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Metros Finalist Samantha Gilbert Set to Compete for Babson Beginning This Fall (2024)
A breaststroke and sprint freestyle specialist, Gilbert is already projected to score points for Babson at their conference championships in her debut season. Current photo via Samantha Gilbert. Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in...
36 hours in Provincetown, Massachusetts
A beachfront in Provincetown, Mass., Aug. 12, 2024. Despite a creeping sense of Hamptons-style gentrification, the town on the tip of Cape Cod, one of America’s oldest art colonies, remains a self-styled bohemian idyll. (Jesse Burke/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- Located at the tip of Cape Cod,...
Boy reels in colossal 118-pound white marlin on Nantucket, possibly breaking junior world record
A 12-year-old boy from Weston, Massachusetts, reeled in a massive white marlin off the coast of Nantucket on Aug. 16. Stone Fornes caught the 118.2-pound fish, potentially breaking a junior world record, while fishing with angler Elliot Sudal. The current record for a white marlin is 102 pounds, which was...
Fishermen plan flotilla, beach demonstrations in wake of Vineyard Wind blade collapse
As questions surrounding last month's failure of a blade on a Vineyard Wind turbine continue, the local fishing community is orchestrating a two-pronged peaceful protest on Aug. 25. Led by the New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association and coordinated via VHF channel 72, a parade of vessels out of Cape Cod, New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket are expected to meet at noon near Vineyard Wind turbine AW-38. ...
Orleans Block Party Celebrates Community
The Orleans Police Department's annual block party has become an August ritual - and a key part of an ongoing community building effort. “We really develop strategies on how we can connect with our community members because as a police organization we will never be successful if we don't have the trust and support of our community....”
A Sagamore Beach resident says she can’t sell her house because of this new trend
The renovated three-bedroom, three-bathroom beach house was on the market for eight months. Judith Ann Roan Comeau is trying to sell her newly renovated three-bedroom, three-bathroom house less than two minutes from Sagamore Beach for just upwards of $1 million. However, after eight unsuccessful months and dropping the price to $995,000, Comeau took the property off the market on Aug. 10.
Maki Park opens in downtown Gardner: What it offers - a one minute read
The Chair City's new pocket park is officially open to the public. Maki Park, so named because it is located on the site of the former Maki Building on Parker Street downtown, is a three-tiered space that can be used for outdoor dining and live music performances. The park also features game tables and...
Four-bedroom home in Wellesley sells for $3.1 million
A 3,352-square-foot house built in 1954 has changed hands. The spacious property located at 21 Sterling Road in Wellesley was sold on July 29, 2024. The $3,100,000 purchase price works out to $925 per square foot. This two-story home boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and four bathrooms. Inside, there is a fireplace. The property is equipped with forced air heating and a cooling system. In addition, the home provides a two-car garage, granting ample space for parking and storage purposes. The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 0.4-acre.
Annual walk-a-thon fetches funds for future Mattapoisett dog park
MATTAPOISETT — Dogs and their humans ambled through Mattapoisett for a fundraiser Saturday Aug. 24, as part of an effort to create a recreational space for dogs in Mattapoisett that’s spanned years. The dog walk-a-thon, held annually, raised money for a future dog park in Mattapoisett. The endeavor...
State Representative Candidates Pitch Their Priorities
The two candidates for the Vineyard’s state representative seat at a voter forum this week shared their top priorities, ways to improve the Steamship Authority and how they planned to deal with a dysfunctional state legislature. Island Housing Trust project manager Arielle Faria and former assistant district attorney Thomas...
Jones Architecture Underway on Large-scale Campus Projects
Salem, MA – Jones Architecture is progressing with three projects on New England college campuses including Norwich University in Vermont, and Massasoit Community College and UMass Amherst in Massachusetts. “The firm is fully engaged on several large-scale projects,” said Principal Rick Jones. “Each is unique but will have a...
Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section arrests level 3 offender wanted for questioning
The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section Metro Team has arrested 53-year-old Edmund LaChance for failing to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board. According to the Massachusetts State Police, LaChance was separately wanted for questioning in a disturbing incident on Tuesday evening when a suspicious man driving in...
Two More MA National Drug Stores Have Closed their Doors, Permanently!
A new court filing this week announces the number of Rite Aid locations have dwindled as 77 stores have become casualties while the drug chain continues downsizing amid a bankruptcy that was recently filed by the national pharmacy chain. Hundreds of Rite Aid locations have closed since an initial announcement...
Massive Massachusetts Meat Recall Due To Dangerous Metal
It's just one of those things that I'm terrified of. For some, it's sharks. For others, it's spiders that scare them. To each his own, I say. For whatever reason, I've always been scared of biting into something and finding some foreign object that shouldn't be there. It could be...
Massachusetts Man Missing in South Carolina During Family Vacation
Recently, 60 year old Massachusetts man Stanley Kotowski goes missing during a vacation in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Currently, they ask local home and business owners to periodically check security camera footage to see if they can find him. Moreover, they stress the importance of checking places like pools, sheds, and any other quiet, secluded areas where the man could be missing.
Gloucester Fire Department Extinguishes Closet Fire in Two-Family Home Early Sunday Morning
GLOUCESTER — Chief Eric Smith reports that the Gloucester Fire Department extinguished a fire inside a closet in a two-family home early Sunday morning. At approximately 12:10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, Gloucester Fire received a report of smoke inside 13 Green St., a two-story, two-family home. Upon arrival, firefighters...
Home To U.S.’s Largest Debt Increase Is Iconic Massachusetts City
Some shocking news concerning certain Massachusetts residents according to the personal finance pros at WalletHub. Debt is a major global concern for many people nowadays obviously. But this latest report from WalletHub was still something of a shocker to me. WalletHub just released its report on the Cities Where People...
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