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Falcons take flight: The 2024 Dighton-Rehoboth football schedule
It may be the middle of summer, but the high school football season will be here before you know it. Ahead of the tryouts and training camps, and before the first kickoff whistle sounds under those famed Friday night lights in the Greater Taunton area, the Taunton Daily Gazette is kicking off our 2024 high school football coverage with a look at all four area team's schedules, and next up is Dighton-Rehoboth.
AJ Dybantsa dreaming big college hoop's top recruit in 2025
BROCKTON -- AJ Dybantsa of Brockton may have been born to play basketball. But his dad says it wasn't his son's first choice."He didn't want to play basketball at first. He was in love with Spider-Man, so [when he was four or five years old], I got him a Spider-Man basketball," recalled Anicet Dybantsa. "His eyes lit up, he brought it to his room and started shooting, and the rest is history."AJ grew up in Brockton and enrolled at St. Sebastian's in Needham. He started on the varsity basketball team as an 8th grader and played there for two years,...
Rescued from Hurricane Beryl, these cats and dogs have come to RI looking for homes
EAST PROVIDENCE − The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has taken in 38 cats and 13 dogs from Texas that were in danger of dying from heat exhaustion and disease after Hurricane Beryl devastated their living quarters and much of the surrounding area. The animals, including kittens, arrived...
'Were you aware of this opportunity?' RI wants to know why no one bid to rebuild Washington Bridge
Rhode Island transportation officials want to avoid a repeat of their failed search for proposals to rebuild the westbound Washington Bridge and are asking contractors what turned them off about the previous procurement. In a Request For Information posted Friday, the Department of Transportation seeks to find out why no firm bid submitted...
Beyond the Forecast: How is tornado damage determined?
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — In our latest Beyond the Forecast special on WPRI.com, 12 News Meteorologists Tony Petrarca and Catie McNeil talked local tornadoes. As always, we took some questions from our viewers. Melissa from Seekonk asked, “From an aerial view, how can you determine the difference between...
Groundbreaking Held for 200-unit Senior Affordable Housing Project in Foxborough
Foxborough, MA – The Walnut Street Joint Venture, comprised of Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative, Inc. (AHSC), Peabody Properties, and Onyx Group Development, hosted a June 24 groundbreaking ceremony for Walnut Knoll at 51 Walnut Street in Foxborough. The 200-unit affordable rental housing development for seniors is situated on...
CBD scare sends four YMCA campers to hospital
COVENTRY − Four girls from a YMCA summer camp were taken to a hospital Thursday out of concern that they ate gummies containing CBD. Members of the Western Coventry Fire District went to Camp Westwood at about 11:20 a.m. Thursday and brought four campers, ranging in age from about 12 to 15, to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Fire Capt. Robert Mann said. ...
Free and cheap things to do with kids in the Brockton area this summer
BROCKTON — With summer break well underway, it can be hard to keep kids occupied with new and exciting activities — especially ones that don’t break the bank. Luckily, there are plenty of free and cheap Brockton-area events and activities for kids to enjoy before the start of the school year.
New England Patriots Will Have the 1st Pick in 2025 NFL Draft
The New England Patriots enter a new era under new Head Coach Jerod Mayo, but is it really a new era or a continuation of a Belichick style regime. Jerod Mayo, who played for the Patriots returned as a coach in 2019 and served as the Inside Linebackers coach until he received the promotion to Head Coach in 2024. Mayo has only played and coached under Belichick in the NFL and will no doubt continue a lot of the ways Belichick runs a team. Recent years under Belichick, more news came out that players were not reacting positively to how things were done in Foxborough. Will this theme continue under Mayo?
New Bedford Mayor Mitchell: Kings Highway Is Coming ‘Back to Life’
Things are happening on Kings Highway in New Bedford, where two large retail plazas have sat mostly empty for years. Not one but three new businesses are preparing to open at the Fieldstone Marketplace, including a restaurant. Cedar-Kings LLC owns Fieldstone Marketplace, and Cedar Fieldstone LLC owns King Plaza to...
Shore-access ruling; $1 million lottery winner; Johnson's Pond: Top stories this week
Here are some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of July 14, supported by your subscriptions. The remote-work revolution launched by the pandemic is raising concerns in Providence about the city's fiscal future, as many downtown office buildings remain largely uninhabited, except by security guards. So far, that's mostly affected landlords, real estate brokers and banks that write commercial mortgages, but that could soon change. If the value of office buildings tumbles in the city's current revaluation, residential taxpayers will be on the hook to make up the difference. The Journal's Patrick Anderson explains.
Celebrities visiting New Bedford caught Standard Times readers' attention
As we head into a new week, let's take a look at the news from this past week. Foss Marine Terminal's proposal to expand its warehouse operation and develop a training center is one of seven under consideration by MassDevelopment. PACE will work in coordination with Foss to provide a training center that will give people an opportunity for careers in offshore wind. ...
Great summer weekend on the way
After a fantastic Friday, we keep the nice weather into the weekend. First, we see a super comfy overnight as well, dipping into the low-60s and even upper-50s in outlying areas. A stationary front currently draped over the Carolinas will lift northward during the day tomorrow, allowing high clouds to...
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