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Boston Celtics receive an A grade for their offseason work so far
The Boston Celtics entered the offseason as NBA champions. As a second apron luxury tax team, their ability to make moves was significantly limited. As such, Brad Stevens focused on securing the long-term future of the roster’s core rotation, inking Derrick White and Jayson Tatum to long-term extensions while bringing back Neemias Queta and Luke Kornet.
Bristol County teen powers through to win several gold medals at national para-sports competition in Alabama
Hoover, AL – A Taunton teen continues to power through both literally and figuratively. 15-year-old Mary MacDonald of Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical High School claimed 7 gold medals in multiple sports and events at Move United’s Hartford Nationals, the largest and longest-standing national sport championship event for athletes with a physical disability, visual impairment, and/or intellectual disability.
DA's office ID's Dartmouth woman in fatal Fall River accident involving charity vehicle
FALL RIVER — The Bristol County District Attorney’s office released some details of Wednesday’s tragic accident involving a Christian charity vehicle belonging to My Brother’s Keeper that killed one woman and injured another person on Joseph Drive. Jean Revil, 67, of Dartmouth, was killed when the...
7 MA state senators call on Biden to withdraw from presidential race
President Joe Biden coasted through this year's primaries with members of his party united around him. But with the nominating convention scheduled for one month from Friday in Chicago, support for Biden is fragmenting and he's hearing from more and more elected Democrats that they want him to exit this year's presidential contest. "Selecting a new Democratic presidential nominee will inject badly needed excitement and grassroots energy into the party and its voters, especially young people," seven...
Here’s where you can get National Ice Cream Day deals
To celebrate National Ice Cream Day, which falls on Sunday, July 21, many ice cream businesses and chains in the Bay State are offering discounts and free sweets to customers. See where you can partake in enjoying the holiday. Friendly’s. The Massachusetts-based family eatery is celebrating itself and National...
Massachusetts hospital taps new anesthesia head
Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital has named Amer Tabba, MD, as their new chief of anesthesia. Dr. Tabba has over 35 years of experience working in anesthesiology and is the president and District 8 representative of the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists, according to a July 17 news release. Dr. Tabba...
‘Lucky for Life’ winner: $25k a year for life prize won in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts lottery player won a $25,000 a year for life prize during Wednesday night’s “Lucky for Life” drawing. The winning “Lucky for Life” numbers for the multi-state drawing were 7, 18, 20, 39, 46 and Lucky Ball: 10. The ticket that won $25,000 a year for life matched the first five numbers, but not the Lucky Ball.
Blade collapse, N.Y. launch and N.J. research show uneven progress of offshore wind projects
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Three events Wednesday highlighted the uneven progress of the offshore wind industry in the Northeast, including the start of a major project in New York, research aimed at preventing environmental damage in New Jersey, and a temporary shutdown of a wind farm in Massachusetts after a broken turbine blade washed ashore on a famous beach.
Mass. health care workers paid after I-Team investigation say checks bounced
NORTHBRIDGE - No one at Blackstone Valley Health and Rehabilitation in Northbridge wanted to talk about the employees that have not been paid in more than a month. Health care workers at all four of Blupoint Healthcare's long term care facilities tell the I-Team their paychecks started bouncing a month ago. Last week Blackstone Valley employees held up signs on the street demanding to be paid. The company promised to fix the problem. In text messages to employees, it blamed the issue on a bank error. After the I-Team went to Blupoint Healthcare's Newton offices, workers got their paychecks....
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