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1 week ago | boston25news.com | Litsa Pappas

PEABODY, Mass. — Parents and teachers packed Peabody’s School Committee meeting on Tuesday night, addressing concerns about how bullying is handled within the district in the wake of 14-year-old Jason Bernard’s death. Residents argued the district should be adding more services for students instead of cutting them. "It is disheartening that it took the loss of a human life, a child, to force attention onto problems we have been raising for years," one teacher said.

1 week ago | boston25news.com | Litsa Pappas

SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. — A 12-year-old girl is dead after falling out of a third-story window in Southbridge over the weekend. Arya Lebeau was at a friend’s house when she fell to her death, her mother, Charlene Cabrera, told Boston 25 on Monday. “We don’t have any answers right now, but I’m hoping that soon we will get answers,” said Cabrera.

1 week ago | boston25news.com | Litsa Pappas

BOSTON — Loren Collins says her daughter caught the sound of gunshots on her cell phone while in her room Saturday night in Dorchester. “I thought it was fireworks, and then I said, ‘No, that couldn’t have been fireworks’, and then I said I’ll know if it was shots if I hear sirens right after, which I did,” said Collins. Boston Police say two people were shot on Franklin Hill Avenue in Dorchester just before 10 PM.

2 weeks ago | boston25news.com | Litsa Pappas

PEABODY, Mass. — Peabody city councilors held a moment of silence Thursday night for Jason Bernard, the 8th grader who died last week. “Jason’s passing has left a real deep imprint on our city, so many have been affected at this time, we’ve just been thinking about the family, the students at the Higgins Middle School, and try to support them the very best we can,” said Mayor Edward Bettencourt. Jason’s family tells Boston 25 News he was a victim of bullying, and he took his own life.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Litsa Pappas

Peabody city councilors held a moment of silence Thursday night for Jason Bernard, the 8th grader who died last week. “Jason’s passing has left a real deep imprint on our city, so many have been affected at this time, we’ve just been thinking about the family, the students at the Higgins Middle School, and try to support them the very best we can,” said Mayor Edward Bettencourt. Jason’s family tells Boston 25 News he was a victim of bullying, and he took his own life.