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Where were sharks spotted off Cape Cod since Aug. 23?
One of the sharks swimming off the Cape this past week was Punk. Not a punk. Punk the shark. First tagged Sept. 28, 2022, Punk was spotted off the coast of North Beach Island in Chatham at around 8:53 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s shark-tracking app Sharktivity.
'It’s not a renovation, it’s not a reimagination, it’s a new design': Big changes are coming to Pines at International
The International’s new course will still be called the Pines, but almost everything else about it will be different than the original. The new design will be about 1,200 yards shorter than the 8,325-yard layout in Bolton that once laid claim to being the world’s longest golf course. Fifteen of the 18 holes will follow different corridors. There are many waste areas with fescue. ...
McInerney to become Shrewsbury DPW director
SHREWSBURY – Tim McInerney has been tapped to lead Shrewsbury’s Department of Public Works (DPW). During an Aug. 27 Select Board meeting, Town Manager Kevin Mizikar announced that McInerney would become DPW director, a role that has been unoccupied following the departure of Jeff Howland on Feb. 2.
New Bedford Police Thwart Drug Deal, Arrest Two, Including Man with Firearm and Drug Charges
Source: Facebook/ City of New Bedford Police Department (Official) On a known stretch of Acushnet Avenue this past Tuesday night, a routine police operation disrupted what detectives say was a drug deal in progress. According to a Facebook post by the New Bedford Police Department, 26-year-old Jacob Matthew-Almeida was arrested and faces multiple charges, including illegal possession of a high-capacity firearm.
Wareham’s Geena Davis Won Her Only Oscar Same Year as ‘Beetlejuice’
The highly anticipated sequel to 1988's Beetlejuice, 36 years in the making, hits theaters on September 6, 2024. Despite playing central roles in the original as husband-and-wife ghosts, Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin will not appear in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Perhaps Barbara and Adam Maitland have moved on from haunting their old Connecticut farmhouse to another realm.
Stop & Shop closes first of 8 Mass. stores slated to close by November
Just a little over month after announcing plans to close 32 “underperforming stores,” including eight in Massachusetts, Stop & Shop has shuttered the grocery chains first Massachusetts location. A sign was hung at the Newton store, located at 165 Needham St., announcing the location’s closure for Thursday, Aug....
Beloved Sandwich Boardwalk celebrated with grand re-opening
The Town of Sandwich held a ribbon cutting Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, to celebrate the opening of the rebuilt Sandwich Boardwalk. Here, onlookers gather on the boardwalk during the ceremony, which included a ribbon cutting by Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, at right in red. After years of planning and about...
Crusaders win Wheaton & Babson Season Opener
ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Both men's and women's cross country took first at the Wheaton & Babson Season Opener. The men competed against eight other teams while the women took on seven other schools at Highland Park on Saturday, Aug. 31. Sophomore Joseph Mahon finished first overall crossing the finish...
Last Bank Robbery Suspect Makes Plea Deal
The fourth and final man accused of robbing the Vineyard Haven Rockland Trust in 2022 has agreed to plead guilty in hopes of leniency for his sentencing. Miquel Jones, a suspect in the November 2022 robbery of the Edgartown Vineyard-Haven Road bank, entered a plea agreement with the U.S. District Court in Boston on Monday.
CITY OF BROCKTON TO HOST PUNK ROCK LEGENDS NOFX IN THE BAND’S FINAL NEW ENGLAND SHOWS
BROCKTON – Los Angeles punk legends NoFX’s last-ever New England appearances will take place at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton on Saturday and Sunday as the group concludes an incredible 40-year career with the “Punk in Drublic” farewell tour. The influential West Coast punk rockers last played...
Fall River’s iconic Mee Sum has a buyer, currently under agreement
A Fall River landmark that was put up for sale earlier this year has a buyer. The iconic Mee Sum, the Chinese American restaurant open for over 74 years serving the Southcoast and beyond with exceptional Chinese cuisine was put up for sale in April and had a most recent asking price of $449,000.
Harvard police warn of paving scam targeting residents
HARVARD — A warning has been issued by the Harvard Police Department regarding suspicious paving companies soliciting in the area. A local resident came forward today to report a paving company demanding cash payment upfront. In addition, there have been accounts of another company going door-to-door offering sealcoating services.
Belmont Schools Hammering Out Contracts as Summer Ends
With a year to go before contracts expire, a date has not yet been set for negotiating contracts for four units of the Belmont Education Association. Those units include the educators; directors, assistant directors, and assistant principals; administrative assistants and clerical aids; and finally, the professional aides, classroom assistants, tutors, campus monitors and building-based substitutes.
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