BOSTON
Man charged in July fatal shooting
A Boston man was arrested and charged with murder Sunday, four months after a Dorchester man was shot near Kendall Street and Shawmut Avenue, officials said. Charles Williams, 38, is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on Monday, according to a statement by the Boston Police Department. The slaying took place on July 15. Officers responded to an incident around 11 p.m. near the Lenox Street housing development where they found a man in his 20s suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. The victim, later identified as 32-year-old Dennis Q. Parham, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are continuing to investigate the murder and are asking anyone with information to call the Boston Police Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470 or the tip line at 1-800-494-8477.
EVERETT
Everett man arrested in Somerville shooting
An Everett man was arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a former Somerville High School football star last month, officials said Sunday. The Massachusetts State Police took 28-year-old Tony Harris into custody on Friday, according to a statement from Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office. Harris is expected to be arraigned in Somerville District Court on Monday. Harris faces a charge of murder in the Oct. 14 shooting death of Kevin Raymond, a 20-year-old Somerville man. Raymond was shot at around 3:40 a.m. in a parking lot on Canal Lane in Somerville and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, authorities said. Ryan’s office did not say whether the men knew each other, or what the potential motives were in Raymond’s death. The statement said the investigation is “open and ongoing.’’ Raymond was remembered as a popular former running back for Somerville High School. After Raymond’s death, a friend told the Globe that he was “such a good person. He wasn’t a bad kid... Everyone enjoyed being around him. Everyone liked him.’’
PORTLAND, MAINE
State to assess damage following storm
Now that power has been mostly restored after a nasty rainstorm packing hurricane-force gusts, scientists are ready to take a look at the impact on forests. The Maine Forest Service will use aircraft this week for a preliminary look to determine whether a more extensive damage assessment is needed. The state’s top forestry health official said he’d be surprised if the damage from last week’s storm was anywhere near as severe as the ice storm of 1998, when entire stands of trees were flattened. But, there still could be extensive damage. ‘‘From an infrastructure or personal misery point of view, this was very serious,’’ said Dave Struble, director of the forest health and monitoring division. (AP)
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT
Forty moose taken in hunting seasons
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department said preliminary numbers show that hunters took 40 moose in this year’s hunting seasons. Hunters have reported eight moose taken during the archery season and 32 during last month’s rifle season. This year 80 permits were issued, down from 165 last year. Five permits were also sold at the state’s annual moose hunting permit auction. The department says permits were restricted to bulls only in 16 of the state’s 21 Wildlife Management Units. Officials say the restriction along with the reduction in hunting permits was aimed at increasing population growth. A final tally of the moose season is due in January. (AP)
