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Karen Read verdict: Judge declares mistrial
DEDHAM − After the third time the jury in the trial of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, came back telling Judge Beverly Cannone they were deadlocked, the judge was forced to declare a mistrial. For the latest coverage on this story, go here. Mistrial...
Water access. Privacy. New builds. What South Shore multimillion dollar homes are like
Every week, we post all the South Shore real estate sales in an easy to read town-by-town list. Be a nosy neighbor. Be smart about your biggest investment. Or just enjoy perusing. Sometimes No. 1 means No. 1. So don't miss the top sale this week art $4.3 million in Duxbury. Views, water access, new construction. So much to ogle. Every week our real estate listings show you the Top 5 most expensive home sales as...
Sounds of summer return at annual concert series
Summer is here, which means the annual concert series will return to Middleboro and Lakeville. A variety of styles of music will fill the air at the free weekly performances. Middleboro Friends will once again sponsor the summer concert series Thursdays at 6 p.m. at Town Hall lawn, weather permitting.
'There can be safety concerns.' Sympathy, caution from Cape Codders after Riviello death
Editor's note: This story has been updated July 1, 2024, to add a statement from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth. Around 7 a.m. on June 18, as a heat wave settled over Massachusetts, Rodney Riviello put aside his coffee cup, got up from his customary chair in the Manomet home he shared with his wife, Julie, and headed out for a morning walk. He never returned home, and his disappearance launched a massive search by police, family,...
Brockton City Council slashes school transportation funding as district tries to move past budget deficit
BPS initially asked for $18 million for transportation costs. The Council approved $11 million and set aside $7 million for later use. Brockton City Council approved a budget for Brockton Public Schools but cut $7 million from the district’s transportation budget, which funds an in-house bus depot that is partially to blame for the district’s financial woes.
How Taunton Became Known as the ‘Silver City’
Taunton was incorporated on September 3, 1639, not long after the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts in 1620. Originally a town, Taunton was among the oldest in the United States. Taunton was founded in 1637, two years before its incorporation, by members of Plymouth Colony. Taunton's original boundaries included Norton, Easton,...
Bridgewater's Perkins Foundry to be forged into 150 apartments plus retail and commercial
BRIDGEWATER — The iconic Perkins Foundry is slated to become a three-building complex with 150 apartments and 20,475 square feet of retail and commercial space. The town's planning board approved the project earlier this year. The developers still have to get several permits before the factory winds down operations and crews can start demolition, said Stephen E. Meltzer, vice president of project development for Edgewood Development.
Town ‘pulls the plug’ on Tremont Pond
Toward the end of April, residents of the neighborhood surrounding Tremont Pond noticed the 50-acre body of water drained, almost like the plug had been removed from a bathtub drain. “The water in the Tremont Pond dam impoundment suddenly drained,” said Weaver Street resident Lisa Lindman. The draining left a...
Route 24 reopened after sinkhole in Stoughton
A road near Stoughton reopened Sunday night after a sinkhole caused it to close earlier in the day. The right two lanes of Route 24 was closed around 2:20 p.m. Sunday in Stoughton near mile 37 because of a sinkhole in the roadway, Massachusetts State Police said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Rochester receives wave of applicants for open Town Administrator position
ROCHESTER — The search for a new town administrator in Rochester is well underway, according to Interim Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar. Szyndlar, who took on the mantle of Interim Town Administrator in April after former Town Administrator Glenn Cannon resigned to take a job in Carver, said the town administrator search committee is accepting applications until Tuesday, July 9.
‘One room, a whole lot of love’: Historic segregation-era Cornland School restored as museum in Chesapeake
CHESAPEAKE — A globe of the world before Russia became a country. An American flag with 48 stars. An oil lamp, three wooden pencils and a hand bell. A beloved pillar-like potbelly stove anchoring the center of the room. A signature from “Kathryn” penned in 1933 in a book nestled under an antique wooden school desk. About 80 years ago, those were a few items students of the Cornland School — ...
RI veterans invited to find new mission in agriculture with URI's Boots to Bushels
URI’s Cooperative Extension is trying to connect New England military veterans with opportunities in agriculture. Training is offered at the new Boots to Bushels Market Garden in Kingston, as well as online. In winter, online classes and farm tours will focus on building a sustainable farm business. Registration for...
Rochester capital planning committee to be “a little conservative”
ROCHESTER — There is $467,543 sitting in the town of Rochester’s capital planning fund and according to Capital Planning Committee Chair Dave Arancio, the town will need to be “a little conservative” in how that money is allocated. “We know we are in a global downturn...
‘The Coolest Place in Boston: Boston Harbor’ Topic July 9 At Crane Library
The Thomas Crane Public Library invites the public to learn about “The Coolest Place in Boston: Boston Harbor,” its most historic sites, and other hubs of local history and tourism, on Tuesday, July 9 from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. at the main library, 40 Washington St., Quincy.
Busy day in Wareham includes fully involved garage fire
WAREHAM – On Friday, June 28, at about 10:50 AM, Engine 5 with the on-duty crew, and C-2 (Assistant Chief Haskell) responded to Tobey Road for a spill of over 100 gallons of diesel fuel (below). A/C Haskell determined that duty crew would be tied up for long period of time, and ordered the recall of off-duty career and call personnel, to staff the station.
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