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New Bedford Fire Department, Hazmat responds to ammonia alarm activation on Fish Island
“On Saturday morning at 10:30am, the NBFD responded to NORPEL, located at 4 Fish Island for an anhydrous ammonia alarm activation. Command Unit 2 arrived on scene and reported an anhydrous ammonia leak inside the building. Fire crews evacuated the building and confirmed all personnel were accounted for. The Hazardous Materials Coordinator responded and called for a Tier 2 response from the MA State Hazardous Materials Team.
Man Arrested After Stabbing in West Tisbury
Police arrested a man Saturday after he allegedly stabbed another man in the face and led police on an hour-long search through the woods along the Tisbury-West Tisbury town line. West Tisbury police received a call shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday for a medical emergency on Buttonwood Farm Road where...
Updated: Rochester Boat Race paddles into 90th year
ROCHESTER – Before the first crack of the starting gun at the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race, two-and-a-half-year-old Leeland MacGregor wanted to join his dad, Ian MacGregor, in his boat. “He wanted to come along for the ride,” said Ian MacGregor, who was one of 100 people who registered...
Island Light: Season Begins
There can be no argument about the season turning. The signs are everywhere. Already the ferries are jammed on weekends and even weekdays. Lines for cars coming and going from the Vineyard grow longer. The traffic in village streets is heavier and even now parking spots are at a premium. Seasonal businesses are opening, it seems, by the hour and in the evening the lights come on in homes that were dark only days ago.
Feasts, festivals and fun: Summer on the South Coast
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The South Coast as a whole certainly does and as the summer approaches, that becomes increasingly evident, as the season of feasts and festivals and parades and block parties takes hold. With all the art and fashion shows, musical and theatrical performances, poetry slams and readings, good food and drink, culture manifests itself.
Redmen to host June meat raffle
The Redmen Hall will host its monthly meat raffle on Friday, June 7, at 745 Main Street. The doors open at 6 p.m. and a meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. for $8. Raffles start at 7 p.m. The Redmen Hall meat raffle is usually held on the first...
Workload is 'almost undo-able.' Call for designated harbormaster in Bourne renewed.
BUZZARDS BAY — The Bourne Shore and Harbor Committee is considering creating an independent, full-time harbormaster post within the town's Department of Natural Resources, now that a new director for the job is pending interviews. The advisory panel sent a May 20 letter to Town Administrator Marlene McCollem and...
Jared Ravizza had a history of conspiratorial thinking prior to stabbings
Ravizza will be arraigned on multiple charges stemming from the weekend attacks. Jared Ravizza was arrested Saturday after allegedly stabbing a group of four girls at a Braintree movie theater and two McDonald’s employees in Plymouth, then crashing a Porsche SUV in a police chase. Ravizza, a 26-year-old Martha’s...
See all homes sold in Cape Cod, May 19 to May 25
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Cape Cod reported from May 19 to May 25. There were 3 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,036-square-foot home on Ginger Plum Lane in South Yarmouth that sold for $550,000.
Middleboro, Wareham church teens on a mission to make an impact
MIDDLEBORO, WAREHAM — Young members of Church in the Pines are doing everything they can prepare for their first mission trips this summer. Church in the Pines is a church based in West Wareham that completed construction on an outdoor pavilion in Middleboro last summer. The church is organizing...
Court Report: Week Ending May 17
Michael Rossetti, 57, of Dennis Port, was arraigned on April 29 charges in Oak Bluffs of assault and battery for serious bodily injury and assault and battery on a household or family member. His bail was set at $30,000 and he is due back in court for a May 28 pretrial hearing.
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