LOCAL NEWS

Biotech consortium OKs RCC program

Roxbury Community College (RCC) is among eight Massachusetts community colleges receiving official endorsement from the Massachusetts Life Science Education Consortium (MLSEC) for their degree and certificate programs in biotechnology. More »

Gov. Council approves Mass. high court nominee

Roderick Ireland won confirmation last week as the first black chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and said one of his top goals is making the court system more user-friendly. More »

Court denies appeal in fashion writer death

A black trash collector convicted of raping and murdering a white Cape Cod fashion writer lost his bid for a new trial last week when the state's highest court rejected his claims that racial bias tainted the jury's deliberations. More »

Deploying soldier gets early holiday gift

LOWELL, Mass. - As Spc. Vannek Pech was waiting to board an aircraft that would fly him and 70 other deploying soldiers from Hanscom Air Force Base to the mobilization site at Fort Bliss, Texas on Dec. 6, 2010, he had a lot on his mind. More »