Neal Simpson
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Massage parlors still overlooked in fight against human trafficking, advocates say
When state Rep. Vincent Pedone stepped up to State House podium in 2006 to call for the regulation of massage therapy, he was quickly met by laughter and → Read More
Massage parlors still overlooked in fight against human trafficking, advocates say
When state Rep. Vincent Pedone stepped up to State House podium in 2006 to call for the regulation of massage therapy, he was quickly met by laughter and → Read More
Sex for sale in Quincy, hiding in plain sight
QUINCY — On a street of restaurants, salons and shops in a busy part of Quincy, a glass-windowed storefront on Thursday advertised massage therapy services in white letters under a snow-covered awning. But according to more than 50 reviews posted online, the spa is also a place where sex is regularly bought and sold."My wife was out of town for a few days so this was the perfect moment to have a… → Read More
In U.S. Senate race, national politics obscure real policy differences
Nicknaming her "Pocahontas" and deriding her as "goofy," President Donald Trump and other Republicans typically pull few punches going after Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator who has become a favorite target of the political right during her six years in office.Not so her Republican opponent in Tuesday's election, Geoff Diehl, a state representative from Whitman who has spurned many of… → Read More
In U.S. Senate race, national politics obscure real policy differences
Nicknaming her "Pocahontas" and deriding her as "goofy," President Donald Trump and other Republicans typically pull few punches going → Read More
For Shiva Ayyadurai, independent in Senate race, it’s all about who’s the real ‘Trumper’
As many Republicans in Massachusetts work to keep a safe distance from President Donald Trump this election season, one candidate from outside the party → Read More
For independent in Senate race, it’s all about who’s the real ‘Trumper’
As many Republicans in Massachusetts work to keep a safe distance from President Donald Trump this election season, one candidate from outside the party → Read More
For independent in Senate race, it’s all about who’s the real ‘Trumper’
As many Republicans in Massachusetts work to keep a safe distance from President Donald Trump this election season, one candidate from outside the party → Read More
For independent in Senate race, it’s all about who’s the real ‘Trumper’
As many Republicans in Massachusetts work to keep a safe distance from President Donald Trump this election season, one candidate from outside the party → Read More
Mass. businesses thought they were donating to charity. They weren't.
Jessica Wilson says she cares deeply about the town where she was born and has run her small shipping business since buying it from her uncle five years → Read More
Geoff Diehl faces fundraising juggernaut in Elizabeth Warren
A Whitman Republican trying to unseat one of the best-known U.S. senators in the country in the Nov. 6 election must first overcome a campaign fund nearly → Read More
Geoff Diehl faces fundraising juggernaut in Elizabeth Warren
A Whitman Republican trying to unseat one of the best-known U.S. senators in the country in the Nov. 6 election must first overcome a campaign fund nearly → Read More
Whitman man speaks out about sexual abuse by real estate guru
BOSTON — A Whitman man is speaking out for the first time about the years of sexual abuse he says he endured as a child at the hands of a man → Read More
Democrats look to midterms after bruising primary fights
Massachusetts Democrats are eagerly turning their sights toward a midterm showdown with Republicans after enduring a revolt from the progressive wing of → Read More
Report says Braintree police brass share blame in evidence scandal
A blistering new report faults current and former top Braintree police brass with failing to properly oversee the work of an evidence officer who later killed herself after it was discovered that cash, drugs and guns were missing from the department’s evidence room. → Read More
Facade collapses onto Quincy sidewalk; no one injured
QUINCY — A block of Wollaston businesses is expected to remain closed for several days after a chunk of the building's façade suddenly collapsed Monday morning, raining bricks and masonry onto a sidewalk that is often busy with pedestrians during the morning commute.Deputy Fire Chief Gary Smyth said no one was injured and no cars were damaged when the 40-foot section of parapet above 694 Hancock… → Read More
50 years ago, a reckoning in Vietnam
The year was 1968 and Greg Peck was conflicted.The son of a World War II veteran and the product of a conservative upbringing in Weymouth, Peck had gone → Read More
Former Quincy school committee member indicted
QUINCY — A former Quincy school committee member and state Republican party official has been charged with stealing money from an elderly client at her now-closed law firm.Christine Cedrone, 48, is due to be arraigned next Monday on charges of fiduciary embezzlement and larceny of property worth more than $1,200 from a person over 60. Cedrone has not been arrested on the charges, which were the… → Read More
Michael Chesna, Vera Adams, suspect all went to Weymouth High
Before their lives intersected in violence and tragedy last Sunday, the remarkably different lives of Michael Chesna, Vera Adams and Emanuel Lopes were all shaped by time spent in the same high school and a childhood spent in the same hometown. → Read More
Newly constructed Weymouth bridge could be renamed after slain police officer
Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker called it a “great idea” that would likely pass the legislature “pretty quickly.” → Read More