Colby’s law
On June 15, 2024, a fearless and loving 14-year-old boy named Colby Lippincinto was killed in a Motocross accident in Wareham. Unfortunately, this place was also done by the death of another child several years before.
That child is Ava Pioppi, a Carver girl. Two children. Two families are endless. And however, no significant safeguards placed in place to prevent next tragedy.
This is not a local issue – it is a painful public safety gap in Massachusetts.
We are now working with state representatives Steven Xiarhos and Dylan Fernandes to Introduce Colby’s Law, which would mandate liability insurance and basic safety requirements at recreational tracks statewide. This law of severe overture, and does not have to take another resistant death to make this priority.
In Colby’s honor, we host 2nd annual Colby Lippintial Wiffle Baver Tournament on Aug. 9 in the sandwich, where funds are for scholarships through the Cape Cod Foundation.
We called to the Governor Maura Healey, our lawmakers in the state, and the people of Massachusetts who join us in the requested action. Support Colby’s law. Stand with mourning families. And help us make sure that what happened to Colby and Ava no longer happens again.
Jackie Densmore, for Colby Lippincott Memorial Fund
Volny
Street Markings
As an American officer and long-term transportation officer, I was very sad by Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s Designer-Color Street Markings on Nonals Street Street in Nonantum – just weeks before St. Mary at Carmen Festival.
This is more than the technical change – it’s a crime of tradition and identity. The claim that these marks are required to be replaced by yellow lines for salvation lacking merit. That road safely acts in decades with red, white, and green markings.
If the mayor has real safety concerns, there are many alternatives – like painting crosswalks or wrapping tricolors’ poles. However, he acted with no community or transparency input, which took a symbol of the evening culture.
These scores are not yet about politics; It is about honoring history in a proud American neighborhood. To get them without warning, before a loved annual celebration, showing a deep lack of respect.
I urge Newton town to return the marks – not as part of the side, but in whole and in place. Streets should reflect the spirit of people living with them.
Gina Fiandaca
Former secretary and ceo, massdot
Previous Commissioner of Transportation, Boston City
