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Uxbridge schools face funding trouble after budget miscommunication
UXBRIDGE, Mass. - Voters in Uxbridge have decided not to approve Uxbridge Public Schools’ fiscal year 2025 budget, and the district’s superintendent claims they weren’t given the proper facts before casting their ballots. Michael Baldassarre said residents took the vote after receiving incorrect information of the consequences,...
"One Chip Challenge" led to Massachusetts teen's death, autopsy finds
WORCESTER - A Massachusetts teenager who participated in the "One Chip Challenge" died from cardiac arrest hours after eating the spicy tortilla chip, an autopsy concluded. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that Harris Wolobah of Worcester had ingested a high amount of a chili pepper extract.The 14-year-old died on Sept. 1, 2023. Chip maker Paqui pulled the product from store shelves days after his death.Harris Wolobah's cause of deathWolobah's cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest "in the setting of recent ingestion of food substance with high capsaicin concentration." Wolobah also had an enlarged heart and a...
Biden declares September flooding in Mass. a ‘major disaster,’ reversing FEMA denial
Portions of central Massachusetts experienced catastrophic flooding last September. President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved a disaster declaration for areas of Massachusetts hit hard by flash floods last September. The decision, announced by the White House, reverses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s initial denial in February. Portions of central...
Sedan hits trailer, crashes into woods in Lincoln
LINCOLN, R.I. (WJAR) — A car crash in Lincoln prompted police to temporarily close the road Thursday night. Police said the crash happened on Old Louisquissett Pike at Woodward Road. According to officials, a sedan hit a trailer while someone was unloading equipment. The sedan then crashed into the...
Worcester Police Arrest Two, Seize Illegal Firearms Following ShotSpotter Alert
Two males, one a juvenile, were nabbed by Worcester’s finest on Reservoir St, where they were allegedly toting illegal heat. In a nighttime bust on Tuesday, officers from the local Crime Gun Intelligence Unit, assisted by Gang Unit colleagues and two ATF agents, swooped in on the suspects following a previous shooting in the area.
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