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The lawsuit has prompted the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which was paying some $118 million of the $375 million project, to pause payments. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
WALTHAM, MA A group of abutters to the new high school project under construction filed a lawsuit in the Middlesex Superior Court in December accusing the Waltham Zoning Board of Appeals of improperly approving zoning variances and the city of violating private property rights.
The lawsuit has prompted the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which was paying some $118 million of the $375 million project, to pause payments. In accordance with MSBA policy, and pursuant to section 4.13 of the Project Funding Agreement for the Project. the MSBA is placing reimbursements for the Waltham High School project on hold at this time because of the Pending Litigation, MSBA Executive Director John McCarthy told Mayor Jeannette McCarthy in a letter dated Jan. 14,
Nobel Prize winners and other scientists come to defense of Harvard professor Charles Lieber
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated March 1, 2021, 12:15 p.m.
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Harvard University professor Charles Lieber leaves the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston on Jan. 30, 2020.Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe
Seven Nobel Prize winners and dozens of other scientists are publicly questioning the federal governmentâs prosecution of Harvard professor Charles Lieber and criticizing the university for failing to defend him against charges that he hid his ties to a Chinese government recruitment program.
A letter signed by 40 academics from across the country, including several at Harvard, calls the governmentâs case against Lieber âunjust.â It also suggests that US scientists are becoming increasingly vocal in opposing the governmentâs crackdown on academics with financial and research ties to China.
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More than 250 individuals wanted on outstanding warrants in jurisdictions across Massachusetts, and beyond, were taken into custody in 2020 due in part to the efforts of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) Warrant Apprehension Unit (W.A.U.), officials announced today.
The W.A.U. is comprised of three full-time deputy sheriffs and a member of the Lowell Police Department. The unit is also supported by other MSO divisions including the Inner Perimeter Security (IPS) Unit and intelligence analysts.
In total, W.A.U. members made – or assisted in – 266 arrests alongside members of the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section (VFAS) and other law enforcement partners.
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