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Mass. State Lottery winner: Man wins $1 million from $5 scratch ticket
A Massachusetts man won a $1 million prize from a lottery ticket he’d bought for $5 in his hometown. The prize was from the lottery’s “Waves of Cash” scratch ticket game, which was released on Aug. 1, 2023. There’s just one $1 million prize left to be claimed in the game as of April 25.
Man's body found on Wrentham trail
A man's body was found behind a store in Wrentham Tuesday afternoon. Wrentham police said at approximately 3:45 p.m., a woman walking along the trail behind CVS spotted a male lying next to the trail who appeared deceased. Officials on scene confirmed the man was deceased and began conducting an...
Rangers find body of missing man in forest near Massachusetts border
On March 19, a Massachusetts Department of Public Works plow driver noticed a car at the Berlin Pass trailhead in Williamstown that had been parked at that location for eight days, 700 feet from the New York border near Taconic Ridge State Forest. Over the next three days, 18 New...
Expect 'a huge emergence' of mosquitoes this May. What to know
Mosquitoes are universally understood to be the major downside of spring and summer. Like ticks, there's no such thing as a good mosquito season — more often divided into categories of "bad" and "very bad." According to Sam Telford, professor of infectious diseases and global health at Cummings School...
Multiple bear sightings reported in Wrentham, Ayer
Officials are warning residents to take down bird feeders as the spring sees bears emerging from their dens searching for food. In the Wrentham area, there have been several bear sightings this week, according to the Town of Wrentham & Plainville Animal Control. On Sunday, a bear was spotted on Foxboro Road trying to get into a bird feeder hanging from a porch window, and on Tuesday, animal control said it received nearly 10 emails about bear sightings.
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