&#...

Cellphone video captures fight inside South Dade Senior High school gym, 3 arrested

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

Cellphone video captured a violent fight inside the gym at South Dade Senior High School right before the afternoon bell was set to go off.The fight occurred on May 8, and a 29-second video showed one kid slamming another student against the gym floor.District officials said the interaction between the two students started earlier in the day after one student recorded another student in a bathroom at the school. The victim pleaded for him to delete that picture or video.According to district officials, things escalated in the gym after the victim asked once again for the students to delete it.Authorities said that’s when the video showed a fight breaking out between five students against three students.District officials said the victims getting attacked in the video haven’t been in the U.S very long.In a statement they told 7News in part, “This school district goes to great lengths to promote the values of restraint and respect as well as using social media respon...

TD Garden showcases new food options as Celtics prepare for Eastern Conference Finals

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

As the Celtics chase a championship, the TD Garden is announcing new fan food aimed at helping keep up the intense atmosphere. On the eve of Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, arena officials on Tuesday showcased some of their new offerings. “This is what we wait for all season,” said Executive Chef Jason Gorman. “We get a chance to really come up with some great, winning combinations.Dishes include new “Beat the Heat Bites” and a “617 New England Cod” complete with potatoes and a passion fruit butter sauce. A “Miami Vice Slice” comes topped with habanero bacon jam, pulled pork, mozzarella, tomato sauce and fresh jalapeno peppers. With lots of spice on the menu, fans may need a drink. Speaking this week, officials said they’re prepared, with options including the “Magic City Margarita.” “We have it a little bit spicy, because we expect the series to be spicy and smoke in there because we’re going to smoke them,” said TD Ga...

Yarmouth Girl Scout named top cookie seller in eastern Massachusetts

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

A local Girl Scout recently went above and beyond, selling more than 3,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to become the top cookie seller in Eastern Massachusetts for this year’s cookie selling season, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts announced. Emma Hardigan, of West Yarmouth, told 7NEWS she went door to door and also ran a total of 41 cookie booths, selling 3,668 boxes of cookies. She continued, saying she donated all the money she made to charity, giving the money to a local food pantry. “I love being out in the community and selling Girl Scout Cookies,” Hardigan said in a separate statement shared by Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.Hardigan, a Daisy Girl Scout, has been part of the Girl Scouts for two years. Speaking this week, she said she is excited to continue her work in the organization.

New Mexico high school student killed 3 women in ‘random’ shooting rampage, police say

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, MORGAN LEE and RIO YAMAT (Associated Press)FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others as he fired randomly while roaming his northwestern New Mexico neighborhood was a local high school student and his victims include a 97-year-old woman and her daughter, police said Tuesday.Investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the attack by Beau Wilson, 18, in the Farmington neighborhood where he lived. They say he opened fire Monday, killing Gwendolyn Schofield, her 73-year-old daughter, Melody Ivie, and 79-year-old Shirley Voita.Witnesses and police say Wilson walked through the neighborhood a short drive from downtown Farmington spraying bullets until police arrived within minutes and fatally shot him. Two police officers were among the wounded.“The amount of violence and brutality that these people faced is unconscionable to me,” Deputy Police Chief Kyle Dowdy said. “I don’t care wh...

‘A legend’s coming:’ Taylor Swift mania descends on Boston ahead of weekend concerts

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

The much anticipated, record-breaking “Eras” tour is finally just days away from hitting Gillette stadium, bringing with it astronomically-priced last-minute ticket sales for the Swifties still searching for a seat.“Taylor is just like, a legend,” said 25-year-old Sydnie Dimond, a Norfolk native who’s attending one of the concerts with her parents and several friends. “I think that this concert is going to be one that truly goes down in history. We’ll be talking about it decades from now.”The concerts will go for three nights from Friday to Sunday at the Gillette Stadium, featuring openers Phoebe Bridgers, GAYLE and Gracie Abrams.For the stragglers still looking for tickets, the cheapest available on Stubhub are now going for just under $2,000. The most expensive — the last open front row seats in the stadium — hit over a staggering $16,000.The concerts start at 6:30 p.m., the Patriots organization said in a release, but pa...

Grandparents watch out! Boston Police warn of new kidnapping variant to common scam targeting older adults

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

Take that threatening phone call demanding money for an outrageous claim with a grain of salt.In yet another example of a phone-based scam, the Boston Police Department on Sunday sent officers out to check in on a woman and her young daughter in the area of Waltham Street who had allegedly been kidnapped, based on a call the woman’s parent had received.“The unknown suspect was demanding a cash payment through an online application,” the BPD relayed in a statement warning people of such scams. “On arrival, the officers safely located the individuals referenced in the threatening phone call who did not appear to be in any distress.”The scam appears to be a kidnap-angle to what is known as the “grandparent” scam, a fraud the Herald has reported on regularly.In a relatively recent example of such a scam — with this one employing the “fake accident ploy” variant to the con — an East Boston grandfather got a call in July 2022 reporting that his nephew had been drinking and hit a pregnant ...

Dems at odds, will hold separate meetings amid accusation of fraud

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

A legislative committee made up of both House and Senate members is at an impasse and will begin meeting separately, according to the pair of Democrats responsible for steering the state’s climate initiatives.The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, through its House and Senate Chair, told the Herald they will hold separate meetings on both Thursday and Friday, instead of a bicameral joint meeting as per usual.Sen. Michael Barrett said that his name’s recent appearance on a joint committee hearing notice for Thursday must either be an egregious mistake or fraud — a word, he said, that as an attorney he does not use lightly — as he did not sign the notice nor agree to the joint hearing.“I’m listed as the co-sender today of an official joint committee hearing notice, along with the House chair. The House chair knows I haven’t approved the scheduling of this hearing. There’s a small chance this is merely a serious error. Otherwise, I regr...

MBTA bus, subway operators want more penalties for assaults on transit workers

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

MBTA bus operator Cheryle Bradley had already dealt with multiple verbal assaults by passengers on her buses before showing up to work on March 7 to drive Route 22.Two teenage boys boarded her bus, one was vaping, Bradley said. She asked the boy to stop because vaping is not allowed on T buses. The boy gave Bradley a thumbs up, she said.“Then as they rang the bell to get off the bus, (they) came to the front, blew a big puff of smoke in my face and said you F and B-word,” Bradley said, adding she asked them to get off. “The second person punched the window of the bus as I closed the door, apparently wasn’t done threatening me. And then he brandished a gun. Looked right at my face, smiled and he pulled the gun out of his jacket.”The boy put the gun back in his jacket as Bradley tried to call for help through a radio system that didn’t work, she said. Police eventually found the two people the next day, she said. But she said she has never been so scared in her life.Bradley test...

Getting real: Home prices drop first time in five years

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:43 GMT

The Massachusetts real estate market saw the median sales price for a single-family home drop last month when compared to April 2022, the first year-over-year decline since 2018, according to data released this week by the state’s top market-watchers.Lower priced properties are being sold a lot quicker than those on the high end, bringing down the median sales price, both the Warren Group and Massachusetts Association of Realtors told the Herald on Tuesday.The median price of a single family home fell 1.2% to $553,500, down from $560,000 in April 2022, according to figures from the Warren Group. The number of single-family homes sold, 2,897, also dropped last month, by 25.3%, compared to the year before.Cassie Norton, associate publisher at the Warren Group, pointed to two driving factors behind the decline: the Fed’s interest rate being at the highest level in 16 years, and the shaky banking industry, with three banks collapsing so far this year.“The people on the higher end of the...