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In today's newsletter:

  • Worker dies after scaffolding fall at Jamaica Plain triple-decker
  • Boston-area banks targeted in alleged $12.2 million Treasury check scam
  • What's really behind the Boston City Council's escalating late-file showdown?

Also on today's calendar: Cape Cod Pottery Trail and 15 more events.

Today's riddle: Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Windy with rain, with a high of 61 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Sunday: Very windy; rain, temps: high: 63, low: 56.
  • Monday: Breezy with rain, with a high of 61 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Worker Dies After Falling From Scaffolding In Boston: Report (patch.com) — A worker in his late 40s died after falling from scaffolding at a triple-decker home on Weld Hill Street in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood Thursday afternoon. Boston Fire's technical rescue team responded in windy conditions, and federal workplace safety officials are now investigating the cause of the fall. The victim, remembered as a devoted father of four, leaves behind his children and extended family.
   

2. 4 Indicted In Connection With $12.2M U.S. Treasury Check Fraud Scheme (patch.com) — Federal prosecutors in Boston say four Massachusetts men stole and altered more than $12.2 million in U.S. Treasury checks, then funneled the money through banks and credit unions in and around the Boston area. The men were arrested and appeared in Boston federal court, where they face bank fraud, money laundering, and related charges tied to luxury purchases, real estate, and a separate online banking scam. Potential penalties reach decades in prison if they are convicted.
   

3. Boston City Council 'mean girl' feud intensifies as Erin Murphy slams Sharon Durkan (bostonherald.com) — A simmering feud on the Boston City Council has intensified, with Councilor Erin Murphy accusing colleague Sharon Durkan of personally and repeatedly blocking her late-file orders on school spending oversight and traffic safety. Durkan says she's enforcing open-meeting rules, but Murphy and ally Ed Flynn argue the pattern delays answers Boston residents want on misused school funds and dangerous street changes.
   

4. 4,000 Brigham and Women's nurses 'overwhelmingly' vote to authorize open-ended strike (myclallamcounty.com) — Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have voted overwhelmingly to authorize an open-ended strike, setting the stage for what could become the largest RN strike in Massachusetts history. No date is set yet, but nurses say they're pushing for safer staffing, affordable health insurance, and fair pay, while hospital leaders have so far resisted their proposals.
   

5. Fight between teen girls on MBTA bus caught on camera (nbcboston.com) — A fight between several teen girls on an MBTA Route 28 bus in Mattapan spilled into the aisle this week, briefly knocking them into other passengers as one rider recorded the chaos. The witness later posted the video and tagged the MBTA, saying he wanted officials to address such behavior, and transit police now say their juvenile officers are investigating the incident.
   

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