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Insects, Mold, Algae, Blood Linked to Boar’s Head Meat Listeria Outbreak in Massachusetts
This is such major news because we're talking about one of the most popular, top-tier meats out there. Whether you buy it at your grocery store meat counter or have a favorite sandwich shop or deli that uses it, now is the time for vigilance. There's a listeriosis outbreak involving...
Globally known competitive eater taking on Mass. fried chicken competition
Fried chicken fans have a chance to see an internationally renowned competitive eater in action in Massachusetts this weekend. James Webby, known around the world for his competitive eating and social media presence, will compete at the first-ever Fried Chicken Eating Contest at Nan’s Kitchen in Stow. Webby will...
Siblings both win $25,000 for life lottery prize in Mass.
BROCKTON - A pair of siblings from Massachusetts are officially "Lucky for Life."William Fralick and his sister Pamela McClure, both from Brockton, each won $25,000 a year for life in the Lucky For Life Lottery game.Siblings play the same winning lottery numbersThe winning numbers for the Aug. 25 drawing were 8-17-19-29-31 with a Lucky Ball of 12. Fralick and McClure matched everything except the Lucky Ball. The siblings play the same numbers, which they say represent family birthdays.Both chose to take their prize in the form of a one-time cash payment of $390,000 before taxes. Fralick said he'll put his...
Healey says she’s not interested in Harris administration post
Halfway through her first term, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is seeking to tamp down speculation that she might be up for a post in Kamala Harris’s administration if the vice president wins the White House in November. Healey appeared on the Sunday chat show “Face the Nation,” where CBS chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes […]
First Jet Engine In America Built In Mass. City
If you're older like me, your primary social media platform, may I presume, is Facebook. What's been grabbing my attention lately are those Facebook Reels, just another version of short videos that everyone loves. Like anything else on the internet, Reels will continue to serve up videos that you continually...
VOTE: Who is the South Shore high school football Preseason Defensive Player of the Year?
We're less than a week away from the start of the South Shore high school football season, and players from every school are more than ready to build upon their highlight reels. These defensive playmakers come in many different forms: from imposing nose tackles, relentless edge rushers and shutdown cornerbacks. The local landscape has an abundance of all. ...
Former Obama adviser David Plouffe goes all in for nephew in swing legislative seat
A key legislative race in Massachusetts is garnering national attention as both parties look to wrest control of a swing seat in the state Senate where Democratic incumbent Susan Moran is retiring. The race, which is Republicans’ first chance to flip the seat in four years, has attracted the attention of former Obama adviser David […]
Natick sees nearly 40% turnout. Here's the results of the state representative race
NATICK — One of MetroWest's longest-serving legislators defeated a local challenger for a second time in the Democratic state primary, according to unofficial results from the two towns in the 5th Middlesex District. State Rep. David Linsky, D-Natick, earned 4,018 votes to challenger Jaymin Patel's 1,513 in Tuesday's state primary race. The 5th Middlesex...
Somerville Library closes after school over ‘teen behavior concerns’
Police have responded to multiple incidents in the teen room this year, according to the Somerville Public Library Board of Trustees. Somerville students may be back in school this week, but they probably won’t be spending much time at their local library when they’re finished with classes. Somerville...
LISTEN: 2024 high school football season preview and MVP picks
Welcome to the high school football season's debut episode of 'The South Shore Sports Show.' In this episode, hosts Jason Snow and Chris McDaniel go back and forth selecting which South Shore teams will record the most wins in a draft exercise that will be revisited at season's end. At least one...
Sandra Birchmore Had Several Parental Figures Before She Was Killed in 2021
Content warning: This article contains descriptions of a homicide related to grooming.In February 2021, a 23-year-old woman named Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton, Mass., apartment. After Canton police officers found Birchmore’s body “seated on the floor in a reclined position with a duffle bag strap tied around her neck” (via Boston.com), events quickly unfolded.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner first ruled Birchmore’s death a suicide, but after her family hired a pathologist, they ruled her death a homicide.In August 2024, former police officer Matthew Farwell was convicted and arrested for Birchmore’s murder. According to messages between...
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