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Stow woman charged with stealing from Boy Scouts
A former high-ranking town official in Stow has been charged with stealing more than $20,000 from a local Boy Scout troop she served as treasurer. The Middlesex district attorney’s office says former...
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Stow woman charged with stealing from Boy Scouts
A former Stow selectwoman has been charged with stealing $20,000 from the Boy Scouts and an additional $7,000 from another youth group. Carole Makary was released on personal recognizance after...
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Boy Scouts Honor Local Born Comedian & Actor Lenny Clarke
CAMBRIDGE (CBS) – Lenny Clarke, the Cambridge born actor and comedian, is best known for his role on the hit show Rescue Me, but it’s his career as a Boy Scout that was highlighted this week. In...
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Boy Scouts Hope To Turn Around Declining Membership
BOSTON (CBS) – With new leadership and a plan to revitalize its 108-acre property in the Blue Hills, the region’s Boy Scouts group is upping its profile in Boston, aiming for a dramatic turnaround for...
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Brookline Boy Scouts Rescued In New Hampshire
GILMANTON, N.H. (CBS) - Members of a Brookline, Mass. Boy Scout group had to be rescued when they lost their trail on a New Hampshire mountain. The two 14-year-old boys and 31-year-old William Sherwin,...
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Assistant Scoutmaster Accused Of Assaulting Boy In Wareham
WAREHAM (CBS) – A local Boy Scout leader is facing accusations he inappropriately touched a boy in his troop. Wareham Police say 25-year-old Joshua Roe was working one-on-one with a boy on a scouting...
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Boy Scouts Open New Dining Hall At Camp Squanto In Plymouth
BOSTON (CBS) – Boy Scouts know the value of hard work. They earn merit badges for learning a variety of activities. Now the scouts are being rewarded for determination, not with a badge but a new home...
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Ashburnham Boy Scout Leader Arrested For Child Porn
ASHBURNHAM (CBS) – A scout leader with the Boy Scouts of America has been arrested for Possession of Child Pornography and Distribution of Obscene Material. After an in-depth investigation, 75-year-old...
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Boy Scouts Reaffirm Policy Of Excluding Gays
NEW YORK (AP) — After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, ruling out any changes despite relentless protest...
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Local Eagle Scout Returns Medal In Protest Of Anti-Gay Policy
BOSTON (CBS) – He’s been out of scouts for years, but Leo Giannini still beams when he talks about the day in 2005 when he got his Eagle badge. “I opened it and I kept it right on my dresser next to...
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Whitinsville Boy Scout Leader Faces Enticement, Child Porn Charges
WHITINSVILLE (CBS) – A Whitinsville lawyer, who is also a Boy Scout leader and substitute middle school teacher, is facing child porn charges. Andrew Myers, 34, is charged with having child porn and...
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Boston Boy Scouts Break Pinewood Derby World Record
BOSTON (CBS) -With a pinewood derby track over 320 feet long, the Boy Scouts Boston Minuteman Council set the Guinness World Record Sunday. The track was constructed as a replica of the Leonard P....
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NH Boy Scouts Hospitalized After Lightning Strike
BELMONT, N.H. (AP) — A lightning strike at a New Hampshire Boy Scouts camp has injured nearly two dozen scouts. Scouts spokesman Greg Osborn says no one was directly hit by the lightning Monday at the...
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Daily Talker:Should Overweight Boy Scouts Be Excluded From Their Jamboree?
Be Prepared! That’s the motto of the Boy Scouts. And at this year’s national jamboree, Scout leaders are taking no chances. Overweight Scouts are not invited A fitness test weeded out Scouts whose Body...
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Cape Codders Mark Memorial Day By Collecting Care Package Items For Troops
HYANNIS (CBS) – A thousand Cape Cod residents spent part of their Memorial Day weekend at a 24-hour event in a shopping center parking lot intended as a giant hug of sorts for troops, their families...
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Police Air Wing Finds Missing Boy Scouts
PITTSFIELD (CBS) — A police helicopter located two Boy Scouts who became separated from their group while hiking in a Western Massachusetts forest. A hiker called police at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday to let...
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Boy Scouts’ Leader Says Ban On Gay Adults Not Sustainable
NEW YORK (AP) — The national president of the Boy Scouts, Robert Gates, says the organization’s longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable and is urging change in...
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Boy Scout Leader Dies On Father’s Day Hike In White Mountains
LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Department says a Boy Scout leader leading a troop from Maryland on a hike in the White Mountains has died of an apparent heart attack. Lt. Wayne...
