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...separate Massachusetts state agencies are currently investigating alleged political corruption and improprieties associated with the McKee-Berger-Mansueto, Inc. [MBM]--University of Massachusetts construction contract. The $6 million contract between the state and the MBM construction company led last February to the convictions of former state senators Joseph J.C. DiCarlo and Ronald C. MacKenzie on charges of extorting money from the company. The allegations of misconduct, however, did not end there, and the state is continuing to investigate the relations between MBM and state officials...
Fidler tied it with his second of the night, and John Bethel put the Terriers ahead, 4-3. Steve DiCarlo evened it up once more for Brown at 15:16, but two minutes later Fidler notched his third to put B.U. in front for good...
...state long known for tolerating corrupt officials,* the voters left a surprised politician dangling in the winds of change last week. Joseph J.C. DiCarlo was the odds-on favorite to win a Democratic primary for a seat in the Massachusetts senate-the very seat, indeed, that he had held before his colleagues threw him out only this April. The reason for the ousting was the conviction of DiCarlo, 41, and Republican State Senator Ronald MacKenzie on charges of squeezing $40,000 from a New York consulting firm in exchange for suppressing a legislative report criticizing the company's work...
Despite his troubles, DiCarlo seemed unconcerned as election day approached. The Boston Globe predicted he would win. But the improbable happened: DiCarlo lost by 2,589 votes to a relatively unknown, 24-year-old alderman from Everett named Frank Mastrocola, who had pressed one issue hard -that his opponent had betrayed the public's trust. Said a chastened DiCarlo: "The people of this district have spoken and that's what counts...
...lawyers of DiCarlo and MacKenzie have said they will appeal the case. DiCarlo and MacKenzie are to be sentenced on Wednesday...