Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The offer was too good to resist: Go to rehab for a week, get $1,000 in cash. It was early 2017, and Brianne, a 20-year-old from a woody Atlanta suburb, had come to South Florida to leave her heroin addiction behind. At a residential facility called Recovery Villas of the Treasure Coast, she was approached by a charismatic guy I’ll call Daniel, a Pennsylvania native six years her elder. He could relate to her troubles—he’d struggled with addiction himself—and he could get her into another rehab after Recovery Villas. He would even pay her: $1,000 for the first week of her stay and $500 each week thereafter. That money could buy Brianne a whole lot of heroin. Brianne, whose full name has been withheld to protect her privacy, could be a poster child for the opioid crisis: a blond, green-eyed former softball star who experimented with pills from the medicine cabinet with her high school boyfriend … [Read more...] about “Mom, When They Look at Me, They See Dollar Signs”
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Ray’s Ybor stadium deal nearing deadline with no agreement in sight
Leaders of the effort to nail down a $900-million financial package for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in Ybor City say the outlines of a deal can still be reached before a Dec. 31 deadline.But no binding documents have been inked. And as Hillsborough officials and the Rays parry, people on both sides now acknowledge that at the very least, the first pitch at a new ballpark might be delayed until 2024 — a year later than what had been proposed.RELATED: Deadline clock ticking on Rays agreement with St. Pete: What happens next?JOHN ROMANO: While Tampa is counting dollars on Rays stadium, St. Pete is counting the daysSt. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman hasn't said what he'll do on Jan. 1, when a memorandum of understanding between his city and the team that allowed it to explore Hillsborough stadium sites expires. But any extension could cost the Rays millions.The St. Petersburg City Council would have to approve it and one council member, Charlie Gerdes, has already suggested the city … [Read more...] about Ray’s Ybor stadium deal nearing deadline with no agreement in sight
The Weekender: Serial killers, crafty barbers, and Nine Inch Nails
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Michael Andor Brodeur Globe Correspondent October 18, 2018 Hey there Weekenders!Feel that creeping sense of doom? The air of unease? The sense that something horrific is, like, just around the corner?Me too! Man, I just love Halloween. (Why, what did you think I was talking about?) Advertisement Things might be kind of abnormal and unpredictable these days, but at least the next three of them are right on schedule, reporting for duty. It’s the weekend, y’all! And something tells me we’ve all got some steam to blow off. If you’re not busy making your Gritty costume (or if you haven’t already realized that everyone’s going as Gritty), I’ve got a whole list of things to take your mind off of . . . everything else. (And if you still don’t have your costume sorted by next weekend, I’ll have you … [Read more...] about The Weekender: Serial killers, crafty barbers, and Nine Inch Nails
Pct. 1 Commissioner’s crew works to remove nails at Lake Conroe Park
By Jennifer Summer Updated 5:50 pm, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Michael Minasi, Staff Photographer / Houston Chronicle Image 1of/10 CaptionClose Image 1 of 10 Poncho Viniarski, with Montgomery County Precinct 1 Commissioner's Office, describes on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, damage that the bulkheads of Lake Conroe Park received during storms in the prior weeks. Nails that had been jutting from the wooden bulkhead were … [Read more...] about Pct. 1 Commissioner’s crew works to remove nails at Lake Conroe Park
Police say man being chased ran onto I-295, tried to get into passing cars
A Windham man was cooling his heels in the Cumberland County Jail on Tuesday after being accused of leading police and bystanders on a harrowing, drug-fueled chase that ended when he ran onto Interstate 295 in an attempt to get into passing motorists’ cars, and was dragged twice as he clung to vehicles that refused to stop for him. Joshua D. Nelson, 43, is charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, leaving the scene of an accident, driving to endanger, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and criminal mischief, according to court records. His bail was set at $25,000 during a brief court appearance Monday afternoon, but Nelson’s probation officer ordered him held for suspected violations of the conditions of his release regarding an earlier prison sentence for robbery. Witnesses and court records describe a chaotic series of events that began shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood, where a police officer attempted to … [Read more...] about Police say man being chased ran onto I-295, tried to get into passing cars