Mom Calls 911 Over Son's Criminally Bad Haircut: Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Thursday, Sept. 16. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• A Norton-based barber shared his experience with one very dissatisfied customer, which ended with the police being called. In two videos posted on TikTok, the barber said the woman called 911 because he cut her son's hair "too short."
• A Clark University-led study maps how forest removal has contributed to carbon emissions in six New England states and New York. Primarily driven by development, the deforestation has released close to 5 million metric tons of carbon annually in recent years.
• The Phantom Gourmet Food Fest will bring more than 30 restaurants and vendors to Waltham's Moody Street. The 21 and over "phest" will feature food samplings, beverages for purchase and live music.

Scroll down for more on those and other stories Patch has been covering in Massachusetts today.

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A TikTok posted Monday shows a woman calling the police on a Norton barber because she said he cut her teenage son's hair "too short."

Robbie Rocco - known on TikTok as @RobbietheBonehead, was the barber who works at Boneheads BarberShop in Norton.

He took to TikTok Monday, posting two videos to the site, the first of which showed the woman calling 911 outside the shop. In the video, Rocco steps out of the shop to film the woman, "Look at this lady wasting my day," he said directly to her.

Instead of a response, the woman held up her phone to him, showing 911 had already been called, and she was speaking to a dispatcher.

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Deforestation In New England Is Big CO2 Problem: You might be familiar with how forest removal in the Amazon rainforest is contributing to carbon emissions and the climate crisis. There's a similar situation going on right here in New England.

Phantom Gourmet To Take Over Waltham's Moody Street: It's only a week until the Phantom Gourmet Food Fest, set to take place on Saturday, Sept. 25 on Moody St. in Waltham. The "phest" will feature over 30 restaurants and vendors offering food samplings, beverages for purchase, and live music.

Malden Honors Slain Officer On Anniversary Of His Death: The Malden Police Department honored slain police officer Edward Callahan on the anniversary of his death. Callahan died on Sept. 16, 1963, two days after he was shot while responding to a robbery at a market.

NY Man Charged After Framingham 100 MPH Speeding Incident: State police arrested and charged a Long Island man on Tuesday after he was seen speeding and driving dangerously along the Mass Pike — and was later found illegally carrying a gun.

Picture This

Holliston Fire Chief Is 'On Fire' When On-Air: "Story Time with Chief Cassidy" has been airing on Holliston Cable Access since the start of the pandemic, and now Cassidy has the opportunity to share his on-air talent with others at the Fire & Life Safety Education Conference being held at Hyannis next week.

A Touching Tribute

"Today the world lost one superhero of a guy. Ben was the definition of a fighter. Four years of ups and downs, he was called home to Heaven. A beloved husband, father, son and brother. In extension of that: teacher, coach, colleague, neighbor, run partner, friend and role model."

• The family of Ben Goodhue, a longtime teacher and coach in Beverly who passed away at the age of 45 after a four-year cancer battle.

By The Numbers

5 Feet: The length of a rattlesnake found in the Blue Hills Reservation. A Dorchester woman said she was taking her weekly walk when she came across the snake, later identified as the rare Timber rattler.

"My first thought was that it escaped from the zoo," she told the Boston Globe.