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2 youth detention center escapees are captured in Maine, Massachusetts
Two juveniles who escaped from Maine’s youth detention center and fled in a stolen a car are in now police custody in Maine and Massachusetts, officials said Tuesday. One of the escapees was captured early Tuesday after crashing a stolen car in Georgetown, Massachusetts, and the other was located hours later by officers responding to a hit-and-run involving a stolen vehicle in Biddeford, Maine, officials said. Their identities were not released by Maine officials because of their age.
State’s emergency shelter system predicted to cost more than $1 billion next year
As advocates protest Gov. Maura Healey's changes to the shelter system, costs continue to mount. As Gov. Maura Healey’s administration imposes major new changes to the state’s overburdened emergency shelter system, officials are estimating that the state will need more than $1 billion to keep the current system afloat through the end of fiscal 2025.
Key Patriots Suffers Possible Injury Right After Inking Extension
The New England Patriots are in the midst of training camp in Foxborough. They know it'll be an uphill climb in the first season under new head coach Jerod Mayo. He took over a team that needed a lot of work on the offensive end but had some quality guys on defense.
Honey Baked Ham Co. Signs Four-Unit Franchise Deal in Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Alpharetta, Ga. — Metro Atlanta-based Honey Baked Ham Co. has signed a four-unit franchise deal in the Northeast. Locations will include Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as elsewhere in the state and an additional location in Rhode Island. Tom McGwire, great-grandson of the brand’s founder, will own and operate the units, along with his father Tad McGwire and brothers Charlie and Brett McGwire. This will bring Tom McGwire’s Honey Baked Ham portfolio to eight stores, following a previous deal to develop four stores across Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Stephen Nedoroscik, Mass. native and Olympic pommel horse king, has seen the memes
When the U.S. men’s gymnastics team won a bronze medal at the Olympics this week, it all came down to one guy from Worcester: Stephen Nedoroscik, a Massachusetts native now known as Steve the pommel horse guy. Nedoroscik is a pommel horse specialist, meaning he only competes in one...
New state budget allows for a Special Commission on Antisemitism. Here’s what it will do.
A total of 440 antisemitic incidents in Massachusetts were recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in 2023 – a 189% increase from the year before. The new Mass. state budget, signed by Gov. Maura Healey on Monday, includes a Special Commission on Antisemitism and directions to provide resources to schools to address hatred against Jewish people.
Elizabeth Warren to host panel with Soros-backed group staffed by anti-Israel activists
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will co-host a panel Wednesday on Capitol Hill alongside a left-wing watchdog group staffed by anti-Israel activists who participated or cheered on recent antisemitic protests, according to a flyer. Warren is set to appear Wednesday afternoon for an event called “The Role of Private Equity in Health Care” in the Senate […]
Mass. angler bagged off N.H. with oversize stripers
Massachusetts fisherman is under arrest after investigators announced that he illegally caught 14 oversized striped bass off the New Hampshire coast last week. New Hampshire Fish and Game reported that they had received reports that a boater had been fishing in the Atlantic Ocean off New Castle and Rye with no lights on at night.
Golden Bear Pride Shines as Scott Christopher Langmeyer of Holliston Graduates from Western New England University
SPRINGFIELD, MA (07/29/2024)– Scott Christopher Langmeyer graduated from Western New England University with a BS in Construction Management. The undergraduate ceremony was held on Sunday, May 19, at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. More than 520 students received their degrees. The top fields of study were Mechanical Engineering, Marketing, Psychology, Criminal Justice, and Sports Management.
Extreme heat can kill vulnerable people. Here's how CVS is trying to protect them.
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health is rolling out a new system to alert vulnerable people when high heat is forecast. The initiative is being made initially available to customers of Aetna, a health insurance company owned by Woonsocket-based CVS. The company plans to expand the service to its CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations. ...
Lottery warning to check tickets for expiring unclaimed $1m Powerball prize – and it was sold last summer at a mini mart
A $1 million Powerball prize is still waiting to be claimed - but the winner has just weeks to act. The lucky winner bought the ticket at a Mini Mart in Massachusetts last year. The $1 million ticket was sold for the August 21, 2023 drawing at Metro Mini Mart...
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