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PA girl chastises school board for not heeding warning about student with ‘hit list’ before gruesome attack
A Pennsylvania girl spoke at a school board meeting and described witnessing a 13-year-old student brutally assault a classmate with a Stanley cup in their school cafeteria last week, saying that she had warned the school of the student’s alleged “hit list” hours before the bloody attack.
The student addressed the school board during a public comment section of the North Penn School District meeting on Thursday, a day after a student allegedly came up behind the 12-year-old victim in the cafeteria of Pennbrook Middle School and repeatedly hit her on the head with the metal cup.
“I don’t get how you couldn’t have stopped it,” the child said. “It was five hours from when I told you it was going to happen and when it happened. It was five full hours. I don’t get how you couldn’t have stopped it.”
She said she spoke to a counselor about the accused student’s alleged “hit list,” on which she said she was also included, but said she was told, “Don’t worry, it’s not going to happen; we have it under control.”
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Students and parents of Pennbrook Middle School attend a school board meeting on Thursday after a student was accused of beating a classmate over the head with a metal Stanley mug. (North Penn TV)
“But clearly you didn’t,” she told the school board.
Surveillance video of the incident viewed by FOX29 Philadelphia showed the 12-year-old victim’s head bleeding. She was taken to a hospital after the alleged assault with serious injuries.
The student went on to describe to the school board how students began “screaming and running” when the incident unfolded.
North Penn School Board Director Christian Fusco listened to concerns from parents and students about the recent incident, but said the district cannot comment at this time. (North Penn TV)
She said she heard “these terrible loud bangs of the Stanley bouncing off her [classmate’s] head” and saw the accused student grab the victim’s hair and begin “hitting her against the table.”
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The child described how there was “blood going everywhere,” an image that she cannot stop thinking about.
“And we had to watch them take her out with blood dripping down her face,” she told the school board. “And I will never forget that. Laying in bed last night I just kept repeating it in my head.”
A student at Pennbrook Middle School could face charges following an alleged unprovoked attack on a classmate last week. (FOX29 Philadelphia WTXF)
Both students and parents who spoke during the meeting questioned why students were kept in the cafeteria for 28 minutes and watched the blood get cleaned up from the tables and floor.
“We shouldn’t have had to sit there and just watch them clean up her blood with the mop,” the student said. “Watch her repeatedly yelling that ‘I’m going to murder you,’ and just hitting her with the Stanley.”
Students and parents questioned the school board during a meeting on Thursday about why the school appeared not to act after warnings leading up to the alleged attack. (FOX29 Philadelphia WTXF)
School officials sent a note to parents on Wednesday night, saying that resources would be available to students who witnessed the incident and the principal planned to meet with the students Thursday to discuss the incident.
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Despite parents questioning the school board officials about the latest incident, prior incidents and security measures at the school, North Penn School Board Director Christian Fusco said the district is unable to comment at this time because of “everyone’s due process rights and the law.”
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The Maine Department of Transportation is moving to slash up to $400 million in projects from its agenda, a shocking and abrupt cutback that is rattling the state’s construction industry at the start of building season.
Roughly $50 million across six pavement projects have already been delayed, according to a memo exclusively obtained by the Bangor Daily News. The agency plans to cut or delay another $150 million in bridge, highway, intersection and multimodal projects later this month. A further $200 million or more in cuts are planned in the next three-year work plan.
Those figures were outlined by Transportation Commissioner Dale Doughty in the May 18 memo to Gov. Janet Mills that has since circulated widely in the transportation sector, which has been getting drip-by-drip details on the wide scope of the cuts over the past three weeks.
It comes at the beginning of the state’s relatively narrow construction season. Companies have hired workers and ordered materials for projects they expected to begin this summer. The severity of the transportation budget problems was not raised to lawmakers during the 2026 legislative session.
Kelly Flagg, executive director of the Associated General Contractors of Maine, called the shortfall “deeply troubling” in a statement.
“We stand ready to work with policymakers, stakeholders, and industry partners to identify both immediate and long-term solutions,” Flagg said. “Maine cannot afford to fall further behind.”
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The cuts stem from a structural funding gap of at least $130 million in the state’s current work plan, according to Doughty’s memo. Losses are magnified because state money from the gas tax and other revenue sources is matched by federal funds. Lawmakers have long grappled with politically difficult long-term problems with the state’s transportation budget.
A Mills spokesperson said Wednesday morning that the administration was working on a response to questions from the BDN. The department says it needs roughly $240 million more in state capital funding annually to maintain the existing system, and that anything less than $200 million will erode it over time.
Doughty’s memo the only near-term solution is a series of bonds beginning as soon as possible. Lawmakers would have to return to Augusta to authorize that if one is going to appear on the November ballot.
BOSTON, MA — An international restaurant group with locations across the globe is preparing to open its first Massachusetts restaurant this year.
LPM Restaurant & Bar, a French Riviera-inspired restaurant founded in London, is set to open on the second floor of the Four Seasons Hotel One Dalton Street in Back Bay, according to Four Seasons. The hotel lists the restaurant as “Opening Summer 2026,” while the Boston Business Journal reported the restaurant plans to open in September.
The Boston restaurant will mark LPM’s debut in the Northeast and its third U.S. outpost, following locations in Miami and Las Vegas, according to a Four Seasons announcement.
LPM, also known as La Petite Maison, was founded in London in 2007 and is known for French-Mediterranean food, Mediterranean ingredients and dining rooms influenced by Belle Époque design.
The business operates locations in London, Dubai, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Riyadh, Limassol, Doha, Mykonos, Kuwait, Boston, Maldives and Bangkok.
Four Seasons said LPM will take over the space that formerly housed One Dalton’s breakfast concept, One + One. The restaurant will join other dining options at the hotel, including Zuma and Trifecta.
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