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Bob Healy talks about his 30 years leading Cambridge As Cambridge’s city manager since the summer of 1981, Bob Healy has overseen Cambridge from the deficits and uncertainty of that period to the prosperity of today. “The driver of Cambridge’s success is the presence of Harvard and MIT,” Healy said, who is retiring next summer. With Healy, Cambridge has taken a cautious fiscal approach, stockpiling historic reserves rather than spending all it could. When Healy walked into the job, on July 1, 1981 the city faced a fiscal crisis, as a new law – that took affect that same day – restricting property taxes forced nearly $12 million in cuts. — Wicked Local Cambridge Cambridge police: Man attacked after Somerville partyCambridge Police arrested one of three alleged armed robbers who beat and attempted to rob a 20-year-old Arlington man as he was on his way home from a party in Somerville early Sunday morning. — Wicked Local Somerville Shrewsbury schools set for some additional fundingShrewsbury, Massachusetts – At long last we are able to report some good news for Shrewsbury from Beacon Hill, as the State Senate has released it’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The process in our state is a long one, in which the Governor, House and Senate all propose their own version of [...] — The Shrewsbury Lantern Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:06 AM Wfnx bought out, employees laid offBoston -- Boston alternative radio station WFNX 101.7 FM is being sold to Clear Channel Communications. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:50 AM Mass. marks eighth anniversary of gay marriagesBoston -- Massachusetts is marking eight years since it became the first state in the country where same sex couples could legally wed. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:37 AM Westport man suffers minor injuries in Saturday car accident in Fall RiverA man suffered minor injuries following a collision at about 11:20 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Cambridge and Baker streets. — Wicked Local Westport Boston Children's Hospital makes name changeChildren's Hospital Boston is changing its name to what everybody calls it anyway. The hospital says it is gradually making the transition to the new name -- Boston Children's Hospital. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:08 AM Cambridge, Somerville police help nab Saugus bank robberResulting from the joint investigation by law enforcement officials from Cambridge, Somerville, and surrounding cities, a Medford man was arrested in connection to two bank robberies in Saugus last month. — Wicked Local Roslindale Patrick mum on proposed luxury tax for hospitalsBy Matt Murphy State House News Service Boston -- Gov. Deval Patrick delivered a wide-ranging speech on health-care cost-containment efforts in Massachusetts, but failed to take a clear position on what could become one of the more — Sentinel and Enteprise Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:38 AM Retired Bedford cop kills in-laws in Cambridge, then himselfLaw enforcement officials said a retired Bedford police officer shot and killed three members of his own family in his Cambridge home and then turned the gun on himself Friday. Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said 67-year-old John "Jack" Brosnahan, a retired police officer who owned the 161 Grove St. home, was identified as the suspect. Brosnahan was later found dead, suffering an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Leone said in a press release. His body was found at 1400 Soldiers Field Road in Brighton across from the Brighton State Police barracks. — Wicked Local Bedford Pm Roundup: Cambridge Settlement Details; Nantucket Called The Best IslandCambridge discrimination settlement. Pay-by-phone parking. Nantucket the best island in the world? — 90.9 NPR WBUR Former Bedford officer sought in triple slaying in CambridgePolice, armed with automatic weapons, were searching for forner Bedford Police officer John P. Brosnahan, who is listed as one of the owners of the home where three were shot in Cambridge tonight. The victims were identified as Josephine Pizzuto and the suspect's two brothers-in-law, Robert and Patrick Pizzuto. Relatives overcome with grief were seen near the home. — Wicked Local Bedford More News
