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Take your dog to this Boston Starbucks for free gift cards, pet portraits
You can get a portrait of your dearest dog and free coffee at a Massachusetts Starbucks this weekend. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s pet lifestyle brand Kismet is celebrating National Dog Day a few days early. While the fun holiday is on Monday, Aug. 26, the celebratory event at a Boston Starbucks is this weekend.
Brockton businesses adjust hours due to student disruptions
Several businesses in the vicinity of Brockton High School, like Starbucks, are temporarily amending their weekday operations due to disruptions caused by students. Reported incidents of rowdiness and minor property damage during school dismissal hours have led these establishments to cut back services during weekday afternoons. Starbucks plans to halt in-store operations between 1-3pm on school days, but will run its drive-thru service.
COA has a Taste of Walpole
In honor of Walpole’s 300th Anniversary, the Walpole Council on Aging (COA) hosted a Taste of Walpole night. Fifteen Walpole businesses and restaurants showcased a taste of their offerings in which COA members would vote for their favorites. Walpole COA members packed into the South Street Center, eager to...
Falmouth Bookkeeper Agrees to Plead Guilty to Embezzling Over $1.3 Million from Employer
A former bookkeeper from Falmouth is facing serious charges after agreeing to plead guilty for embezzling over $1.3 million from her employer, a flooring company. Susan Figuerido, 73, racked up significant charges including wire fraud and filing a false tax return, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. Although a plea hearing date is pending, the consequences she may face include up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud and another three years for the tax charge.
Past Red Sox Pitching Target Handed Demotion By NL Contender
The Boston Red Sox were linked to left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery throughout multiple points this past offseason before the Arizona Diamondbacks landed him on a one-year, $25 million contract. Montgomery, fresh off a 32-start, World Series-winning campaign that began with the St. Louis Cardinals and ended with the Texas Rangers,...
10 Years Ago, One of the Biggest Stories in New England Was About Market Basket and Loyalty
There are very few times that I go into Market Basket and don't think about the incredible display of loyalty that the employees showed 10 years ago this summer. In the summer of 2014, Market Basket's Board of Directors decided to fire Artie T. Demoulas. The next day, many employees started to strike due to loyalty with Artie T. and demanded that he be reinstated as CEO. Every media outlet gave the same story, stating that it was a family fight between two of the store's big bosses: cousins Artie T. Demoulas and Arthur S. Demoulas, grandsons of Arthur Demoulas, a Greek immigrant who founded the chain years ago.
Red Sox recall LHP Joely Rodriguez from Triple-A Worcester ahead of series vs. Diamondbacks
Boston also optioned Greg Weissert to the WooSox and placed James Paxton on the 60-day injured list. The Red Sox added a second left-handed pitcher to their pitching staff on Friday. Boston recalled southpaw Joely Rodriguez from the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox and optioned right-handed reliever Greg Weissert to the...
36 hours in Provincetown, Massachusetts
A beachfront in Provincetown, Mass., Aug. 12, 2024. Despite a creeping sense of Hamptons-style gentrification, the town on the tip of Cape Cod, one of America’s oldest art colonies, remains a self-styled bohemian idyll. (Jesse Burke/The New York Times) NEW YORK, NY.- Located at the tip of Cape Cod,...
Dublin Rose bids farewell with final party
SEEKONK, Mass. — The Dublin Rose held a final farewell party Friday night. The Irish pub in Seekonk celebrated a successful 11 years of business. Co-owners said the decision to close was not up to them. A Whole Foods Market will replace the pub. Seekonk town officials said the...
Walecka, Belanger knocked off two-time defending CCNB Four-Ball champs in quest for 3-peat
DARTMOUTH — Golf was the last thing on Kim Walecka’s mind this week. In the midst of selling her house and buying a new one in making the move from Dartmouth to Mattapoisett, she had more pressing things to contend with. ...
Pelicans Waive Former Celtics Sharpshooter
The Boston Celtics have one open roster spot left. It could go toward Oshae Brissett rejoining the reigning champions. That would make him the 16th of the 17 players from last season's title team to return for the upcoming campaign.
Great Feast of the Holy Ghost: Weekend schedule has parades, food, music and more
FALL RIVER — The city is in the midst of celebrating the Great Feast of the Holy Ghost of New England, a five-day festival of Azorean culture. Arguably the largest event honoring the Azorean heritage in the United States, the feast features a mix of religious rituals, Portuguese cuisine, live entertainment, crafts and two parades. ...
Fall happenings on tap: SouthCoast events to fill your calendar
In the midst of the humidity happening across the SouthCoast it seems a little early to be thinking about fall, but it will be here before we know it. And you know what that means — fall festivals. It's that time of year that brings out all the warm and fuzzy vibes of autumn,...
Neely gives new update on Bruins' contract talks with Swayman
Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman is still unsigned as a restricted free agent with September only a week away. It's not totally uncommon for RFAs to be unsigned this far into the summer, but with the first day of training camp (Sept. 18) less than a month away, the two sides need to find common ground at some point in the near future.
Westport man to be enshrined into Seekonk Speedway Wall of Fame, New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame
Seekonk Speedway announced this past week that Rick Martin of Westport, MA will be enshrined as part of the 2024 Wall of Fame class. With 50 years of competition, Rick has been to Victory Lane over 110 times at Seekonk Speedway, along with 7 championships as a driver, with one more as a car owner.
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