Wayland Police are investigating the theft of $1,400 worth of electric toothbrushes from a CVS. Three shoplifters and the driver of the red or maroon Toyota Camry getaway car pulled off this caper on Tuesday afternoon and made off with 12 Oral B and Sonicare electric toothbrushes, said Detective Sgt. Jamie Berger, who described the toothbrushes as "high ticket items" that can be moved at "pawn shops or flea markets." We don't really understand the criminal mind here at Bostonist. But, what we find curious is this: Who would buy a toothbrush at a pawn shop or a flea market? Really. No offense to pawn shops or flea markets as many great things can be bought there. Just not a toothbrush. Contact Wayland police at 508-358-4721. All charges alleged until proven under law. [Herald]
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A 37-year old Norwell woman faces her third drunk driving offense after being arrested on Saturday. Police stopped her and reported she smelled of alcohol, wasn't wearing pants and had her four-month-old baby in the car. Police recovered multiple containers of alcohol from the car. The child is in custody of the Department of Children and Families. [WCVB]
- Mass. General Hospital has raised $1 billion in a fundraising campaign needed to complete expansion already underway. They need a total of $1.5 billion by 2013. [WHDH]
- About 50 Attleboro High School students earned an estimated $15,000 because they got good grades. The Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative funds the payments. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
- UMass Lowell received a $614,691 grant from NASA to develop new teaching techniques to instruct students about global climate change.[Boston Business Journal]
Hey, you know how if you get a CVS card, CVS will give you "bucks" for buying its overpriced crap? And sometimes little coupons print out on your receipt too? And you can use the bucks and coupons together but sometimes you have to have separate transactions to use all the bucks you've accumulated? And you always get stuck in line behind crazy people busting up their three items into three transactions for ultimate savings? Well, local lady Jamie Chase is one of those people holding up your line. Chase has mastered the clip and save, spending as little as $9 on a purchase "worth" $118 yet costing those forced to wait in line behind her complicated coupon-maximizing multiple transactions precious years of their lives, and her skills are so amazing that she merits her own Globe article that doesn't actually even reveal exactly what she is buying with all of these stupid coupons.
The Globe reports on Massachusetts joining the medical revolution with the opening of a CVS in-store clinic in Medway. Nurse practitioners are on hand at these clinics to give vaccinations and treat "minor acute illnesses." As people rush to get flu shots this fall, the clinics will also be able to help. It's $59 a visit, which is more than a copay but less than a real doctor bill, and you don't have to make an appointment or wait for hours. The clinics are open 8am to 8pm weekdays and 10am to 4pm on weekends. After Medway, they're set to open in Bridgewater, Danvers, Taunton, and Tewksbury. Guess Bostonians will be going the regular medical route for a while. The clinics are licensed by the Department of Public Health.
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.)
There are lot of things to dislike about the waiting room at your doctor's office—germy fellow patients, antiquated reading material, a complete lack of shampoo and energy drinks for sale. CVS will be able to rectify at least the last issue after regulations approved yesterday by the state's Public Health Council will allow the corporation to place small medical centers within its stores.