Results tagged “bullying”

Two teenagers were sentenced to a year of probation at Franklin-Hampshire Juvenile Court on Wednesday for bullying 15-year old Phoebe Prince, who killed herself in January 2010 at her South Hadley home. Sean Mulveyhill pleaded guilty to criminal harassment and Kayla Narey admitted to sufficient facts to the same charge. Narey's plea admits she could be convicted at trial. Both must perform 100 hours of community service, finish high school and can't profit from the Phoebe Prince case. [Globe] more ›

The State police, in light of the latest injury to an on-duty trooper, said troopers being struck by cars is largely due to "impaired and reckless drivers." A federal report says 25% of Massachusetts middle-schoolers and 16% of high school students are bullied. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Daniel Smith, the principal at South Hadley High School, is retiring in June and denied his decision to end his 34-year career is related to the suicide of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old South Hadley High School student who was bullied and killed herself on January 14, 2010. more ›

A Boston man was charged with indecent assault and battery after groping a woman on the thigh and groin outside of her pants on an MBTA Orange Line train on Wednesday. The victim resisted and took a picture of the suspect with her cell phone. She left the train at the Jackson Square Station and told the T about the incident. MBTA police located him at the Forest Hills Train Station. [WCVB] more ›

Universities in Massachusetts are making news. more ›

• Boston has to pay city police officers $16.5 million to settle a labor dispute that started in 1994. [Boston Globe]

• Massachusetts was awarded $250 million through the "Race to the Top" school reform grant competition. Boston will get over $66 million. [WBZ]

• State House lawmakers dropped a plan to allow communities to ignore Prop. 2.5 property tax hike limits. [Boston Herald]

• The Globe's Angle says we should be discussing abolishing municipal unions. [Boston Globe]

• It must be an election year because the Herald is telling us about politicians' plans to crack down on illegal immigrants. [Boston Herald]

Bostonist is opposed to at least two things: bullying in all its forms, and flood puns. Okay, three things. Combining efforts to stop bullying with flood puns is on the list, too. Crap. We also don't like it when the Globe's cheesy headlines could have been borrowed from a reader's comment on a different topic altogether. Four things. Stop it, Globe. more ›

Phoebe Prince was a high school student who committed suicide in response to incessant bullying from her classmates at South Hadley High School. In a situation apparently reminiscent of the movie Mean Girls—but worse—Prince was repeatedly harassed online and in school, and nobody did anything about it: or at least nobody did enough. Now, the superintendent of South Hadley schools has denied wrongdoing on the part of the school, claiming that administrators didn't know about the extent of the bullying and took as much action as possible in the few instances they were aware of. “The kids have a way of communicating with each other without us knowing about it,’’ superintendent Gus Sayer said. “They really have their own world.’’ more ›

• Rescue crews worked all night trying to save dolphins stranded in Wellfleet. So far, two died and six were set free. [WCVB]

• MBTA driver Charice Lewis stopped her train short of a woman who fell onto the tracks in November. Today, she's getting the Community Recognition Award for her quick reaction. [WHDH]

• A 76-year old Everett man named Edward Power died after trying to rescue his 80-year old bedridden sister from an Everett fire. Edna Power was killed in the fire while her brother passed away at Massachusetts General Hospital. [WCVB]

• Cambridge philanthropist Ray Tye died Wednesday at the age of 87 after battling cancer. [Boston Herald]

• The West Newton 101st National Guard Finance Detachment returned from Iraq on Friday. [WCVB]