Kris Olson

It may soon be safer to use five crosswalks in town. At the request of Police Chief Dennis King, the town’s Traffic Safety Advisory Committee on Oct. 22 identified the first five intersections to get rectangular rapid flashing beacons, or RRFBs, thanks to a grant the chief had obtained. RRFBs alert drivers that a pedestrian

While a Hingham High School senior may have an uphill battle in convincing a federal magistrate judge that school officials abused their broad discretion to mete out discipline for academic misconduct, education attorneys say they suspect the case may be just the beginning of courtroom disputes to involve the use of artificial intelligence in schools.

As nonpartisan organizations, the ACLU of Massachusetts, Lawyers for Civil Rights, and Lawyers Defending American Democracy can’t fully acknowledge it. But one of the major party presidential candidates has created more work for them in the days leading up to the Nov. 5 election.

New England First Amendment Coalition Executive Director Justin H. Silverman says his organization is glad the Executive Office of the Trial Court responded promptly to its recent letter about the sorry state of case information kiosks at some of the state’s courthouses. But it also hopes to see the day that it will be unnecessary to hoof it into court and hope to find an available, functioning computer terminal.

Members of the Marblehead Education Association have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike beginning Tuesday, Nov. 12, if the Marblehead School Committee fails to negotiate a contract for all five bargaining units by Monday night, Nov. 11, the MEA announced Friday. According to the MEA, a "staggering" 99% of MEA members voted in favor of

A collection of images captured by the Marblehead Current's photographers of the town's teachers strike. Stay tuned to the Current for continuing coverage of the strike as it concludes its first week.

If not for the Great Depression, Carney, Gaudet & Carney in Boston might have been a third-generation law firm. But until he finished his own legal education, J.W. “Jay” Carney Jr. had no idea that his father, Jim, had started law school.