What’s News


Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.

1218112647We didn’t realize hell had frozen over: Local officials are seriously discussing the merits of the “energy policy” Paris Hilton laid out in a satirical web video. [Herald]

A close shave: Gillette’s parent company has announced it will close its plant at Fort Devens and will lay off 215 employees at the razor-maker’s Southie headquarters. [Globe]

Good deal: City officials hope to use Boston’s share of the $300 billion federal real estate bailout money to rehab foreclosed units and repopulate areas ravaged by the foreclosure crisis. [Herald]

Been caught (allegedly) stealing: Prosecutors say a Middlesex county official has been arrested for reportedly stealing thousands of dollars from copiers and cash machines at the Registry of Deeds office. [Globe]