MBTA fires 8 for falsifying records

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's new GM Richard Davey fired eight supervisors for allegedly falsifying maintenance records. Davey contends the group committed a years-long scheme in which false entries were made into a maintenance tracking database, showing that 200-plus buses — more than 20-percent of the fleet — had met the required rate an inspection every 6,000 miles, according to an NECN report. For the full story, click here.