Police Locate Missing Child's Parents: Patch PM

MASSACHUSETTS — It's Friday, October 29. Here's what you should know this afternoon:

• As of noon on Friday, more than 146,000 Massachusetts were still without electric service as a result of this week's Nor'easter. Most Massachusetts residents are expected to have power restored by 6 p.m. on Saturday.
• Bentley University released details on efforts to reduce sexism on campus in response to issue raised by an Instagram account calling attention to the problem on the Waltham campus.
• A Massachusetts State Trooper who just graduated from the training academy last week was scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a charge of motor vehicle homicide while driving drunk after a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Boston.

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

Today's Top Story

Police are have located the parents of a young girl found wandering alone in Quincy Friday morning.

The girl is about four-years-old, speaks Portuguese, is wearing a pink jacket, and had a backpack with snacks in it. She was found in the area of Atherton and South Streets just after 11 a.m., the Quincy police said.

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Friday's Other Top Stories

Students target sexism on campus: Bentley University released details on efforts to reduce sexism on campus as more and more college students across the country come forward with their stories and demand change. According to Bentley, the administrators of the Instagram account @Sexism.at.Bentley brought attention to the impact of sexism at the university and shared a plan for ways to make a difference. "The levels at which sexism operates range from interpersonal interactions to systemic policies and practices," said Bentley's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Katie Lampley in a statement. "We all have a role to play in preventing and responding to sexism."

Trooper charged in deadly crash: A Massachusetts State Trooper who just graduated from the training academy last week was scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a charge of motor vehicle homicide while driving drunk after a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Boston. State Police say Kristopher Carr, 25, of Monson, was a probationary trooper who was relieved of duty overnight and fired Friday morning. Investigators say Carr was off-duty, driving a woman in a Ford Explorer on Route 93 south just before 1:30 a.m. Friday morning when he lost control, hit a barrier and stopped perpendicular to traffic near the Freeport Street exit.

Northern Lights over Massachusetts: New Englanders could catch sight of the Northern Lights Saturday night as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a geomagnetic storm watch for Saturday, noting that the aurora could be visible as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon. The storm is classified as a "G3" or "strong" on the Space Weather Prediction Center's five-point scale, and previously the aurora has been seen as low Illinois and Oregon with a storm of that strength.

Storm Recovery Efforts Continue

As of noon on Friday, more than 146,000 Massachusetts were without electric service as a result of this week's Nor'easter. Most Massachusetts residents are expected to have power restored by 6 p.m. on Saturday. With cooler temperatures settling over the state, many communities have opened warming centers and charging stations.

Here are the latest updates:

• Multiple People On South Shore Hospitalized From Carbon Monoxide
• Martha's Vineyard Library Open For Warmth And Charging Station
• Salem Storm Cleanup Includes Expanded Transfer Station Hours
• Warming Shelter Open For Weymouth Residents Without Power
• Power Restored For 99% Of Rhode Islanders: National Grid

Find out if the weather on Halloween will be a trick or a treat.

Picture This: No charges three years after Bulger murder

After three years, no one has been charged in the beating death of murderous Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger. Questions such as why the well-known FBI informant was put in the troubled lockup's general population alongside other New England gangsters — instead of more protective housing — remain unanswered. Federal officials will say only that his Oct. 30, 2018 death remains under investigation.

They Said It

"The personal attacks on Dr. Kukenberger and the use of photos of her family are simply wrong and need to stop - whether they come from within Melrose or from outside our community...by all means, let's renew our commitment to focus on how we can do best by all our kids, but let's take down the temperature and make sure our conversations are respectful, informed, and substantive."

• Melrose Mayor Paul Brodeur, calling for civil debate on Superintendent Kukenberger's decision to scale back Halloween celebrations in the public school system.

In Case You Missed It

MA gives 10 millionth vaccine dose: All coronavirus metrics continued to decline and the state gave its 10 millionth vaccine dose, according to the latest data released by the Department of Public Health. More communities reported falling positive test rates than rising ones, according to town-by-town data released Thursday. Twenty-eight Massachusetts communities didn't report a single positive test over the last two weeks, up six from the last report.