Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan Confirms Two Fatal Overnight Shootings

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Cambridge Police Commissioner Branville Bard Jr. and Somerville Chief of Police David Fallon have confirmed that two fatal shootings occurred last night: one in Cambridge and one in Somerville.

At approximately 3:30 a.m. this morning Ednilson Decosta, 28, of Dorchester, was shot in a motor vehicle on Windsor Street at Evereteze Way in Cambridge. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

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Tufts University begins new era of innovation, discovery with opening of Science and Engineering Complex

Interdisciplinary space to serve as hub of innovation, research and collaboration

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Oct. 13, 2017) – Tufts University today unveiled the state-of-the-art Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), a combination of new and renovated space on the Medford/Somerville campus that will foster innovation, collaboration and discovery.

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Senate Votes to Ban Bump Stocks and Trigger Cranks

BOSTON- Yesterday the Massachusetts Senate voted to ban bump stocks and trigger cranks, and classify them under the same general law that governs machine guns. Senator Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) voted in favor of the amendment, which would establish identical penalties – eighteen months to life in prison – for the use and possession of bump stocks and trigger cranks as current law holds for machine guns.

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Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 42 -Report No. 41 October 9-13, 2017

By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives and senators on roll calls from the week of October 9-13.

$485,559 TO CITIES AND TOWNS FOR EARLY VOTING COSTS (H 3951)

House approved 154-0, Senate rejected 9-28, an amendment to a fiscal 2017 supplemental budget that closes out the books on fiscal 2017 that ended on June 30.

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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SATURDAY, October 14, the 287th day of 2017 with 78 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:55 and sunset is @ 6:04. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Saturn & Mercury. The evening stars are Mars, Neptune, Uranus & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1066 – The Battle of Hastings occurred in England. The Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II of England.

1879 – Thomas Edison signed an agreement with Jose D. Husbands for the sale of Edison telephones in Chile.

1887 – Thomas Edison and George E. Gouraud reached an agreement for the international marketing rights for the phonograph.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer