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New Hampshire and Massachusetts Toll Booths Scan for This
If you drive a lot like I do, you see things. These things are not necessarily good or filled with common sense. The Massachusetts Turnpike debuted the overhead electronic tolls in 2016, says Masslive.com. The I-95 Hampton tolls have been an ORT (Open Road Toll) since 2010, according to NH.gov.
Single-family house sells for $1.3 million in Medfield
The spacious property located at 47B Pound Street in Medfield was sold on June 7, 2024. The $1,317,000 purchase price works out to $643 per square foot. The house, built in 1965, has an interior space of 2,048 square feet. This house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The home's external structure has a gable roof design, covered with asphalt roofing. The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 0.8-acre.
Autism is just 'a part of me,' but an obstacle to finding a cancer diagnosis
This is Disability Pride Month, marking the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 21-year-old Jonathan Gardner is a person who has autism. He lives in East Bridgewater, and he's a cancer survivor. In 2021, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, but he said getting a...
Two Fall River schools have friendly “war” that raises hundreds for charity
A little friendly competition between students at two Fall River schools resulted in hundreds of dollars being donated. According to Fall River Public Schools, this week the students in the schools’ summer programs t Spencer Borden and Greene Elementary were involved in a Penny Wars competition. The ‘war’ was...
Man stabbed outside Liberty Hotel in Boston
A person was stabbed outside a hotel in Boston late Saturday afternoon. Boston police say officers responded around 4 p.m. to the Liberty Hotel, on Charles Street, for a reported stabbing and found a man with stab wounds. The victim was taken to a local hospital. There was no immediate...
Tap-to-pay comes to the T — and with it, an attempted solution to fare evasion
Starting Aug. 1, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, will accept contactless payment onboard buses, Green Line trolleys, Mattapan Line trolleys and at all gated subway stations. The new fare collection system was announced earlier this year as a part of the MBTA’s larger Fare Transformation project, which is set to be completed in 2025.
Boston developer ready to move ahead with Olin Chemical superfund site purchase
A Boston real-estate developer interested in redeveloping Wilmington’s heavily polluted Olin Chemical plant site off of Eames Street recently asked federal officials to sign off on the company’s plans to redevelop a portion of the designated “superfund” site. Last week, during a Select Board meeting in...
Red Sox overcome Judge's 470-foot homer to beat Yankees
BOSTON — Masataka Yoshida hit a tiebreaking two-run single off Clay Holmes in a three-run eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox overcame Aaron Judge's 470-foot home run to beat the reeling New York Yankees 9-7 Friday night.Judge hit his major league-leading 36th homer, a three-run drive in the seventh on a Zack Kelly cutter that landed in a small section of stands above a back wall and below a videoboard."I try not to watch 'em," Judge said. "I had to check the replay to see where it went."The homer, the fifth-longest of Judge's big league career, put New York...
Legally blind resident struggles with bike lanes in Boston's South End
BOSTON — James Alan Fox, a legally blind resident of Boston's South End, has voiced concerns over the increasing number of bike lanes in the area, following a collision with a cyclist. "I’ve been legally blind since birth," Fox said. "I only have very limited peripheral vision. So I...
Thursday, August 1: Labors of Love
NEEDHAM, Mass. — Tonight, Ted Reinstein brings us the moving story of this local man determined to get to know his grandfather, long after his passing. Also tonight, Ted meets a local couple on a mission to restore a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Poland; a mother-and-son on a mission to help revive a community in the Berkshires with the reopening of its general store; and a Rhode Islander on a mission to give sanctuary to exotic birds.
Boston police arrest man with loaded firearm in Roxbury
BOSTON — Officers from the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force arrested a 21-year-old Roxbury man Thursday night after allegedly finding him in possession of a loaded firearm. The arrest occurred at about 7:50 p.m. near 83 Humboldt Ave. when officers on patrol noticed Ricardo Watson, who...
Boston restaurant owner pleads guilty to North End shooting
BOSTON - A North End restaurant owner accused of opening fire outside a popular bakery last year has changed his plea to guilty. Patrick Mendoza was caught on surveillance video a year ago firing shots at a man on Hanover Street, with whom he's had a years-long feud. Although bullets didn't strike the victim, they did hit the Modern Pastry Shop."He took responsibility""That was the whole purpose of today. He took responsibility for what he did," said defense attorney Rosemary Scapicchio.She said what happened that day was a mental health issue, and that he's had a volatile relationship with the court...
Longtime Adams Village restauranteur mourned after sudden death
Kenny Blasi, the co-owner and proprietor of the popular Adams Village eatery Blasi's Kitchen and Bar, died on Wednesday, July 24 after suffering a heart attack. The Dorchester native leaves behind his wife Maria and their four children, along with many other relatives and friends. He will be waked next Monday, July 29, 4-8 p.m. at John J. O’Connor & Son Funeral Home in Adams Village. His funeral is set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Gate of Heaven Church in South Boston.
Shelter children may be headed to KP
NORFOLK - It looks like the crisis on the southern border will impact two local school systems. The town of Norfolk and King Philip Regional school systems may be required to educate some children being housed in the temporary homeless family shelter the state recently set up in a former Norfolk prison.
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