Revere News

Matthew Weigman, 19, and Sean Paul Benton, 23, were sentenced late Friday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, on their convictions related to their involvement in a swatting conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

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PHOTOS BY DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFFCustomers in line outside Concepts shoe store in Harvard Square, waiting for their chance to buy a pair of Blue Lobster Nike sneakers .

There has been an ongoing debate going on at City Hall between Police Chief Terence Reardon and former Police Officer Charlie Patch, now Councilor Patch and Mayor Thomas Ambrosino.

IT'S A SIGN of today's dangerous times. Police in communities big and small want to be ready for a terrorist attack or shooting rampage within their boundaries.

While Wednesday was business as usual for most of the state, thousands of Suffolk County folks got to relax and enjoy the exceptionally beautiful day.

My name is Mike Henkle, and I'm a devout Mormon from Provo, Utah. I know that some of my convictions may upset more liberal people, but I'm only asking you to keep an open mind.

Two fishermen today discovered the body of a man floating in the Saugus River in Lynn, according to Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett's office.

The body was first spotted by members of the Revere Fire Department in the water near the borders of Revere, Lynn and Saugus, said Jake Wark, spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Conley's office.

State Police detectives assigned to the Suffolk DA's Office are responded to a body in the water near the borders of Revere, Lynn, and Saugus.

By MIKE PLAISANCE mplaisance@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - The City Council gave preliminary approval on Monday to ordinances that would require contractors devote at least 35 percent of the jobs on municipal projects of more than $250,000 to city residents.

Massachusetts drivers know less about driving than almost anyone else in the country.

The widow of a Massachusetts man slain by two gangsters alleges in a lawsuit the FBI failed to take immediate action in the 1976 killing.

June 6, 1944. Revere, Massachusetts - moments after the announcement over the radio that the invasion of Europe had begun to spread.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives' votes on three roll calls and local senators' votes on four roll calls from the week of June 1-5. TIE VOTE SAVES COUNTY HOLIDAYS ) The House, on a 78-78 tie vote, rejected an amendment that would have abolished Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day .

Drugs are problem No. 1 for Massachusetts law enforcement agencies, but gangs are second and gaining ground.

The town of Brookline appears likely to shut down the dozen surveillance cameras it installed along major intersections just two months ago.

When a drug task force raided Dung T. Nguyen's Chester house this week, they found a posh, but sparsely furnished, suburban home and a field of marijuana plants growing under heat lamps in his basement, a federal drug agent testified yesterday.

The following item was recorded in the log of the Newburyport police: Allison Vetere, 36, 6 Woodman Way, Newburyport, was arrested Tuesday at 11:18 p.m. on a warrant.

Revere is preparing to lay off seven firefighters on July 1 unless the city's firefighters' union agrees to a pay freeze sought by Mayor Thomas G. Ambrosino.