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Milton Facility Offers Outdoor Activities For Students On February Break
MILTON (CBS) – With wild swings of weather this week, Massachusetts residents had to be ready to stay inside to avoid the cold or head out to soak in the sunshine. Luckily for students enjoying their...
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Thousands Of Boy Scouts Hold Urban Camp-Out Along Charles River
BOSTON (CBS) — Thousands of campers are taking part in SOAR–Scouting’s Outdoor Adventure–the largest urban camp-out they’ve ever done. The Boy Scouts of America are holding the event at Artesani and...
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Man Dies While On Boy Scout Hiking Trip In New Hampshire
BEAN’S PURCHASE, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has suffered an unknown medical condition and died while hiking in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says 59-year-old James...
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DA Says Death Of Man Found Along Concord River Considered Suspicious
BEDFORD (CBS) – The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office says the body found next to the Concord River in Bedford in May has been identified. The body of Richard Kandrotas, a 79-year-old homeless man...
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Trump’s Political Speech To Boy Scouts Sparks Outrage
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s fiery speech at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia has infuriated parents and former scouts. Standing before thousands of school-aged Scouts, Trump...
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Boy Scouts Leader Apologizes For Trump’s Political Speech
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts’ chief executive apologized Thursday to members of the scouting community who were offended by the aggressive political rhetoric in President Donald Trump’s recent speech...
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Boy Scouts To Welcome Girls From Cub Scouts To Eagle Scouts
NEW YORK (AP/CBS) — Embracing a historic change, the Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday plans to admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting next year and to establish a new program for older girls...
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Girls Officially Join Boy Scouts For First Time In Massachusetts History
CHELMSFORD (CBS) – Girls were able to participate as official members of the Boy Scouts on Saturday in Chelmsford for the first time ever in Massachusetts. Cub Scouts Pack 45 welcomed five girls as...
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About 3,000 Girls Have Joined Cub Scouts Since Historic Announcement
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Ten-year-old twins Tatum and Ian Weir aren’t about to let matching, minor injuries deter them from their goal of becoming the first sister-brother pair of Eagle Scouts. “I cut...
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Tree Companies Clean Up Boy Scout Camp Hit Hard By Winter Storms
SUDBURY (CBS) – On this Arbor Day was a big act of generosity by people who know trees best, and some local Boy Scouts are the beneficiaries. A group of tree service companies swooped into a Boy Scout...
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Boy Scouts To Change Name To Scouts BSA
NEW YORK (AP) — For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America’s flagship program has been known simply as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the group says that iconic name will change. The...
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Boy Scouts Recall Neckerchief Slides For High Lead Content
IRVING, Texas (CBS) – The Boy Scouts of America are recalling 110,000 neckerchief slides because they contain unsafe levels of lead. The organization says the colored enamel on the brass slides have...
View ArticleGirl Scouts Sue Boy Scouts Over Program’s Name Change
NEW YORK (AP) — The Girl Scouts of the United States of America filed a trademark infringement lawsuit on Monday against the Boy Scouts of America for dropping the word “boy” from its flagship program...
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Report: Boy Scouts May File For Bankruptcy Amid Lawsuits Alleging Sexual Conduct
(CNN) — The Boy Scouts of America is considering filing for bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Boy Scouts leadership has hired the law firm Sidley Austin LLP for possible chapter...
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Community Helps Build New Boy Scout Meeting House In Ashburnham
The money was raised from spaghetti dinners, hot dog and hamburger stands and yard sales.
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Attorney: Catholic Church, Boy Scouts ‘Playing The Same Game’
BOSTON (CBS) – It was a shocking revelation. More than 7,000 former Boy Scout leaders have been accused of more than 12,000 sexual assaults on boys since the 1940’s. Attorneys for sex assault victims...
View ArticleBoy Scout Groups Accused Of Failing To Stop Sex Abuse
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Six former scouts have sued the Boy Scouts of America and its New Hampshire division, alleging that the groups failed to protect them from sexual abuse by an ex-scoutmaster who...
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Hingham Boy Scouts Put Training To Test, Rescue 8 Canoeists
HINGHAM (CBS) – Boy Scouts from Troop 4 in Hingham put their training to the test when a canoe trip took a dangerous turn in Maine. Last weekend, Troop 4 was on the Androscoggin River, doing canoe...
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Boy Scouts Of America Files For Bankruptcy Amid Sex Abuse Lawsuits
(CNN) — The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy, according to a court document filed in Delaware bankruptcy court early Tuesday. The youth organization, which celebrated its 110th...
View ArticleBoy Scouts, Girl Scouts Hit By Huge Drops In Membership
(AP) – America’s most iconic youth organizations – the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA – have been jolted by unprecedented one-year drops in membership, due partly to the pandemic,...
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