Results tagged “cigarettes”

Leslie Adamson is Evans' younger sister and remembered Lorillard Tobacco Co. distributing free cigarettes through a truck she compared to a Frosty ice cream truck. Adamson said adults and children were drawn to the trucks. more ›

-- Federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 48 people in "Operation Melting Pot," an 18-month investigation designed to stop a gang war between the Bloods and the Avenue King Crips. Authorities seized 40 guns, $60,000, two kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of crack cocaine, a half-kilo of heroin, and seven pounds of marijuana. [US Attorney], [WCVB] more ›

--State Senator James Marzilli, of Arlington, has been accused of assaulting a woman over the weekend. [WBZ] more ›

The Herald's front page gives a starring role to Mayor Menino's opposition to new state regulations allowing for in-store medical clinics at CVS locations (a change Bostonist outlined yesterday.) more ›

--The BPD must love that Burger King commercial that punks customers with the information that BK has discontinued the Whopper. Upon hearing that information, the customers promptly freak out. more ›