Homeowner: Too many people were stopping to look at their unique snow sculpture, creating a safety hazard and leading to its destruction.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
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Saturday, February 16
To update on very pressing news from the other day, The Huffington Post dug more into the story of the phallic snow sculpture. According to HuffPo, the unique structure was taken down Friday afternoon, after concerns from the homeowner about cars stopping and taking a look, after its newfound publicity. To read the full update, click here. The sculpture first made national news on HuffPo earlier that morning, racking up more than 5,000 likes on the site’s “Weird News” section. Reporter Andy Campbell spoke with Raylene Worthington, the mother of 16-year-old Ryan Worthington, the creator of the piece of art. The story was first reported on by The Providence Journal on Valentine’s Day – how appropriate! For that story, click here. A Facebook …
According to an article by the Associated Press on the Huffington Post, former students of Immaculate Conception in Wakefield want the school closed because of the psychological abuse they suffered there.
- POLICE & FIRE
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Monday, July 9, 2012
According to an article on The Huffington Post syndicated from the Associated Press, dozens of former students of Immaculate Conception in Wakefield are asking the Vatican to close the school because of the psychological abuse they suffered trying to live as teenage nuns there. According to the Associated Press, e-mail exchanges with past students have revealed complaints of anorexia, extreme migraines and intentional policies of social isolation. "Looking back, I was suicidal," said Sarita Duffy, now a 28-year-old mother of three in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. "I never took a bottle of pills or slit my wrists, but I was fully content with the possibility of never waking up again." For the full piece, click here. The order behind the school, …
Kathy DiPina
10:10 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
It was funny & we sure needed a laugh after that blizzard. more ›