Stephanie Ebbert

Reproductive Equity Now, an advocacy group that endorsed candidates for last week’s state elections, is now asking those representatives to deliver on an array of proposals to advance reproductive rights in their communities.

Gregory T. Antonelli, a well-connected contractor and developer in Everett, has been fined $6,000 for illegally funneling excessive campaign contributions to Mayor Carlo DeMaria through family members, according to the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

The vote is expected to put the town in compliance with the state’s historic law requiring communities served by mass transit to rezone to help alleviate the region’s housing crisis.

Several academics said Gay’s work clearly appeared to violate Harvard’s policy on plagiarism, which calls for strict delineation between a writer’s ideas and those that originated with others.

On social media, the combative billionaire investor has described his campaign since the day Hamas attacked Israel as “an effort to save higher education from itself.”

A Haitian national was arrested for the rape and assault of a pregnant woman in a Peabody hotel shelter. It was a case of domestic violence, the state says.

Three months ago, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. announced the owner and publisher of a local newspaper had agreed to pay him $1.1 million to settle a defamation claim.

City councilors are pushing Carlo De Maria to refund the city $180,000 that a state investigator determined he inappropriately received.

George Regan, who already worked for Mayor Carlo DeMaria, was the only bidder when the city decided to hire a communications consultant.

Four of the shelters are expected to remain open through the end of July, state officials confirmed on Friday.