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Boston Globe
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Herbert P. Wilkins, former chief justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court, dies at 95
'If you ask me who was the most significant chief justice certainly Herbert Wilkins would be a standout,' she said. 'I say that not only in the Commonwealth, but nationwide. He was an extraordinary man.' Justice Wilkins, who also was committed to public service on community boards and with influential legal organizations before and after his years on the bench, was 95 when he died Tuesday at home in Concord. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up In rulings and in private conversations, Justice Wilkins was known for his brevity and clarity. His humor was also often present, even on the bench. Advertisement A 'Wilkins ruling' had certain hallmarks, said 'It's brief, it's concise, it says what it means to say,' she said of his opinions, which he wrote from draft to finish. His clerks submitted memoranda for him to review. 'He was not a man of many words, but each word counted,' she said, 'and he also was very funny and had a dry wit.' Advertisement In 1996, when Justice Wilkins was scheduled to be sworn in as chief justice in the governor's office, he noted in an interview that it was the same place where he had taken the oath as an associate justice in 1972. It also was the same place where his father, Raymond S. Wilkins, was sworn in as an SJC associate justice and later as chief justice. 'So it's going to be a four-fer,' Justice Wilkins told The Boston Globe. Then he joked that he had picked Though nominated to be an SJC associate justice by 'In my view, our state Constitution tells us today that the state may not engage in the senseless killing of a murderer, even though he is by definition a person who has committed a senseless killing himself,' His more nationally lasting impact involved helping place the SJC at the cutting edge from the mid-1970s onward in issuing state Constitution rulings that more forcefully protected individual rights during an era when the US Supreme Court generally was not doing so. 'I rather regard it as an anchor to the windward to protect people's rights that we should all be in favor of,' Justice Wilkins said in a 1986 interview. Advertisement Justice Wilkins 'understood that state constitutions were terribly important,' Marshall said, and by doing so was 'was among the most highly regarded jurists among state jurists.' From the outset as chief justice, he worked amiably with the state Legislature. That close work with lawmakers helped spur appropriations to build and rehabilitate courts across the state, Marshall said. 'That was a singular achievement that nobody else had been able to do,' she said. Marshall added that Justice Wilkins also tried to ensure that legal assistance would be made more available to state residents who couldn't afford a lawyer when they found themselves caught up in complex court matters. The current Supreme Judicial Court justices 'As a jurist, he was known for his incisive rulings and meticulous attention to detail,' the statement said. 'His respectful and polite demeanor on and off the bench earned him the respect and admiration of all who worked with him. The people of the Commonwealth are fortunate that a person of his intellect, dignity, and commitment to justice was willing to devote his talents in their service.' The youngest of three siblings, Herbert Putnam Wilkins was born on Jan. 10, 1930, and grew up in Winchester. His mother, Mary Louisa Aldrich Wilkins, died in 1954, the year Justice Wilkins graduated from Harvard Law School. His father, Advertisement Before joining the SJC in 1972, the year after Raymond died, Justice Wilkins followed in his father's footsteps as a Harvard College and Harvard Law graduate. A decades-long resident of Concord, he was town counsel for Concord and Acton and chaired Concord's Board of Selectmen before becoming a judge. A Phillips Exeter Academy graduate, he formerly served on his alma mater's board of trustees and as president of the Harvard University Board of Overseers. Justice Wilkins also was a member of the council of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He also had been the 'He took his obligations seriously,' said Justice Wilkins joined the Palmer & Dodge law firm after law school and was a partner from 1960 until becoming a judge. In 1952, he married Angela Middleton, an internationally recognized expert in addressing learning disabilities and teaching those with dyslexia to read. When he met with reporters in July 1996, after Weld nominated him to lead the SJC, Justice Wilkins spoke with pride about Angela's work and said he believed he would be the first chief justice whose wife worked full time. With his four children, Justice Wilkins 'tried to instill a sense of social responsibility to do right by others, an obligation that we're all in this together,' said his son Advertisement Douglas's siblings are Stephen of Gloucester, an educator; In addition to his wife and children, Justice Wilkins leaves eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A celebration of his life will be announced. Justice Wilkins 'was a very, very kind man and I think he hired kind clerks,' said Dolberg, who added that the judge and his wife invited former clerks to gather for lunch each year around his birthday. One by one, all stood each year to discuss and update their careers, becoming an extended family through the annual gatherings, inspired by his life and work. 'We were so full of gratitude,' Dolberg said. 'We really felt he had been an amazing mentor and that he had helped guide us in our careers.' Bryan Marquard can be reached at
Los Angeles Times
