Alvin Buyinza

2 weeks ago | cambridgeday.com | Alvin Buyinza

Local leaders and officials are considering how to use city money to restart an income program for families in need next fiscal year. But as the city faces financial strains and federal cuts from the Donald Trump administration, pulling money from the general budget would force city officials to weigh a new cash assistance program against the needs of existing programs – a move that could result in less monthly cash for families in need.

1 month ago | cambridgeday.com | Alvin Buyinza

Henry Bear’s Park, a children’s toy store in Cambridge, will shut down a location in Porter Square at the end of this month and reopen in a long-empty new location a block away, a move driven by rising rent prices, staff said. The toy store will move from 17 White St. to a home just two blocks over on 1957 Massachusetts Ave. The store will close a week before the big move, on April 30.

1 month ago | police1.com | Alvin Buyinza |Ryan Mancini

By Alvin Buyinza and Ryan Mancinimasslive.comSPRINGFIELD, Mass. — After about a decade of voicing the same concerns, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is once again questioning, “What will it take” to keep what he calls violent repeat offenders off the streets. His renewed plea comes after police arrested eight Springfield residents last week, including a repeat firearms offender.

1 month ago | masslive.com | Alvin Buyinza

An 83-year-old woman who went missing Thursday morning was found dead later in the afternoon, authorities said. The unnamed woman was first reported missing this morning after a neighbor requested a welfare check, according to the Middleborough Police Department. Authorities from several departments searched the area. A police dog found the woman’s body in the woods in a shallow body of water, according to the department. Foul play isn’t immediately suspected.

1 month ago | masslive.com | Alvin Buyinza

A New Jersey man, who was wanted on a warrant charging him with attempted murder, was arrested Tuesday in Beverly, authorities said. Andrew Arias-Peguero, 54, was arrested on four warrants out of Lynn District Court and was charged with being a fugitive from justice due to a warrant out of New Jersey, according to the Beverly Police Department. John Foley III, Arias-Peguero’s court-appointed attorney, did not speak with MassLive on the case.