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Meals tax back on the tableHungry for revenue, town officials have once again proposed adopting a meals excise tax. Special Town Meeting voted it down back in November 2010, but has the appetite for a meals tax changed this time around? If approved by Town Meeting, Cohasset would enact a 0.75 (three quarters of one percent) increase over what the state already gets (6.25 percent). This raises the statewide tax to 7 percent for people dining out, with the town keeping the additional 0.75 percent. Factoring in this increase, a $40 restaurant bill generates $2.80 in meals tax, out of which the town collects an additional 30 cents. — Wicked Local Cohasset Dorchester-born disco queen Donna Summer dead at 63Disco queen and Dorchester native Donna Summer lost her battle with cancer this morning. The original "Bad... — The Boston Herald Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:45 PM
Court: Conviction needed for longer suspensionThe highest court in Massachusetts has overturned a 3-year license suspension given to a man who refused to take a breath test after being arrested on a drunken driving charge, finding that a law designed to increase penalties for repeat drunken drivers requires a previous conviction. — The Boston Globe Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:58 AM
Wes Welker: Contract Talks With Patriots Have ‘Gotten Worse’Wes Welker is not making any progress toward a long-term deal. In fact, he told the Boston Herald that progress is moving backward. — CBS Boston Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:58 PM Celtics paint pretty picturePhiladelphia - Paul Pierce, on his way to a 24-point, 12-rebound game, slashed to the basket midway through the... — The Boston Herald Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:51 PM
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 Former Cedarmere site construction courts controversyThe former “Cedarmere” construction project has circled back to Cohasset and raised new concerns. In February, the Toll Brothers home building company announced their intent to develop the vacant Hayes Estate on Beechwood Street into 41 detached single-family homes. The Planning Board has held several public hearings on the matter since then, with abutters voicing their fears that the new development will have a negative impact on the flow of traffic at the intersection of Beechwood and Route 3A. The hearing is continued to next week’s Wednesday night Planning Board meeting. The Toll Brothers project, according to abutter Richard Fitzpatrick, “will put 100 percent of the traffic from this new development onto the most dangerous intersection in Cohasset.” — Wicked Local Cohasset Effort to preserve Shrewsbury's Glavin Center continues on Beacon HillBoston - Among those looking for a financial lifeline in the state budget yesterday were some of the families of the 29 patients at the Irving A. Glavin Regional Center in Shrewsbury, slated for closure next year. — Telegram & Gazette Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00 AM Senator tries to fortify EBT reformA South Shore lawmaker wants to pump up welfare-reform measures in the Senate's version of the state budget, after... — The Boston Herald Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:32 PM
Ri agency official out after Schilling defaultProvidence, R.i. -- The head of the Rhode Island agency whose board approved a $75 million loan guarantee for former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's now financially troubled video gaming company has resigned. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:28 AM
Coroner: RFK Jr.'s wife died of hangingBedford, N.y. -- A medical examiner in suburban New York says the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. died of asphyxiation due to hanging. — 7 News - WHDH Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:06 PM
BriefsMit names provost new MIT president Cambridge, Mass. (AP) -- MIT provost L. Rafael Reif, 61, an internationally recognized electrical engineer who learned to speak English after coming to the U. — The Lowell Sun Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:40 AM More News