a day ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Jake rakes walk-off as Estancia baseball wins second CIF championship
FULLERTON — The Estancia High baseball team has held tightly onto the belief all season that hard work could mean eventual success. It started with the first game of the season, a 15-3 loss to Woodbridge that veteran coach Nate Goellrich called 'ugly, putting it nicely.' 'We went down the line after the game and I told the guys that was going to define our year,' Goellrich said. 'We can either work to get better, or it was just going to be a lost year. To their credit, man, they worked hard.' Like the season itself, the most important game of the campaign also didn't start well. Estancia gave up three runs in the top of the first inning to Pasadena Marshall on Saturday in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 championship game. Undeterred, senior starting pitcher Vaughn McCrea and junior reliever Lincoln Silva shut out Marshall the rest of the way. In the bottom of the seventh, things set up for senior Jake Humphries to be the hero. The only remaining player from the program's first CIF title team in 2022 delivered, stroking a bases-loaded triple to deep right field to score three and help Estancia earn a 4-3 victory. 'This title means everything,' Humphries said. 'This team had so much perseverance. We had a good season, but man, we got kicked down so many times. But it's about how many times we got right back up. It's amazing.' Marshall (20-7-1), which shares the Eagle mascot with Estancia, jumped out to the lead in the opening frame. The designated visitors scored three unearned runs after Trevor Lam reached on a one-out infield error. Nate Callaway's double brought him home, then a single by Ben Muro scored two more runs. Estancia (20-13) answered with a run in the bottom of the second, courtesy of a two-out rally. Carlos Hauser drew a full-count walk, then No. 9 hitter Athan Perez followed with a single to right. The lineup flipped and leadoff hitter Miles Dodge roped a double to right-center to bring home Perez. That was all Estancia would get off Marshall ace pitcher and senior left-hander Caleb Thatcher. He threw 5 ⅔ innings, allowing the lone run on four hits. He walked four and struck out 10. The score stayed the same until the bottom of the seventh. McCrea, bound for Lewis and Clark University in Oregon, kept Marshall at bay for the rest of the game until departing with two outs in the top of that frame. 'It was just a journey,' McCrea said of the season. 'We were projected to finish last in league and we just won CIF. It's a big switch-up from what everybody thought.' Silva allowed a double to left to Callaway in the seventh, but a Marshall pinch-runner was easily out at home, with Estancia junior catcher Sawyer Atkinson supplying the tag. Goellrich joked that Silva was a 'super vulture' in the playoffs, earning three wins in each game that McCrea started, also including the opening 10-8 win over Alhambra and a walk-off, nine inning 4-3 win over Pacifica Christian in the Division 6 quarterfinals. The CIF quarterfinals, semifinals and title game all ended with the same 4-3 score and Estancia on top. On Saturday, Estancia immediately put pressure on Marshall in the bottom of the seventh. No. 2 hitter Jacob Ramirez led off with a single to right and Atkinson walked. Cleanup hitter Nico Viramontes, who had previously been hit by a pitch twice in the game, poked a single to shallow right-center to load the bases with nobody out. Callaway, the Marshall relief pitcher, quickly got to an 0-and-2 count on Humphries. But Humphries battled back with the walk-off triple over the right-fielder's head on a 2-and-2 count four pitches later. The ball rolled to the base of the wall. 'I knew the wind was blowing out all game, and I saw him running in and I thought this might have a chance,' said Humphries, who also had the walk-off hit against Pacifica Christian. 'I was screaming, 'Get over his head,' and what do you know, it went over his head. Having the boys rally was amazing.' Viramontes slid across the plate with the winning run, setting off a wild celebration. Estancia had clinched the title in dramatic fashion, as it did when it edged Anaheim 2-1 in 11 innings for the Division 6 crown in 2022. 'It's been amazing,' said Viramontes, who is also 9-0 on the mound. 'I don't think I could ask for any better ride than this. We fought hard for this, and I feel like we deserve it by the way we played. This group of guys is special. We never back down to anyone … I feel like when we have pressure on us is when we're most powerful, and we just showed it right there.' Dodge finished with a pair of hits for Estancia, which earned its second CIF title in four years in Goellrich's second stint as head coach. He was also head coach from 2011-2017, before returning in 2021, turning a fifth-place in league team from the year before into the program's first CIF titlist. Now Estancia has doubled up. Goellrich said each championship was special in its own right, and that he's proud that Estancia did it with neighborhood kids. 'We've got the private schools around us that try to take our best players, and we've got the public schools that act like private schools that try to take our best players,' Goellrich said. 'My first stint as head coach and now, I want people that want to be here. These guys are here, and we work hard with what we've got. We've got a successful program, and that's all we can ask for. 'If you don't want to win CIF championships, then don't come to Estancia, right?' Estancia will now compete in the CIF State Southern California Regional Playoffs, which begins with games on Tuesday, June 3. When the Eagles won their first CIF Southern Section title in 2022, they also earned a regional crown. 'We've got our banquet [Sunday], practice Monday and we'll get ready for Tuesday,' Goellrich said.
