Covid-19: These 15 'Red' Cities And Towns Pose Highest Infection Risk
More than 50 Massachusetts cities and towns are now considered to be at “high-risk” for spreading COVID-19 infections, according to the most recent state data.
Among the communities where the risk is highest - 8 or more new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, per day - are 15 Western and Central Massachusetts municipalities.
The community with the highest daily incident rate is Marlborough - 19.9 new cases per day per 100,000 and going up.
Though the risk is still high, infections in Amherst, Southborough, Springfield, and Sunderland are decreasing.
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, Massachus…
Worcester Priest/Holyoke Teacher Gets Prison For Child Pornography Charge
A former Holyoke kindergarten teacher and Worcester priest has been sentenced to six years in prison for possession of child pornography.
Gregory Lisby, 40, of Worcester, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said. In February, Lisby pled guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography.
Lisby was the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester, 2015 to 2018. In addition to Holyoke, Lisby claimed to have been an aid or substitute teacher in the Shrewsbury and Worcester public schools, according to MassLive.
Lisby was arrested and resigned…
Chance Observation Leads To Seizure Of Ak-47, Marijuana, And Six Other Firearms, Arrest
A hoard of firearms that included an AK-47 rifle and a whole lot of marijuana were seized by Shrewsbury Police during a recent arrest.
On Tuesday, Aug. 18, police were investigating another incident when they noticed an alleged hand-to-hand drug deal, police said.
This led police to Charles MacDonald, of Shrewsbury, and his Oak Street home where they found a “large amount” of marijuana, digital scales for weighing drugs, packaging equipment, $10,000, and seven firearms, police said.
The firearms confiscated included the AK as well as a 12-gauge shotgun, two Glock semiautomatic handguns, an…
