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Emily Sweeney

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Local News Reporter and Columnist, Blotter Tales at The Boston Globe

Dorchester native. @BostonGlobe journalist, #BlotterTales columnist, and Cold Case Files reporter. Sign up for my newsletter here: https://t.co/G8BD92RQXB

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  • 4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney

    About 90 students made a mess at Hanover High School Thursday night as part of “a senior prank that quickly crossed the line from harmless fun to inappropriate behavior,” school officials said. “The actions taken were immature, disrespectful, and fell far short of the creativity or humor typically associated with senior pranks.”The students entered the high school after hours on the evening of May 29 and threw confetti, unfurled toilet paper, and smashed fruit inside the building, officials said.

  • 4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney

    Two people were killed in a crash on Interstate 495 in Haverhill on Monday morning, authorities said. At approximately 3:45 a.m., State Police received a report of a person walking in the highway median near exit 107 in Haverhill, according to agency spokesperson Tim McGuirk. “Upon arrival, Troopers discovered Haverhill Police facilitating medical transport for a person in a nearby parking lot,” McGuirk said by email.

  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney

    Groton Animal Control Officer John Greenhalgh held an owl that was found by construction workers. Groton Police DepartmentEvery day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our communities.

  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney

    The six-bedroom, 12-bathroom home, which sits on nearly 19 acres, is on the market for $38 million. The home was built in 2006, but doesn’t look like it. “When you go in there, there’s nothing that really screams that this was done 15 years ago,” Pallotta’s wife, Kim, told the Wall Street Journal. This six-bedroom, 12-bathroom home is on the market for $38 million.

  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Emily Sweeney

    If you plan to travel on the Massachusetts Turnpike anywhere near Boston this weekend, be prepared for delays. Due to bridge construction work, I-90 will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Exits 123 and 125 in Newton and Weston from 9 p.m. Friday, May 30, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 2, according to the Massachusetts of Transportation. A second weekend lane closure will start at 9 p.m. on Friday, June 20 and go until 5 a.m. on Monday, June 23.

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Emily Sweeney
Emily Sweeney @emilysweeney
7 May 25

All's quiet in the @BostonGlobe newsroom. #GoodMorningEveryone https://t.co/VKYCmilTs0

Emily Sweeney
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7 May 25

RT @emilysweeney: Journalists in the Boston area, mark your calendar...and come out to karaoke night at Cathedral Station on Tuesday, May 1…

Emily Sweeney
Emily Sweeney @emilysweeney
6 May 25

Taylor Swift’s former Cape Cod house is on the market for $14.5 million https://t.co/Dbtreotn04 via @BostonGlobe