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Mass. State Lottery winner: Stop & Shop sells $100,000 winning ticket
Of the millions of dollars won Wednesday by lottery players in Massachusetts, $100,000 was won from a ticket sold at a Stop & Shop in the state. The $100,000 prize was from the daily “Mass Cash” drawing. The winning numbers for the drawing were 4, 8, 26, 27 and 28. The ticket was sold at the Stop & Shop in New Bedford.
Check out these Christmas bar pop-ups coming to Mass.
Four bars in Massachusetts will deck their halls and become Christmas-themed pop-ups this holiday season. Dunkin’ may have just debuted its new fall menu, but some Massachusetts bars are already gearing up for the most wonderful time of the year. The Christmas-themed holiday pop-up “Miracle” returns to Greater Boston starting this November, including a new “Sippin’ Santa” location.
Ex-Massachusetts Cop Charged With Killing Pregnant Woman To Conceal Abuse & Exploitation
BOSTON, MA – A former police officer in Massachusetts is facing federal charges for allegedly killing a woman in 2021 to conceal his “longstanding sexual exploitation” of her beginning when she was a minor. Matthew Farwell, 38, a former Stoughton Police officer, was indicted on one count...
Yelp says this Mass. apple picking spot is one to bookmark
With the return of pumpkin spice at Dunkin’ and Starbucks and foliage predictions for New England on the brain, one of the next steps in the fall lineup is to go apple picking. So to help you plan your first fall outing, Yelp compiled a list of “25 apple...
‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having abortions. The campaign includes ads on social media, billboards, radio and...
How police are dealing with high price of body-worn camera programs
More Massachusetts police departments than ever are embracing body-worn cameras, recognizing not just benefits to the public, but to their officers as well. Yet the cameras can come at a steep cost, and a state grant program has proved essential for some departments to purchase the technology, particularly in smaller communities with tighter budgets.
Field of purple flags remembers Massachusetts lives lost to overdoses
WORCESTER, Mass. - The 2,125 purple flags at UMass Memorial Health represent each life lost to an opioid-related overdose in Massachusetts in 2023. The annual event is about honoring the story behind every single flag and raising awareness. “One of those flags a few years ago was for my son,”...
MMHR to hold Fall Conference Sept. 12-13 in Falmouth
Massachusetts Municipal Human Resources will hold its annual Fall Conference on Sept. 12 and 13 at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel in Falmouth. The conference will open with the workshop “AI and HR — Friends or Foes?” The presentation, led by Dewand Neely, CIO of MGT Consulting Group, and Joellen Cademartori, CEO and co-owner of GovHR USA, will provide an overview of artificial intelligence and its implications for the field of municipal HR.
One injured in car vs scooter crash in Falmouth
FALMOUTH – A car and scooter collided in Falmouth shortly after noon Thursday. The crash happened on Main Street (Route 28) between Scranton Ave. & Falmouth Heights Road. The scooter operator was transported to Falmouth Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. The cause of the crash is under investigation by Falmouth […] The post One injured in car vs scooter crash in Falmouth appeared first on CapeCod.com.
Massachusetts strikes down a 67-year-old switchblade ban, cites landmark Supreme Court gun decision
Residents of Massachusetts are now free to arm themselves with switchblades after a 67-year-old restriction was struck down following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark decision on gun rights and the Second Amendment. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision on Tuesday applied new guidance from the Bruen decision, which declared that citizens have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The Supreme Judicial Court concluded that switchblades aren’t deserving of special restrictions under the Second Amendment. “Nothing about the physical qualities of switchblades suggests they are uniquely dangerous,” Justice Serge Georges Jr. wrote. It leaves only a handful of states with switchblade bans on the books.
Fight over $70,000 engagement ring heads to Mass. high court
BOSTON - A battle over who gets to keep a pricey engagement ring after breaking up has made it all the way to the highest court in Massachusetts.The Supreme Judicial Court will soon hear arguments from lawyers representing Bruce Johnson and Caroline Settino. Johnson bought the engagement ring in question from Tiffany's in Boston for more than $70,000 in 2017 and proposed to Settino at a golf club in Harwich.The pair planned to marry the next year, but the relationship soon fell apart. Johnson claims that Settino was verbally abusive, treated him like a child and didn't accompany him to...
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