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Summer edition of Worcester's Restaurant Week aims to help businesses during a slower season
WORCESTER, Mass. - The summer edition of Worcester's Restaurant Week runs through the weekend. Organizers said August is typically a slow time in the restaurant industry and the event aims to bring people out to support local businesses. More than 30 eateries are offering a special deal of $29.24 for...
Bombing of Japanese cities commemorated in Greenfield
GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — August 6th and 9th mark the 79th year since the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hundreds of thousands were killed as a result of those bombings. The Traprock Center for Peace and Justice held a...
Brockton Hospital to reopen next week, a year and a half after devastating fire
The hospital said there will be 100 beds starting next Tuesday, but the behavioral health, maternity, and pediatric units remain closed. Brockton Hospital is set to reopen next week, Signature Healthcare announced Tuesday, a year and a half after a 10-alarm fire devastated the building and completely closed operations. February...
Off-duty Massachusetts police officer saves life of unresponsive 2-year-old child after near-drowning
Albany, NH – Officer Matthew Sech, while on vacation with his family in the White Mountains, jumped into action to save the life of a 2-year-old child after a near-drowning incident. Around 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Officer Sech was at Iona Lake when he heard urgent screams from the...
Did You Know That ‘Breaking Bad’ Was Filmed in New Hampshire?
SPOILER ALERT. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN BREAKING BAD (and you plan on it), LEAVE THIS ARTICLE. Did you know that Breaking Bad ends in New Hampshire?. If you have not seen Breaking Bad, you need to. The show is widely considered one of the best series of all time.
Big Lots stores in Massachusetts appear on closing list
ASHLAND - Multiple Big Lots locations in Massachusetts and another in New Hampshire are set to close, according to the discount retail chain's website.Pages for Ashland, Dennis Port, Northampton, Seekonk and West Springfield stores on the official Big Lots website say the company is "closing this location" and that shoppers can save up to 20% off. The same message also appears for the Claremont, New Hampshire Big Lots store.It's not clear exactly when those stores will be closing. WBZ-TV has reached out to Big Lots for comment. Big Lots' survival in doubtA month ago, Big Lots said in a regulatory filing...
New England states share $400M in clean energy funds
(The Center Square) — A coalition of New England states will share nearly $400 million in federal funding aimed at expanding clean energy sources and battery storage technology throughout the region. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it has selected the Power Up New England proposal to receive up to $389 million from the latest round of the federal agency’s competitive Grid Innovation Program. The proposal was submitted by energy officials in Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont. ...
Alleged teen moped thief disarmed, held by victim in Allston, police say
The victim was holding down the suspect when police arrived at the scene, according to the Boston Police Department. Boston police officers arrested a 17-year-old boy for armed robbery in Allston on Sunday night. The suspect was attempting to steal a moped, BPD said in a statement. A group of...
LPGA Star Can’t Wait To Show Off New England In Tour’s Return
BOSTON -- It's been far too long since the LPGA Tour had an annual stop in New England, let alone Massachusetts, and perhaps no one on tour is more excited than Meghan Khang. The LPGA Tour will make its return to the region for a late-summer showdown when the inaugural FM Championship kicks off at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass. It marks the first professional women's stop in New England since the 2004 U.S. Women's Open held in South Hadley, Mass., and the Tour hasn't made a Boston stop since 1997.
Old mills in Franklin sat empty for years, now they’re state-of-the-art housing
With 153 apartments, a gym, common spaces, a hairdresser and a brewery, Stevens Mills in Franklin is akin to a college campus to Elizabeth Stewart, the property manager. The shuttered mills off Central Street downtown are now transformed into a mixed-use mecca of residential, commercial and green space for Franklin residents, after a renovation by Chinburg Properties.
Missing Concord woman last seen getting into car 25 years ago
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Tuesday marks 25 years since a Concord woman disappeared. Officials said Charlene Gagnon was 38 years old when she was last seen getting into a car in Manchester on Aug. 6, 1999. At the time of her disappearance, she had strawberry blonde hair, was 5 feet,...
Rainey Named to Preseason All-Conference Team
BOSTON – The University of New Hampshire women's soccer team, led by 11th-year head coach Steve Welham, has been picked to finish in third place in the 2024 America East Women's Soccer Preseason Poll that was released Monday. Sally Rainey (West Lebanon, N.H.), the 2023 America East Goalkeeper of...
Vineyard Wind turbine debris makes it to Cape Cod
Sections of the damaged blade continue to fall into the ocean, littering local beaches. Debris from the failed Vineyard Wind Turbine has washed ashore in Falmouth, town officials said, weeks after a blade broke off and fell into the ocean. The turbine, manufactured by GE Vernova and part of the...
Airport Manager Speaks Out After Getting Robbed By Seagull: "It Mugged Me"
Airport Manager Noah Karberg was robbed in broad daylight on Sunday — and the culprit has a beak and two wings. While Karberg was loading groceries into his car, a seagull swooped down, landed in his shopping cart, and made off with his wallet. “It mugged me,” Karberg said....
After tragic drowning, autism activist traveling to Sutton to hand out free door locks
SUTTON ― In honor of a 4-year-old autistic girl who drowned in a neighbor’s pool last month, an activist is traveling from Minneapolis to Sutton to meet parents of children with autism Sunday and give them free door locks to heighten safety in their homes. Sheletta Brundidge’s donation of keyless electronic interior combination locks in the area was inspired by the July 11 death of Eva, who wandered from her home in Sutton and drowned in a neighbor’s pool. ...
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