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Gillette Stadium’s Biggest Crowd In Mass. History
Metallica recently rolled through Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA and played two nights. The attendance was about 62,000 one of those nights. It wasn't Metallica with the record. It wasn't Taylor Swift. The hate she gets sometimes is unreal. Some really big stars have come to Massachusetts over the years...
Park Ave. school, cannabis pacts reviewed
WHITMAN – Seeking guidance with legal issues governing property uses and how they may be standing in the way of Whitman’s financial growth were the primary focus of the Select Board on Tuesday, Aug. 20. More study was necessary after a lengthy discussion of possible alternate uses for...
Halifax dog cited as nuisance
A public hearing was held during the Aug. 13 Halifax Board of Selectmen’s meeting to determine whether a dog is a nuisance or dangerous dog. The hearing stemmed from a complaint regarding a dog owned by Tabor McSherry. Halifax’s Animal Control Officer (ACO) testified first. He said that the...
'Never again': Stoughton woman whose cousin was wrongfully imprisoned wants seat at table
STOUGHTON — One local woman is running for a seat on the Governor's Council after a court ruled her cousin was wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years — fueling her campaigning and fight for justice and equality for all. Tamisha Civil is not like your ordinary candidate. If elected, she would be the first Black woman in the state's history to sit on the Governor's Council, she said. ...
Whitman faces school panel vacancies
Whitman has another vacancy to fill among its ranks of representatives on the Whitman-Hanson Regional School Committee, in the wake of member David Forth’s resignation, announced at the Wednesday, Aug. 21 meeting. The meeting opened with a moment of silence in honor of member Fred Small, who died July...
Big Bad Officials Shut Down Kid’s Ice Cream Stand In Massachusetts
12-year-old Danny Doherty from Norwood, Massachusetts learned that hard lesson that no good deed goes unpunished. He was bored this summer and decided to open a little ice cream stand (a card table with homemade ice cream) to raise money for his brother’s hockey team. But the Boston Globe reports, that after just a few days, he was shut down.
ELEVATED RISKS FOR WNV & EEE IN THE CITY OF BROCKTON
DPH HAS JUST RAISED THE RISK LEVEL TO SEVERE FOR EEE (EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS) IN THE ENTIRE PLYMOUTH COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES BROCKTON. THEREFORE, we are recommending the residents of Brockton to take the following measures. To avoid exposure to mosquito bites:. Residents are recommended to use mosquito repellents with an...
Steward has "definitive agreements" to sell 3 hospitals in Mass.
BOSTON - Steward Health Care said Thursday it has "definitive agreements" to sell three of its hospitals in Massachusetts, as Gov. Maura Healey says the state is closer to being rid of the bankrupt company "once and for all."Rhode Island-based Lifespan has filed an asset purchase agreement to buy Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton. Lawrence General Hospital is set to buy the Holy Family hospital campuses in Methuen and Haverhill. "As Steward continues to progress through the ongoing Chapter 11 proceedings, we are thrilled to have identified such qualified acquirers for hospitals in the Commonwealth...
Rare, deadly mosquito disease is causing alarm in New England. But how risky is "triple E" virus?
For some, the high-pitched buzz of a mosquito has become even more sinister than usual. In Massachusetts, a coastal county called Plymouth has shut down its parks and fields between dusk and dawn in response to the town’s “high-risk status” of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare, but severely fatal mosquito-borne illness. It's also known as "triple E" or sleeping sickness and gets part of its name from the fact that it infects horses as well as humans.
Former flight attendant pushes beverage cart hundreds of miles to honor 9/11 crew members
A man from Massachusetts is on the move as he honors Sept. 11 victims, and he's working his way through our state. "I always say it. I'm just a guy pushing a cart," said Paul Veneto of Milton, Mass. Veneto is pushing an airline beverage cart from Boston all the...
Lion unhappy with costs of details
PLAINVILLE - Richard Sabin, a town resident and a member of the Lions Club voiced his displeasure to members of the select board Monday night with requirements to hire police and fire details for a recent fundraiser. Click the video below to watch that portion of the meeting. Monday’s meeting...
#QuincyHomelessMigrants Continue To Camp Out At Wollaston Red Line Station
— Quincy Massachusetts News by Quincy Quarry News – News, Opinion and Commentary. Migrant homeless continue to camp out at the Wollaston Red Line station. The current number of homeless sleeping on the ground at the Wollaston Red Line station is roughly fifty, including children and pregnant women and thus roughly twice as many as Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch’s maladministration callously evicted from church sanctuary at an out of sight temporary tent camping site “… in a secluded garden on the church grounds.”
Taunton Bringing New Life Downtown With Performing Arts Center
TAUNTON (WBSM) — The theater scene is coming alive in Taunton as Mayor Shaunna O'Connell has announced that a newly-formed performing arts center will soon be downtown. Located at 21 Main Street, the Taunton Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is a new addition to the city, hoping to give residents more opportunities to engage in performing arts.
High atop Allerton Hill, a tower built to defend the coast in wartime has become a symbol of peace
Maureen Keiller owns the house at the base of the concrete tower and has lived there since 1998. She graciously offered to give us a tour of the tower when the weather got better, which we did this summer. With wine in hand, we carefully climbed the steep stairs to the roof and soaked in the view as she told us the story of how she came to own the property, what purpose the tower served, and about the light displays she and her friends mount at the top every year.
Warrant set for Oct. 7 special town meeting
PLAINVILLE - The warrant for the October 7 special town meeting was approved by the select board at their Monday night at town hall. The potential articles were reviewed individually with input from residents. Click the video below to watch that portion of the meeting. Monday’s meeting can be seen...
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