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$13M in Portsmouth projects: Prescott Park, South Mill Pond playground, turf field, more
PORTSMOUTH — The City Council recently voted to approve the issuance of $12.9 million in bonds to pay for a series of city projects. The bond issue includes $4.5 million for work at the city-owned Prescott Park, $3 million to add a second turf field near the city-owned Community Campus, $1 million for Fleet Street utility upgrades and streetscape improvements and $600,000 to upgrade the South Mill Pond playground. ...
Castle in the Clouds Supporters Fund Restoration Project
Moultonborough, NH – Castle in the Clouds raised more than $100,000 during its recent Havana Night Gala. The funds will be used to restore the Stone Garden Shed, part of the garden complex on the 110-year-old property. The 2024 Havana Night Gala featured the music of Claves & Blues,...
Woburn lawyer, 3 others charged with trying to sneak drugs into R.I. jail
Correctional officers allegedly recovered papers soaked in synthetic marijuana. Court documents unsealed in federal court in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday revealed that a Massachusetts attorney, a Connecticut woman, and two individuals detained in the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, participated in a scheme to smuggle contraband, according to U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Worcester DA drops 25 criminal cases because of illegal state police recordings
FITCHBURG — Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.’s office on Wednesday dropped more than two dozen cases that a judge ruled were tainted by state police recordings made in violation of criminal wiretapping laws. The disclosure was made Wednesday morning in Fitchburg District Court during a status hearing on a series of...
Massachusetts State Police, Bucci family, dedicate bridge to Trooper Tamar Bucci
“Yesterday, members of the Bucci Family joined Governor Maura Healey, members of the Massachusetts State Police, and the local community to dedicate the Trooper Tamar A. Bucci Memorial Bridge on Forest Street in Stoneham. Overlooking Interstate 93, the bridge commemorates the sacrifice of Trooper Bucci who was killed in the line of duty while assisting a disabled motorist on March 4, 2022.
Jury has case in trial of woman accused of abandoning baby in woods
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Jurors have begun deliberations in the case of a woman accused of abandoning her newborn in the New Hampshire woods. Alexandra Eckersley faces five charges, including two counts of second-degree assault, which are related to the newborn's hypothermia and respiratory problems. A falsifying physical evidence charge is connected to her allegedly failing to tell officials where the baby was. She is also charged with reckless conduct and endangering the welfare of a child.
Nurses protest as judge approves closure of two Mass. hospitals
BOSTON — A federal bankruptcy judge approved Wednesday the plan to close two Steward hospitals in Massachusetts, just hours after nurses protested to stop the closures from happening. More than 100 nurses from Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer flooded the hallway outside Gov....
Husband and wife bring Dominican roots to South End chocolate shop
BOSTON - Sugar and spice and a whole lot of love make up the recipe for success at Cacao in Boston's South End.Perla Rosario and Leo Baez are the husband-and-wife behind the chocolate shop on Columbus Avenue. Both have roots in the Dominican Republic and grew up with a deep appreciation for their heritage."A lot of people know the rice and beans and stuff like that. This is a different way of getting to know what else the Dominican Republic has to offer through chocolate, through the cashew," Rosario told WBZ-TV.It was a match made in confectionary heaven long before...
NH Women's Amateur: Dover's Carys Fennessy takes 7-shot lead into final round
ROCHESTER – Carys Fennessy has high standards, so she was determined to prove Monday’s roller-coaster ride that included an eagle and a double bogey was an aberration. The rising Dover High School senior responded 24 hours later with a sizzling 3-under par 69 on Tuesday to take a commanding seven-shot lead going into...
New Bedford Dog Is Everybody’s Best Friend at the Shelter [WET NOSE WEDNESDAY]
Happy Wet Nose Wednesday! Let's talk animals. Hundreds of animals on the SouthCoast are living in shelters. They shouldn't have to stay there. Our goal is to unite these beautiful animals with the perfect forever families. This week, we spotlight a social butterfly at Lighthouse Animal Shelter in New Bedford...
Touch-A-Truck Event Makes Epic Return to D&J Enterprises in Wareham
It’s back and better than ever. D&J Enterprises Inc. in Wareham is bringing back its popular Touch-A-Truck Fundraiser for a second year on Saturday, August 10. After a successful first year, the team at D&J is ready to welcome the community back for a day of giving and family fun.
More NH families than ever are opting into school choice, prompting questions about how to measure success
Melissa Johnston used to send her four kids to neighborhood public schools in Manchester. But they weren’t a good fit. She says one of her sons got suspended in second grade for stealing his teacher's gum. All of her kids have ADHD and struggled to focus. So she went...
Physician assistants still can’t practice without consulting. But some won’t need doctor sign-off.
Come Jan. 1, the state’s nearly 1,340 physician assistants, the provider many patients see, will no longer have to have a signed “collaboration agreement” with a physician for their entire career. The sponsors of House Bill 1222, which Gov. Chris Sununu signed Friday, said complaints from physician assistants prompted the legislation. Some said they are […]
NH sports officials now protected by law from assault, threats
Spectators at New Hampshire sports games will now have to watch their emotions under a new law aimed at protecting sports officials from harassment and assault. Gov. Chris Sununu signed Senate Bill 327 Friday, a bill which provides penalties for crimes committed against sports officials, including first or second degree assault, criminal threatening, and stalking. The offender would be...
They transplant more organs every year. The feds may still pull their license.
Dan Decoteau was on life support at Massachusetts General Hospital with a traumatic brain injury, hours from death, when the organ donor team asked his family to make an excruciating decision. Would they donate his organs and tissue to save other lives? Decoteau, 39, of Milford, hadn’t joined the donor registry, so the decision was theirs. ...
This Show Is Tonight: An Evening with Regina Spektor in Boston
In today’s fast-paced music landscape, Regina Spektor remains timeless. It’s been nearly 25 years since the Moscow-born, Bronx-raised singer-songwriter debuted with 2001’s 11:11, and now nearly two years — an eternity in the modern age — since her last album Home, before and after. Yet Spektor still commends a crowd like few others, and she returns to Boston tonight (July 31) to play MGM Music Hall at Fenway, part of a short burst of summer shows.