Globe and Mail
a day ago
- Automotive
- Globe and Mail
'If It Doesn't Stay, it Will Imperil What We Do in Marshall.' Ford Stock (NYSE:F) Gains Despite Battery Factory Threat
Is there trouble ahead at legacy automaker Ford (F)? It may be so, as new signs of declining federal funding for electric vehicles may be about to hit Ford at the battery factory level. Especially given one of the big battery factories Ford has at Marshall. Investors took the news oddly well, though, and sent shares surging upward nearly 2.5% in Friday afternoon's trading. Confident Investing Starts Here: We know that the government has been looking to save a few trillion bucks ever since the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) got fired up in earnest. And while it has found a whole lot of potential savings—savings that, even now, are looking to be actively codified into law—there are always other places to look. And production tax credits for electric vehicle batteries may be on the chopping block next. That, in turn—notes Ford's executive chair Bill Ford—would '…imperil what we do in Marshall,' referring to the battery plant in Marshall, Michigan. Ford elaborated 'We made a certain investment based upon a policy that was in place. It's not fair to change policies after the expenditure has been made.' Indeed, Ford is not without a point, but Ford must keep in mind that that policy was made by an administration that no longer exists. Tackling Pikes Peak Annually, Ford has a particular goal in mind for its electric vehicles, a demonstration of their sheer capability known as the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Ford has been in on the action for the last three years, and delivered some impressive wins. But this year might be the most impressive yet, as Ford brings a Mach-E Mustang to the hill climb event, and it is looking pretty sharp. Ford revealed back in January that the Pikes Peak run would be a Mustang Mach-E event, and the early word out about the car intended for that run. Reports note that the nose design, and much of the front, is clearly reminiscent of a Mach-E, but the rest of the car has been fundamentally redesigned for the event. Packing a front splitter, a rear wing, and a rear 'ground effect tunnel,' this car has been given the full treatment to give it the best chance at Pikes Peak. The combined effect yields—brace yourself—6,125 pounds of downforce. We will see how this does once the event concludes in late June. Is Ford Stock a Good Buy Right Now? Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Hold consensus rating on F stock based on two Buys, 12 Holds and three Sells assigned in the past three months, as indicated by the graphic below. After a 15.75% loss in its share price over the past year, the average F price target of $9.71 per share implies 6.95% downside risk. See more F analyst ratings Disclosure Disclaimer & Disclosure Report an Issue
The Age
a day ago
- General
- The Age
Fireys using pen and paper as technology fails following cyberattack
Technology outages are still forcing Fire Rescue Victoria to turn to pen, paper and pagers for hours at a time, 2½ years after a cyberattack damaged the emergency service systems. The agency is investigating the cause of the latest series of outages that repeatedly shut systems down this week, but the United Firefighters Union says the problem is recurrent and risking public safety. Fire Rescue Victoria denies the problems have endangered public safety. Fire Rescue Victoria endured four separate outages in the week to Saturday, for up to seven hours at a time, to both its Station and Firecom systems. Both systems cut out last Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. They again shut down for one hour and 45 minutes on Saturday morning. The Station Turn Out system alerts firefighters to dispatch to an emergency and automatically opens bay doors for fire trucks. Firecom provides real-time information about the location of vehicles, resources like hydrants, and the emergency itself. The shutdowns prompted Fire Rescue Victoria to write to staff on Tuesday confirming the organisation was investigating the cause of the outages. In a letter to Fire Rescue Victoria, seen by The Age, United Firefighters Union state secretary Peter Marshall said the two IT systems were critical and that outages hampered the ability of firefighters to respond to emergencies. 'The failure of these critical systems put firefighter and community safety at risk,' Marshall said. 'Without the Station Turn Out system functioning, firefighters rely upon a phone call to receive notification of an emergency incident to which they must turn out.
Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
Former Clark Co. student arrested in Indiana after bomb threat of former school
MARSHALL, Ill. (WCIA) — A former Marshall High School graduate was arrested in Indiana after planning to deploy destructive devices at her former school. In a joint statement from the Marshall Police Department and Marshall Community School District, they announced that on Friday, they were informed of the arrest of a past graduate of Marshall High School in Evansville, Indiana, where the female subject currently lives. Urbana Fire Department responds to house fire The information given to them from the Evansville Police Department is that the former student had in her possession 'incendiary,' or fire starting, devices with a plan to deploy the devices at her former school in Clark County. The subject remains in custody on the charge of possession of a destructive device. Both the Marshall Police Department and school district will remain in communication with the Evansville Police Department for the latest information and updates regarding this situation. They applauded both the St. Vincent Police Department and the investigation conducted by the EPD Bomb Technicians for leading to a safe arrest made during this incident. 'The safety of our community, students and staff is always our top priority and we remain committed to ensure this even when school is not in session,' part of the statement reads. 'We will keep you informed of any further developments as they become available.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
