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1 week ago | 
autism.einnews.com | Marcela Rodrigues
BROOKLINE — “Viraj, ready? Have no expectation you’re going to get in,” said Sumit Dhanda, Viraj Dhanda’s father, as the duo prepared to open an email that would declare whether the teen was accepted into MIT. “If you get in, consider it a gift from God.”Holding his breath, his father clicked open the email. Immediately, virtual confetti exploded across the laptop screen.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Marcela Rodrigues
BROOKLINE — “Viraj, ready? Have no expectation you’re going to get in,” said Sumit Dhanda, Viraj Dhanda’s father, as the duo prepared to open an email that would declare whether the teen was accepted into MIT. “If you get in, consider it a gift from God.”Holding his breath, his father clicked open the email. Immediately, virtual confetti exploded across the laptop screen.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Marcela Rodrigues |Tonya Alanez
Brookline police are investigating an incident in which a brick reading “Free Palestine” was thrown through the window of a Kosher grocery store early Sunday morning. “This was not simply an act of property damage, and it is not simply vandalism,” Brookline Police Chief Jennifer Paster said in a statement Sunday.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Marcela Rodrigues
Fenway workers authorized a strike Sunday as they seek better wages and limits on automation, including beer kiosks and self-checkout, that could begin as soon as this afternoon. The decision, which they approved in a 647-33 vote, comes hours before a scheduled game between the Red Sox and New York Yankees at Fenway Park.
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2 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Marcela Rodrigues
In his first visit to the Massachusetts State House on Friday, Marcelo Gomes da Silva was welcomed by Governor Maura Healey who gifted the teen a beaded rosary blessed by Pope Francis. “I think that Pope Francis would want you to have them,” the governor told the teen after he mentioned his faith in God. “Holy moly,” the teen said.
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2 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Marcela Rodrigues
“Use me for Your glory,” the teen prayed over and over again for the five nights he spent in detention. “Use me as a light.”By Thursday, he was released on a $2,000 bond, with dreams of returning to his regular life. He was excited to return to Milford High School the next day to take final exams and wrap up his junior year.
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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald |Marcela Rodrigues |Laura Crimaldi
Sandwich boards with the Luce Hotline information for ICE were seen in Milford on June 2.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe StaffFor Gomes’s family, worry was replaced by at least a modicum of temporary relief Tuesday afternoon, as Gomes was released from federal custody on bail. Milford is another municipality thrust to the front line of President Trump’s ongoing immigration crackdown, with the arrest of Gomes acting as a rallying point for some.
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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Marcela Rodrigues
The family of the Milford teen detained by ICE released a video Wednesday begging officials to free Marcelo Gomes da Silva from a detention facility. Gomes’s parents, who are from Brazil, and his two siblings, who are US born citizens, directed their pleas at ICE to let the Milford High School student come home after being detained since Saturday. “I miss my son. I love my son. We need Marcelo back home,” said the teen’s father, João Paulo Gomes Pereira. “We love America.
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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Marcela Rodrigues
MILFORD — Volleyball players gathered in the Milford High School locker room after Saturday morning practice, cracking jokes and laughing. The mood quickly turned when they saw the stark look on the faces of their coach and principal. “Just like that, the whole day changed. Everyone’s mood changed,” said Gustavo da Silva, a junior who has known Gomes since elementary school. Some said they wanted to throw up. Others cried.
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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun |Marcela Rodrigues
Federal immigration officials on Monday said the Milford High School student who was arrested on his way to volleyball practice Saturday was not their intended target Instead, ICE officers were looking for the teen’s father, Patricia Hyde, field director of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston, said Monday. Hyde said Marcelo Gomes da Silva was driving his father’s car on Saturday when ICE agents pulled him over.
