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Guilfoil is a reporter on the Metro staff. He began in 2006 as a part-time co-op student from Northeastern University. He then freelanced for several years, writing for a number of publications and nearly every section of the Globe before being hired in 2010.
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Police arrest 20-year-old Dorchester man in slaying
By John M. Guilfoil , Globe Correspondent
A Dorchester man was arrested Friday in the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of a man in his home on Rosseter Street.
Berkshire lumber yard ablaze
By John M. Guilfoil , Globe Staff
A large lumber yard in the western Massachusetts town of Lee was engulfed in flames, drawing firefighters from throughout Berkshire County who have so far kept it from spreading into the community’s downtown. Officials said the blaze at the Dresser-Hull Lumber Co. on Railroad Street was reported shortly before 8 p.m. The location is just steps from Main Street and downtown Lee, but fire officials said they had the blaze contained to the yard and that nearby homes and businesses were not in immediate danger.
Son of wounded Woburn police officer sworn in
By John M. Guilfoil and Alli Knothe , Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent
Robert C. DeNapoli Jr., the son of the Woburn police officer wounded by gunfire in a jewelry store robbery, became one of the Woburn Police Department’s newest members.
Two charged in Newton armed burglary
By John M. Guilfoil , Globe Staff
Two Waltham men faced armed burglary and related charges for allegedly robbing a West Newton house this morning.