Matty In The Morning Co-Host Quits After On-Air Fight: Patch PM

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

• Walpole police arrested a Massachusetts State Trooper Thursday, less than a week after he pleaded not guilty to domestic assault charges.
• Worcester police arrested and charged a 37-year-old man Tuesday night after he chased a group of people while holding a kitchen knife.
• Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday morning signed into law a bill extending pandemic-inspired rules for remote public meetings, to-go cocktail sales, eviction protections and more.

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

Today's Top Story

"Matty in the Morning" co-host Rebekah "Bex" Maroun is leaving Kiss 108, the latest in a bumpy month for the network's flagship program.

Maroun announced on Wednesday's show she is moving back to her native Philadelphia. Maroun, who joined Kiss 108 in 2018, served as the co-host and executive producer of "Matty in the Morning."

Maroun has only been on the show a handful of times since she and host Matt Siegel had an on-air argument on May 20, where he criticized Maroun for not posting audio of the previous day's show. On that show, Siegel ended an on-air rant by "quitting," only to return the following day to say he had smoothed over differences with the station's managers.

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Wednesday's Other Top Stories

Trooper resigns after second arrest in a week: Walpole police arrested a Massachusetts State Trooper Thursday, less than a week after he pleaded not guilty to domestic assault charges. Michael Atton, 34, who was charged with violating a restraining order after Thursday's arrest, resigned from the Massachusetts State Police. He was released on $5,000 bail.

Knife-wielding man chases bystanders: Worcester police arrested and charged a 37-year-old man Tuesday night after he chased a group of people while holding a kitchen knife. The man, who is an Oxford Street resident, emerged from a home and "began shouting and running at a group of people," police said. No one was injured.

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In Case You Missed It

Baker extends to-go cocktails, other pandemic rules: Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday morning signed into law a bill extending pandemic-inspired rules for remote public meetings, to-go cocktail sales, eviction protections and more, according to Senate President Karen Spilka. The Legislature sent Baker a partial compromise Tuesday, temporarily reinstating some policies that lapsed with Tuesday's lift of the state of emergency and preventing others from expiring. House and Senate lawmakers say they plan to keep negotiating on some of the COVID-19 policy measures.

By The Numbers

$12.5 million: The budget for a makeover of the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline. The nonprofit that manages the cinema has already raised 85 percent for the work, which is scheduled to begin next month. Plans call for a 14,000-square-foot expansion, new screens and a new community education center.