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Massachusetts man killed in Route 6 motorcycle crash had a love for the open road
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (342+ words) A Massachusetts man killed in a weekend motorcycle crash is being remembered. According to Massachusetts State Police, at just before 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, Troopers from the Bourne Barracks responded to a crash involving two motorcycles on Route 6 East Bound in Sandwich....
45-year-old Fall River man held without bail after indictment on drug trafficking and firearm charges – Fall River Reporter
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (198+ words) A Fall River man faced a judge Wednesday after an arrest on a list of drug and firearm charges. According to police, in March, detectives assigned to the C.A.S.T. Unit executed a search warrant on Forest Street. The target of the…...
45-year-old Fall River man held without bail after indictment on drug trafficking and firearm charges
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (163+ words) A Fall River man faced a judge Wednesday after an arrest on a list of drug and firearm charges. According to police, in March, detectives assigned to the C.A.S.T. Unit executed a search warrant on Forest Street. The target of the…...
Authorities and medical professionals warn as TikTok challenge causing severe burns across the country
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (232+ words) The Nassau County Fire Commission’s Office of the Fire Marshal has released a bulletin warning parents about a viral social media challenge involving NeeDoh gel-filled squishy toys that has already caused severe burns to a child in the county. The…...
Massachusetts town admits they were scammed out of nearly half a million dollars
17+ hour, 30+ min ago (182+ words) A Massachusetts town revealed that they were recently scammed out of a large sum of money. According to the East Bridgewater Select Board on June 1st the Town of East Bridgewater was the target of a data breach that resulted in…...
Multi-agency investigation leads to arrest of 26-year-old Massachusetts gang member after 17 pounds of fentanyl, guns, hundreds of rounds of ammo, seized
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (249+ words) A multi-agency investigation led to the seizure of a huge drug and weapon cache on Tuesday. According to police, after a two-month investigation, Stoughton Police Detectives and members of the FBI Metro Boston Gang Task Force stopped 26-year-old Martino Pierre-Louis,…...
Food Insecurity Soars as Massachusetts Underfunds SNAP Caseworkers
22+ hour, 8+ min ago (513+ words) Days after Gov. Maura Healey signed the new state budget, food security advocates are already asking for supplemental funding to shore up the workforce that helps vulnerable residents access SNAP benefits. In their budgets, both Healey and the Senate sought…...
New York man accused of scamming Massachusetts woman out of thousands of dollars
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (313+ words) LUDLOW — Chief Michael Brennan reports that the Ludlow Police Department arrested and charged a New York man in connection with a scam that stole thousands of dollars from an elderly resident. On June 21st, the Ludlow Police Department was notified that…...
IFAW responds to record breaking single stranding of 28–30 bottlenose dolphins in Massachusetts
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (201+ words) International Fund for Animal Welfare rushed to the scene Monday morning of an unfortunate record-breaking event in the Bay State. Senior Director of Communications Global Programs Stacey Hedman stated that IFAW’s marine mammal rescue experts responded to reports of a…...
Bristol County District Attorney announces 74-year-old woman killed in bicycle crash on Route 6 in Dartmouth
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (181+ words) Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III has announced a bicyclist fatality today on Route 6 in Dartmouth involving a dump truck. Dartmouth and Massachusetts State Police were dispatched to the area of 832 State Road in Dartmouth (Route 6 Westbound) just before…...