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Josh Lanier

Assistant Managing Editor

jlanier@dailyvoice.com

Josh Lanier started his reporting career in high school for his local newspaper. Many — many — years later, he’s still chasing leads for compelling stories. During his time writing for newspapers, magazines, and online publications, he’s covered everything from murderers to mommy bloggers, but his most interesting story is always the next one.

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News

GoFundMe Created For Family Of Western Massachusetts Man Killed Repairing Downed Power Line Friends of a 41-year-old Colrain man killed while working to repair powerlines during a windstorm in Vermont have started a GoFundMe for his family. Lucas Donahue, who worked as a lineman for Green Mountain Power, died on Dec. 1 while working to restore power to homes and businesses in Halifax, Vermont, after wind toppled a tree on Reed Hill Road, the Vermont State Police said. He died at the scene. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating his death, which is standard practice, reports said. The GoFundMe for his wife of 18 years and two chi…

12/07/2022

Police & Fire

Worcester Firefighters Battle Blaze For Hours At Recycling Center A fire that began Tuesday night, Dec. 6, at a Worcester recycling center took firefighters hours to put out, and they were still on the scene Wednesday morning to deal with hot spots, reports said. The fire started a little after 9 p.m. at the 20 Nippnapp Trail scrap yard in a pile of metal roughly 200 feet by 200 feet wide and more than 50 feet tall, QuietCornerAlerts.net reported. Flames reached more than 100 feet in the air. They brought in a drone to help them survey the best angle of attack and called in help from a Schnitzer Steel Northeast crane to move pieces of burning me…

12/07/2022

Police & Fire

71-Year-Old Pedestrian Seriously Injured In Chelmsford Crash: Police A 71-year-old Maine man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 6, after he was hit while crossing Maple Road in Chelmsford, authorities said. Witnesses said the man was crossing the street near Byam Elementary School around 4:30 p.m. when a Toyota minivan smashed into him, officials said. The 60-year-old Chelmsford woman behind the wheel remained on the scene and was cooperating with investigators. Paramedics airlifted the Biddeford, ME., to Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington with serious injuries and head trauma, Chelmsford police said. Police are investiga…

12/06/2022

Police & Fire

Lowell Police Bust Up 'Cocaine Cowboys' Drug Gang, 21 Nabbed In Massive Operation: DA Police agencies throughout Massachusetts and parts of New Hampshire took part in a three-year-long operation that ended with dozens of raids on Tuesday, Dec. 6, and more than 20 people arrested. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced the busts during a press conference where she announced that police had also seized 11 guns, hundreds of grams of cocaine, large amounts of methamphetamines, fentanyl, and Xanax, and more than $100,000 in cash in 32 raids. Lowell police began surveilling a group that called themselves the "Cocaine Cowboys" in 2019, but the scope of the op…

12/06/2022

Neighbors

Boston Entrepreneur Launches 'Project F' To Offer Foster Kids Family Through Fitness Jesse Setaro has built big, broad shoulders from his years as a personal trainer and gym owner, and now he wants to use them to lift up a forgotten group of children. Setaro, who owns North End Fitness in Boston, grew up in the foster care system and wants to provide the next generation of foster children a place to build a community and find a passion. He calls it calls Project F. "As a kid, I didn't have a sense of direction, and I didn't think anyone cared whether I made it in life or wound up in jail," he wrote in a GoFundMe campaign. "That changed when a great mentor came into my li…

12/06/2022

Police & Fire

Ex-Malden Firefighter Avoids Jailtime After Admitting To Selling Drugs A judge ruled this week that a former Malden firefighter who admitted to illegally selling prescription narcotics won't serve any jail time, federal authorities said. Joshua Eisnor, 43, of North Reading, was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and forfeit $900, the amount authorities said he made dealing drugs, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances in June. Eisnor faced up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Investigator…

12/06/2022

News

Kate Middleton 'Wardrobe Malfunction' At Boston Event Becomes Instant Meme The Princess of Wales dazzled Boston crowds last week after she and her husband, the future king of England, stopped off in the city for a whirlwind three-day tour before the Earthshot Prize on Friday, Dec. 2. But it was the dress she wore to the award ceremony at MGM Music Hall that has captured the internet's attention. Middleton rocked a bright green dress to walk the "green carpet," which made her the perfect target for Photoshop. Annie Wu was early to point out that the future Queen of England was effectively a glamorous-looking green screen. this outfit choice simply highlights t…

12/06/2022

Police & Fire

Ghost Gun Bust Leads Investigators To Boston Man's 'Frightening' Arsenal: DA Investigators said they found a stash of guns, armor, and ammunition at an apartment in Boston after they arrested a man late last week on charges of having a pistol police couldn't trace, authorities said. Jhovanni Jackson, 23, faces multiple weapons and ammunition charges after police searched his home this weekend and found the guns and armor, the Suffolk County District Attorney. A judge ordered him held on Monday on a $100,000 bond. Jackson must forfeit his passport and remain confined to his home if he bonds out. Boston police said they arrested Jackson after a brief struggle on…

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

Police ID Driver, Passenger Killed In Fatal Weekend Wreck In Central Mass A 35-year-old Metheun man and his 34-year-old female passenger from Haverhill were killed in an early morning crash in Worcester just after midnight on Saturday, Dec. 3, authorities said. Jason Colon and Krystal Reyes were identified on Monday as the victims of the crash that police say started as a road rage incident and ended with them fleeing authorities, Worcester officials said. A pedestrian on Water Street called police after a Toyota Highlander nearly drove into him around 12:15 a.m. Saturday, Worcester police said. The pedestrian argued with the driver, who got out of th…

12/05/2022

Police & Fire

Man In Cambridge Attacked Someone While Yelling Racial Slurs — Again: Police A 43-year-old man who authorities accused of attacking a woman, spitting on her, and yelling racial slurs has a history of this alleged behavior, police reports show. Christopher Hagins was arrested on Friday, Dec. 2, just before 8 p.m. at Carl Barron Plaza after Cambridge police heard him yell a racial epithet at a woman before hitting her in the face and spitting on her, records show. The woman's glasses were broken during the alleged attack. Police charged Hagins with civil rights violation with injury, assault and battery, destruction of property under $1,200, and wanton and malic…

12/05/2022

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