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Yächtley Crëw will bring 'yacht rock' to Providence, with a Warwick native on board
If songs like “I'd Really Love to See You Tonight” and “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” make you think of kicking back on a boat and cruising in the summertime, you’re not alone. YouTube coined the genre “yacht rock” to describe the soft rock...
Providence's next firefighters, medics? High school class creates pipeline to city jobs
PROVIDENCE − With a hood over her head that covered her eyes, Emily Bolanos felt her way through the inspection and use of a portable breathing apparatus, the kind firefighters use when heading into a burning building or to fight a toxic fire, opening and closing valves, and pulling the air tank out of its backpack holster. ...
Who ruled the diamond this spring? Presenting the 2024 Providence Journal All-State Softball team
The Providence Journal is proud to announce the 2024 All-State Softball team, sponsored by the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The Providence Journal has been naming All-State teams for more than 80 years to recognize and celebrate the top student-athletes across Rhode Island. The Journal Sports staff, with some help from the coaches associations, determine the first- and second-team members. The All-State teams are also posted on the High School Sports Awards page on providence journal.com/sports.
‘There won’t be another Mr. Ced.’ Cedric Huntley remembered as a mentor who dedicated his life to preventing violence
A memorial service is being held Friday for Cedric Huntley, who died earlier this month at the age of 65. Huntley was a community leader who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of young people. Most recently, he served as executive director of the Nonviolence Institute in Providence, a nonprofit that focuses on preventing violence.
Single family residence in Needham sells for $2.9 million
The spacious, recently built property located at 62 Dawson Drive in Needham was sold on June 21, 2024 for $2,850,000, or $470 per square foot. The house, built in 2017, has an interior space of 6,066 square feet. This three-story house offers a spacious layout with five bedrooms and six baths. On the exterior, the home features a gable roof design constructed with asphalt roofing. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. The property is equipped with forced air heating and a cooling system. In addition, the home provides an attached two-car garage, granting ample space for parking and storage purposes. The lot size of the property measures an impressive 10,237 square feet.
Perfect weekend ahead: Boston to enjoy warm and dry weather, with low humidity
Our lawns and plants are starting to get crunchy if you haven't been watering. I know it seems as if we have had a ton of rain, but in reality, Boston hasn't seen enough. As this is the hottest stretch of summer, peak evaporation occurs typically. And so now that we have a slight rain deficit for this month (.73 inches below normal), we just need to keep up with watering the gardens and plants.
Boston’s Berklee College names ex-Spotify prez
The next president at Berklee will be Jim Lucchese, a former executive at Spotify, the controversial streaming service. Boston born and a drummer by vocation, Lucchese sold his start-up The Echo Nest to Spotify in 2014. He went on toe found Spotify for Artists and was appointed CEO of Sofar Sounds, a system curating 30,000 live performances in 78 countries.
Boston Police Officer and Suspect Hospitalized After Shooting Near Forest Hills Station in Jamaica Plain
A violent confrontation erupted near the Forest Hills MBTA station in Jamaica Plain last night, resulting in a Boston police officer and a suspect being hospitalized. WCVB reports that the confrontation began when officers responded to assist in the recovery of a stolen motor vehicle at the station's parking lot located at 66 Hyde Park Avenue around 7:45 p.m.
'I thought I was going to get shot': Doctor recalls 1989 Christmas Eve attack in Braintree
BRAINTREE, Mass. — It was Christmas Eve in 1989, and just down the road from the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Dr. Brian Morris was working at a medical clinic when a man walked in, asked to come behind the front desk to throw something away, then pulled out a gun.
Rescues come in all sizes …
The Plympton Fire Dept. answers calls for all kinds of dire emergencies and in this case it was to rescue two Carolina Wrens that had become trapped between the walls of a horse stall in town. Firefighters used their tools to remove the plywood wall and move the birds to...
Tensions rise at ENC's migrant shelter in Quincy as homeless families are asked to leave
QUINCY ‒ As the migrant crisis stretches the state’s network of emergency shelters to capacity, the temporary shelter and family welcome center at Eastern Nazarene College has been depositing homeless families, some against their will, at the Wollaston MBTA station, according to city officials and police. Quincy Police...
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...
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