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NICU babies celebrate first St. Patrick’s Day in Boston (photos)

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2 years ago

March 17, 2024

NICU babies celebrate first St. Patrick’s Day in Boston (photos)

Nurses and staff dressed up babies in the Boston-based Mass General Brigham neonatal intensive care units in green and other holiday-inspired clothes last week to celebrate their first St. Patrick’s Day.

“Any hospitalization can be difficult,” said Erika Nolin, a nurse at Mass General for Children. “Families in the NICU deal with significant stresses and many times, the unknown. Our teams are dedicated to normalizing each baby’s first few weeks and months as much as possible. Our team-driven photoshoots commemorate our babies’ first holidays despite the constraints of hospitalization and bring joy to nervous families in need of celebrations and smiles.”

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Your 2026 Red Sox season primer

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7 hours ago

March 26, 2026

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Massachusetts State Police trooper ‘relieved of duty’ after drunken driving arrest in Boston

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19 hours ago

March 25, 2026

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Massachusetts State Police trooper ‘relieved of duty’ after drunken driving arrest in Boston

A State Police trooper who was allegedly found “slumped over” in his car at around 5 a.m. in the South End with an open container of High Noon vodka has been “relieved of duty.”

Mass State Police confirmed to the Herald Wednesday night that Trooper Donovan Preston, 31, arrested for alleged drunken driving in Boston this past weekend, “has been relieved of duty.” Preston’s base pay is listed as $80,213.

A Boston Police report states that police arrived at Herald Street on Saturday to see Preston “stopped in lane 2 of the road” with his brake lights on. The suspect was slumped over “with his eyes closed,” the report adds.

“The officer observed that the car was on and in drive. The officer observed an open container of alcohol (High Noon) in the cupholder,” according to the report. The BPD officer then knocked on the window “for approximately 10 seconds before the suspect lifted his head up.”

Once he picked his head up, police said he appeared “confused and he looked around. The suspect’s vehicle began to roll to which the officer announced, ‘Boston Police. Open the Door.’ ”

Preston stopped on the three-lane, outbound road with his black BMW in the middle of two lanes.

A State Police spokesman said in an email: “Trooper Donovan Preston was relieved of duty and will be subject to a department discipline process.” All other comments were directed toward the police report.

That report, provided to the Herald Wednesday night, added that State Police were notified after Preston’s arrest.

The can of High Noon was logged into the evidence book.

This latest OUI case comes as State Police Sgt. Scott Quigley is being investigated in an alleged drunken driving fatal crash in Woburn in 2023 that killed a disabled passenger in a van.

In the Quigley case, his blood alcohol level reportedly tested at a .114 at the hospital following the crash (the legal limit is .08). That detail came out in a wrongful death suit filed by the victim Angelo Schettino’s family.

‘Unless he’s s###-faced, I’m not worried’: Mass State Police dash cam catches aftermath of deadly cruiser crash [+video]

The smashed van at the Woburn crash scene. (MSP body camera video screengrab)

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TSA wait times hit

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1 day ago

March 25, 2026

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March 25, 2026 / 10:33 AM EDT
/ CBS Boston

TSA wait times are still painfully long at airports across the country because of the partial government shutdown. Even if you avoid the problem by leaving Logan Airport in Boston, you will likely run into it when you fly home.

Exhausted travelers flying into Boston from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, said they spent several hours in TSA lines before getting on their flights Tuesday.

Nay Dedrick of Dorchester was to supposed to arrive in Boston at 6 p.m. Monday, but said she missed her flight after waiting “6 to 8 hours” in the long security line in Houston.

“TSA was only 2 people working,” she said. “The line started downstairs and went all the way down to the basement, and then it goes all the way back up to the third floor.”

So, she slept at the airport and tried again on Tuesday.

“It’s very frustrating. I’m very tired,” Dedrick said after finally arriving home in Boston Tuesday afternoon.