Todd Feathers
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New York, NY, United States
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Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites –
Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information → Read More
This Private Equity Firm Is Amassing Companies That Collect Data on America’s Children –
Vista Equity Partners has been buying up software used in schools. Parents want to know what the companies do with kids’ data → Read More
From a wheelchair, Lowell man's a force for accessibility
LOWELL -- In April 2013, Dino Theodore was admitted to the Saints campus of Lowell General Hospital with a fractured hip and femur. → Read More
State won't name schools equipped to use naloxone
LOWELL - Amid warnings from doctors that everyone should be familiar with naloxone and how to administer it, the Department of Public Health has declined to release records about which Massachusetts schools are equipped with the overdose- reversing → Read More
Slow speed leads to DWI arrest in Pelham
PELHAM, N.H. -- Officers arrested a 39-year-old woman on charges of driving under the influence Wednesday after observing her driving at an unusually slow speed in a damaged car. → Read More
Shelter in place order lifted at Chelmsford High
CHELMSFORD -- Students and staff at Chelmsford High School were ordered to shelter in place for approximately an hour Wednesday morning while police investigated what appeared to be a shell casing found by a student in the school. → Read More
Billerica hires redistricting consultant
BILLERICA -- With 17 months to go until first bell rings on a dramatically reconfigured Billerica Public Schools system, the district has hired a consultant to tackle one of the most complicated aspects of the project: redistricting. → Read More
Goal No. 1 for new Bedford VA director? Restoring trust
BEDFORD -- On a busy Wednesday at the Bedford VA, Joan Clifford chatted amiably with volunteers manning the hospital's information desk. → Read More
Goal No. 1 for new Bedford VA director? Restoring trust
BEDFORD -- On a busy Wednesday at the Bedford VA, Joan Clifford chatted amiably with volunteers manning the hospital's information desk. → Read More
Well-deserved recognition for judge behind Lowell Drug Court
LOWELL -- In the beginning, Thomas Brennan wasn't particularly passionate about drug court. After 30 years as a prosecutor and nearly a decade as a judge in Lawrence and Lowell district courts, he had seen addiction and crime intersect on a daily → Read More
Hoops for Hope effort raises $85G for hospital in Cambodia
LOWELL -- There were ice packs on knees and a line for the massage bench, but 10 hours into the 10th year of the annual Hoops for Hope the players were all feeling good. → Read More
No injuries in Dracut crash
DRACUT -- Nobody was injured in a Friday afternoon crash on Merrimack Avenue, but a cinderblock wall was damaged. → Read More
Majority of Billerica selectmen back townwide vote on pot
BILLERICA -- Whether residents will have the opportunity to vote up or down on banning retail sales of recreational sales of marijuana in Billerica may come down to when the vote would be held rather than the merits of voting yes or no. → Read More
Punch points to continued Lowell police cellblock problems
LOWELL -- Stephen Tatarouns was agitated, in opioid withdrawal, and angry. He'd been transported twice from the Lowell Police Department lockup to an emergency room the night of Nov. → Read More
Worker dies from injuries in Ayer explosion
AYER -- An explosion Friday evening at an Ayer commercial building has turned fatal. Two employees were taken to the hospital following the explosion, which occurred around 5:20 p. → Read More
Race for the 18th Middlesex District is getting crowded, as Leary declares
LOWELL -- Five months after losing his City Council seat in a grueling election, Jim Leary says he plans to serve as a "ward councilor" for his neighborhood once again, just in a bigger setting: the State House. → Read More
Race for the 18th Middlesex District is getting crowded, as Leary declares
LOWELL -- Five months after losing his City Council seat in a grueling election, Jim Leary says he plans to serve as a "ward councilor" for his neighborhood once again, just in a bigger setting: the State House. → Read More
All those snow days put Greater Lowell schools in a bind
Students in Greater Lowell may soon regret all those snow days, as the cancellations that built up during this volatile winter are now forcing some districts to propose shortening April vacations and hold school on holidays. → Read More
Unions look for growth in Lowell
LOWELL -- It has been a worrying few weeks, and years, for labor unions across the country, but at least one group sees Greater Lowell as a promising place to expand its membership and reach young workers. → Read More
Lowell wins waiver for bigger gym in high school plan
LOWELL -- The city has secured a key waiver from the Massachusetts School Building Authority that will allow it to build a gymnasium space in the new Lowell High School larger than the agency's rules would otherwise allow. → Read More