Results tagged “archdioceseofboston”

• Massachusetts will get $29 million in Federal stimulus funds to pay the salaries of 131 cops. [WCVB]

• Phillip Brunelle, a 29-year old double scratch-ticket winner from Fall River, has quite a colorful past that is both heroic and fraudulent. [WBZ]

The Globe reports that the Archdiocese of Boston is planning to close two churches in the city, Holy Trinity Church in the South End and St. Casimir in Brockton. Just two years ago, the diocese finished shutting down over 60 local parishes, but the archdiocese says these new closures are not part of a larger consolidation movement.