You're Making More Money But It Doesn't Feel Like It, Especially In Boston Metro Area
All Americans are feeling the effects of rising inflation rates, but people living in Boston, Cambridge, and Newton have the hardest time stretching a dollar, a new study by SmartAsset found.
The Boston metropolitan area requires the third-highest paycheck out of the 25 metropolitan cities including in the SmartAsset study, requiring an after-tax salary of $78,752 for a single person to live comfortably. This figure is considerably higher than the average after-tax salary needed to live comfortably in metro areas, which is calculated at $67,060.
A $100,000 salary is worth $84,498 in O…
Driver Turns Out Lights To Evade Cambridge Cops, Drives Straight Into Pole: Police
The driver of a stolen car gave himself away when he drove the wrong way down a one-way road, officials said.
Police noticed that a man was driving the wrong way on Technology Square in Cambridge shortly after 4:00 a.m. on Friday, March 3, according to the Cambridge Police Department. The driver, a 35-year-old Somerville man, saw police and quickly turned the car's headlights and rear lights off, made a U-turn, and drove off, slamming the vehicle into a pole on Bishop Allen Drive a block away.
While looking up the car's details, police maintained a safe distance from the vehicle and found…
Victim ID'd, Arrest Made In Fatal Presidents' Day Shooting At Woburn Home
Authorities have made an arrest and identified the victim of a fatal Presidents' Day shooting that occurred in Woburn.
Officers responded for a reported disturbance at a home in Woburn around 3:40 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 20, according to Woburn Police Chief Robert Rufo. Upon arrival, officers found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.
One man, later identified as 22-year-old Mussie Nirayo, of Cambridge, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office reports. The other man, identified as 26-year-old Tyler Olivier, of Woburn, was taken to a nearby hospita…
