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Mild temperatures and scattered showers in New England
An onshore flow out of the northeast will keep us unsettled Saturday afternoon, right through the night, and into the day Sunday. The best chance for showers will be along the coast during that time period, but a few may sneak inland, especially Saturday. Showers will be scattered in nature,...
Humpback whale washed up on Massachusetts beach towed away to decay; returns 2 weeks later
Swampscott Town officials have been working with NOAA and EPA this week to develop a disposal plan. The disposal plan is to move the whale off the rocky narrow beach it is currently at, and move it to nearby land where it can be buried. This was determined as the best option due to the decomposition of the whale.
Humpback whale buried after washing ashore in Swampscott
A 42-foot long humpback whale that washed ashore on the Marblehead side of the town line with Swampscott then towed to sea only to return to the same stretch of beach but on the Swampscott side has been buried. The whale was buried on Saturday at the beach walkway near...
No Injuries in Everett Manhole Incidents Near Encore Boston Harbor, Causes Traffic Disruption
Chaos erupted on an Everett street Saturday evening as three manhole covers were sent flying after a reported underground incident near the upscale Encore Boston Harbor casino. According to Boston 25 News, emergency crews and first responders descended on the intersection of Broadway and Bowdoin Street after the manholes caught fire, disrupting traffic and causing a temporary shutdown of the area.
Listed: For $1.85 million, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s former Salem home
The 4,558-square-foot Georgian property may be the oldest surviving structure on Salem's historic Chestnut Street. There’s no scarlet letter on this historic stunner. 18 Chestnut Street in Salem is a six-bed, six-bath home where Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of legendary books like The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables, lived with his family from 1846 to 1847, when he worked as the surveyor of the Port of Salem and Beverly, according to historical documents. Now, the two-family home, which could easily be reverted to a single-family property, is on the market for $1.85 million.
Fitchburg police seek help finding missing man last seen in Framingham
FITCHBURG — The Fitchburg Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 33-year-old man, Jeffrey P. Hamblin, who was last seen on May 10 on Merchant Road in Framingham. Jeffrey is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with short brown hair...
Mild temperatures and scattered showers in New England
An onshore flow out of the northeast will keep us unsettled Saturday afternoon, right through the night, and into the day Sunday. The best chance for showers will be along the coast during that time period, but a few may sneak inland, especially Saturday. Showers will be scattered in nature,...
As witnesses to the Revolution, some Concord homes have stories to tell
You’re setting the breakfast table and all hell breaks loose outside. Church bells begin pealing, drumbeats sound in the distance, and you can hear the clip-clop of horses’ hooves. Militiamen rush by, bearing muskets, cartridge boxes, canteens, and bayonets. Alarms are being raised across the countryside. The town...
Protest Sunday after Harvard disciplines students involved in pro-Palestinian encampment
There was another protest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sunday after it was reported Saturday that some Harvard students who were involved in the pro-Palestinian encampment are now facing consequences from the school just days after they agreed to end their protest. Both the Harvard Crimson and the Boston Globe revealed...
Shots fired in East Boston tear through teenager's bedroom wall
EAST BOSTON - It was a close call for a teenager in East Boston Thursday night as gunshots rang out in his neighborhood and a bullet went through his bedroom wall."Mom, there is a bullet hole in my wall""So my son's bedroom is on the other side of this wall, the bullet came through and went through this wall as well," said Christine Dioria. One of the bullets came barreling through her 16-year-old son Jason's bedroom. "I heard what sounded like firecrackers but it wasn't. My son came running out of his bedroom, 'Mom, there is a bullet hole in...
Italian markets don't get much better than this longtime fave just north of Boston
Sub shops tend to do really well in good times and bad. They are typically quick and convenient, inexpensive and geared toward takeout and delivery — that last item being particularly important over the past few years, when the pandemic left to-go meals as about the only option out there for quite some time.
Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial
BOSTON — A highly anticipated trial in Massachusetts involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank is finishing its third week on Friday. The case has garnered national attention because the defense alleges that state...
New England’s Unsolved: New information in the murder of John and Geraldine Magee
It was a double murder that shocked the Merrimack Valley town of Andover. On the morning of December 14th, 2011, John and Geraldine Magee were found shot to death in the living room of their sprawling home on Orchard Crossing.
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