New England Sun-Times

By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent The Boston Children’s Festival, the last chance for many of the area’s students to kick back and enjoy the tail-end of their summer, will be returning to Franklin Park Tuesday, Aug. 21. The annual event sponsored by the city’s ParkARTs program, features tons of free programs for youth under the age of 15, including puppet shows, face painting, snacks and crafts. In addition to all the fun and games there will be giveaways and educational activities put on by Zoo New England, MIT’s Science on the Street Program, and the Boston Fire Department. Now in its sixth year, the event will take place near the back end of the Franklin Park Zoo from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For more information, click here . --- Email Patrick D. Rosso, patrick.d.rosso@gmail.com. Follow him @PDRosso , or friend him on Facebook .

Retired Judge Harry Justin Elam passed away this morning at age 90. Born April 29, 1922, and the first Black judge to serve in the Municipal Court, Elam was very passionate about the community, and was instrumental in linking those in the judicial system to social and cultural issues in the community. Justice Elam is also the father of of the late Keith "Guru" Elam of the Hip-Hop pioneer group, Gangstarr. Elam is well known in the community as a judge who tried cases fairly. Judge Elam once partnered with Edward Brooke, who later became a Senator, and whose name is a part of the Suffolk Probate Court in Boston.  Even as a judge, Elam remained connected to his roots and the roots of the communities of Boston. He will forever be missed. Three Stripes Media would like to extend our condolences to the Elam family on their loss.

(Boston, MA - August 15, 2012) A young man lost his life to a violent knife attack this afternoon. The victim, 25-year-old Rashad "Rizzy" Drogba was allegedly involved in an argument on the MBTA Bus #23 with another man. According to witnesses, the man got off the bus, dropped a knife and picked it back up ehere he proceeded to stab Drogba repeatedly in the neck area prison-style. A 43-year-old man tended to the victim and said Drogba's neck was "nasty and slashed up bad". Drogba asked for help saying "Give me some help. I'm getting weak. I'm losing it". The attack happened around 2:30pm just outside of the Roxbury Library and steps away from the Roxbury District Courthouse. The Boston Police Area B-2 Police Station is just around the corner. A man playing chess outside the library said the young man stumbled across the street asking for help after the suspect ran from the scene adjacent to the courthouse. Minutes later, the victim was ...

A punk snatched a 76-year-old woman’s purse after her medication made her groggy and she passed out in a North Carolina Wal-Mart, police said. 42 year old Kenneth Lamont Vaughan, of Durham, was arrested in Roxboro, four days after he took $300 cash off Queen Walters, along with her keys, credit cards, license and medication, local station WRAL reported. Surveillance cameras inside the big box store caught Vaughan sneaking up on Walters as she sat helpless in a motorized scooter, glancing around to make sure the coast was clear and then grabbing her purse and skulking away. Walters said she had a bad reaction to some medicine and fell asleep. “Instead of doing the right thing and checking on her condition or letting someone know, he reaches in her cart, gets her purse and walks off with it,” Roxboro Police Chief Todd Boycher told the station. Video of the robbery went viral, and, after a series of tips, Durham police picked up Vaughan during traffic stop Friday...

Singer Lauryn Hill’s mugshot was released and fans are freaking out about how the star looks. Lauryn faces three years behind bars after admitting she failed to file tax returns between 2005 and 2007, during which time she earned $1.8 million. The solemn 37-year-old is seen in the picture wearing the same white blouse she donned on June 29 after pleading guilty to the three-count misdemeanor filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey. The eight-time Grammy-winner, currently free on a $150,000 unsecured bond, is scheduled to be sentenced on November 27. And as there’s nothing more certain than death and taxes, her attorney Nathan Hochman said Hill planned to pay back the $818,000 from 2005, $222,000 from 2006, and $761,000 from 2007. The troubled singer-rapper, who first gained fame and millions of dollars as the lead singer of The Fugees, also faces $75,000 in fines. In a lengthy post on her Tumblr page earlier in...

“Head-Butts” Wife Over Condoms DRAMA! NEW VIDEO: Scroll down to check out Chad in court today! Miami Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson was arrested Saturday night on a domestic violence charge, accused of head-butting his newlywed wife during an argument in front of their home outside Miami. Johnson appeared before a judge this morning (Sunday) and was released on $2,500 bond along with an order to have no contact with his wife, reality chic Evelyn Lozada. We’ve learned Johnson and his wife, Evelyn Lozada, were at dinner and she confronted him about a receipt she had found for a box of condoms, said Davie police Capt. Dale Engle. The argument got heated and continued on the drive home, he said. When they arrived in their driveway in Davie, the 34-year-old Johnson head-butted Lozada, she told police. Lozada, who is on the reality show, “Basketball Wives,” was treated at a hospital for a cut to her forehead, Engle said. Johnson, who changed his last name back to Jo...