UPDATED/ BOSTON — A Suffolk County deputy sheriff has been released from the hospital after suffering injuries following a reported attack this morning near the Suffolk County jail, investigative journalist Michele McPhee reports. Boston Police have made one arrest and have video showing at least five assailants in the attack, according to McPhee. There has been an increase in the number of people sleeping on the streets, even putting up tents overnight, along Atkinson and…

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BRAINTREE — More than 400 people attended the 2019 BeanStock Festival, hosted by the Sun Will Rise Foundation, to raise money to support those with substance abuse disorder. The concert and day of events took place on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at French’s Common in Braintree, MA. The 4th annual BeanStock Music Festival was a sober music festival (no drugs or alcohol allowed.) The bands that performed included The Amy Incident, The Spins, Lily Black,…

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NORTH END — It was a packed house at the North End eatery Table for the watch party for the hit Showtime series “City on a Hill” episode that was written by Boston investigative journalist Michele McPhee. Joining McPhee, an East Boston native who worked at both the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, was a cadre of Boston supporters including “City on a Hill” actor Jere Shea, philanthropist Ernie Boch and his publicist Peggy…

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DORCHESTER — Scores of area children joined Mayor Marty Walsh and Boston Public Library president David Leonard for the groundbreaking event on July 10, 2019, for the new Adams Street Branch library. The $18.3 million project is expected to open in 2021. The project, according to Spotted in Dot, is a collaborative development “between the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department and the Boston Public Library, in partnership with architect Nadaaa and J and J…

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