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Keene officials urge residents to improve address visibility for emergency services
(MyKeeneNow) In a bid to enhance emergency response times, the City of Keene has issued guidelines for residents to ensure their street addresses are prominently displayed. This initiative aims to assist emergency responders in locating homes and businesses swiftly during critical situations. The city has outlined a 10-step guide to...
Mass. Lock Law Protects Renters
Can you landlord just bust into your Massachusetts dwelling? Whether it's an apartment, duplex, condo, or house, they do have the right to enter their property. Do they always? Absolutely not. Listeners of "Slater & Marjo In The Morning" may have heard the real estate guys on Friday talk about...
‘A lifeline’: Cape Cod bridge project to create more than 9,000 jobs in Massachusetts, Healey says
Planned construction work to replace two aging bridges that connect to Cape Cod will create more than 9,000 “high-quality” jobs in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday. Healey and lawmakers gathered in Bourne to formally celebrate the nearly $1 billion in added federal funding for the replacement of the Sagamore Bridge on Cape Cod. Work on the Bourne Bridge is slated to happen after the Sagamore. The recent announcement brings the total funding for the massive bridge project to $1.72 billion, in addition to $700 million in state funding, Healey said. The $993 million awarded to the state Department of Transportation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Bridge Investment Program, Healey said.
Massachusetts State Police looking for 20-year-old accused of fatally shooting 16-year-old at party
NORTHBOROUGH – Authorities are searching for Erik Coelho Dos Santos, who has a warrant for his arrest for a charge of murder resulting from a shooting that occurred in Northborough on May 12, 2024, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Dos Santos, 20, with a...
Tackling the climate crisis: Local solutions for a global problem
The Harvard Climate Change and Health Collaborative hosted a second workshop on June 13-14 in partnership with the Harvard Global Health Institute’s new Scholarly Working Groups program. Building on the foundational work of the inaugural workshop last September, the two-day event brought together a consortium of Harvard faculty, researchers, and global public health leaders to discuss strategies to safeguard health for all amidst the escalating climate crisis.
These are the Boston hospitals on the U.S. News hospital honor roll
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital rank among the top 20 in the country. Two Massachusetts hospitals were among the top 20 U.S. hospitals in Tuesday’s 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report ranking. Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital made the publication’s Honor Roll, which does not rank by order, as it has previously.
An Alternative Thought on the I-95 Bridge Between Maine and New Hampshire
We see it a lot more often during tourist season than outside of it, but regardless of the time of year or whether it's from a tourist or local, the same sentiment is constantly echoed. The I-95/Piscataqua River Bridge that connects Maine and New Hampshire always seems to stir up...
West Nile virus identified in mosquito batch in Manchester for first time this year
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A mosquito batch with West Nile virus has been found in Manchester, making it the first time it was identified this season. The virus can be contracted in people and animals through mosquito bites. While most people with the virus remain asymptomatic, it may cause flu-like...
Dozens of Maine, New Hampshire, & New York Residents Have Fallen Prey to the Shocking Tactics of the ‘Fentanyl Robbery Gang’
For years, we have been hearing about despicable drug dealers who were cutting their drugs with deadly fentanyl, but this is the first time that we have heard about the drug being used to rob people. According to an article on the Fall River Reporter website, the United States Attorney’s...
New Hampshire, Maine Goodwill Stores Will Not Accept These 21 Items
Cleanouts are always in progress across New England. Clothes closet purging, kitchen discards, garage cleanouts, and bedroom spruce ups all create unwanted or unneeded items which are still useful to others. Before you go all Marie Kondo in your cleaning, decide what you're going to do with your items before...
Merrimack College’s Jail Education Project Reaches New Milestones
What began seven years ago as an initiative to eliminate barriers to education and serve the community, Merrimack College’s Jail Education Project (JEP) has evolved into a credential-bearing program that has served more than 350 students and in July will award its first associate degree to an incarcerated student.
Beware: New Online Scam Popping Up In Massachusetts & Beyond
Scams have been around even going as far back to the Craigslist days. Which honestly, I'm still surprised the site still exists today now that Facebook Marketplace is a huge hit. But, scammers have now unfortunately dominated the Facebook Market as well. While Facebook Marketplace is a great way to...
A New ‘Titanic’ Exhibition is Bringing 250+ Artifacts to Boston, Massachusetts
Anyone who's spent time in Boston knows it's chock-full of history. The Freedom Trail is comprised of 16 historic sites throughout the city, telling "the story of the American Revolution and beyond." Places like the MFA, ICA, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum foster a lifelong appreciation for art. The JFK Presidential Library and Museum pays homage to our 35th President and his life's accomplishments.
Keene SwampBats Hold Down Westerners
The Keene SwampBats left 20 runners on base, but scored three times late in a 5-2 win at the Danbury Westerners on Saturday. In the bottom of the first, the Westerners hit a single to right with a runner on first, and as the throw went to third, shortstop Austin Hawke (Wake Forest) cut it off and threw behind the runner at first to get a huge out and help Nick Timpanelli (Charleston Southern) through the frame. The SwampBats loaded the bases with one out in the second on singles from Brett House (Mississippi State) and Andrew Wiggins (Indiana), and a walk from Hawke. The next two hitters were retired to keep the game scoreless. Danbury had a runner at third and no one out in the bottom half, but Timpanelli got a strikeout, a foulout, and a flyout to get out of it. In the next inning, Danbury had a one out infield single, a walk, and then an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead.
Mass. State Lottery winner: Cumberland Farms gas station sells $1 million ticket
Someone bought a $1 million lottery ticket from a Cumberland Farms gas station in Massachusetts and came forward on Monday to claim their prize. The $1 million prize was from the “Emeralds 50X” scratch ticket game, which costs $10 per ticket to play. There is just one $1 million prize remaining to be claimed in the game as of July 16.
Karen Read’s Mansfield home for sale
MANSFIELD, Mass. (WLNE) — The home of Karen Read is now for sale. who was tried for the murder of her police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, was a former professor from Bentley College and was living in Mansfield at the time of O’Keefe’s death. Read’s trial...
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