'Concerned' School Committee Member Resigns Mid-Meeting: Patch PM
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Kelley Ferretti said she was more than willing to stay and debate the very tough issues facing Beverly Public Schools in the seventh month of the coronavirus pandemic.
But Ferretti said the manner in which the Beverly School Committee recently debated those issues — and the decisions made that she said "serve a personal agenda" over the best interest and safety of students — led her to resign her seat during Wednesday night's meeting.
"If you watch the meetings of the past few months," Ferretti told Patch Thursday morning, "you see committee members exude disrespect and be dismissive of others' opinions.
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Alan Greenough's Family Reacts To Reading Officer's Indictment
An attorney for the family of Alan Greenough, who was fatally shot by Reading police officer Erik Drauschke in 2018, says the indictment of Drauschke has given them "some peace." A Middlesex County grand jury indicted Drauschke on one count of manslaughter Wednesday, 2 1/2 years after Greenough's death.
"Yesterday, the family finally found some peace when the Grand Jury determined there was no justification for the shooting by returning an indictment against the officer for manslaughter," attorney Victor Koufman wrote in an email to Patch. "The family is still mourning and trying to process what has happened; they still need time to digest what happened."
Koufman said Greenough's brother, Anthony Perrotti, "suffered the shock" of seeing Greenough on his knees near the car where he was shot. Their mother, Catherine Rawson, was "absolutely stunned" when she heard of the shooting, Koufman told Patch.
Arlington 4th Grader Sent Home For Sneezing Cleared To Return To School
A nine-year-old boy from Arlington is heading back to school Thursday, two days after he was sent home for sneezing. Lancinet Keita has been cleared to return to class by his doctor, his father told WBZ-TV.
Lancinet said he sneezed two times at Bishop Elementary School Tuesday and his teacher told him to go to the nurse. His father, Thierno Keita, said he then got a call from the nurse asking him to come pick up his son.
Lancinet said he felt fine but the fourth grade student was told he could not to return to school until he gets a negative Covid-19 test.
'Appalling And Outrageous': Baker Slams Trump
A fired-up Gov. Charlie Baker slammed President Donald Trump for not committing to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose November's election. Baker was asked at his news conference on Thursday to respond to Trump's comments.
"It is appalling and outrageous that anyone suggest for a minute, that if they lose an election they're not going to leave," Baker said. "That peaceful transfer of power is what the people in this country rely on when they go to vote."
Trump told a reporter on Wednesday "we're going to have to see what happens" when asked if he would commit to a peaceful transition in case he loses. He added that he doesn't believe he will lose.
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Historic Boston—Area Jewish Newspaper Stops Print After 118 Years
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Watertown Teachers Defend Remote Model, 'Dismayed' With State
"Educators want nothing more than to be back in classrooms with their students —the risk of COVID-19 makes that impossible," the union said.
Worcester Expected To Take Ownership Of Polar Park Site
The Worcester Redevelopment Authority will likely accept the deed on Friday. The transfer has been delayed for more than a year.
This article originally appeared on the Boston Patch
