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Mass. State Lottery: $100,000 Mass Cash ticket sold at Swansea convenience store
A lucky Massachusetts State Lottery player won $100,000 Saturday after buying a winning Mass Cash ticket at a Swansea convenience store. The ticket — which won the game’s largest prize — was purchased for $1 at Swansea Mart on Wilbur Avenue. In Mass Cash, players choose five...
Rainbow bridge memorial provides solace for grieving pet owners in Attleboro
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WJAR) — Pet owners have a new place to go and mourn their pets who have passed away. A 'rainbow bridge' memorial is now located near the parking lot just off Rathbun Willard Drive in Highland Park. A while back, Sherri Dumont said her dog, 'Bentley' passed...
They were buried anonymously a century ago. Now their stories are part of a history lesson.
CRANSTON – They were poor, and some were mentally ill, but they will not be forgotten. Tucked behind the Rhode Island Training School lie some 1,049 headstones marked not with names but with numbers. They represent the indigent and the mentally ill people buried anonymously at the State Farm Cemetery Annex grounds from 1875 through the early 1900s, and they will now be part of the Training School’s curriculum. ...
Tick-borne virus in Massachusetts 'can invade central nervous system’
BOSTON — A confirmed case of the tick-borne Powassan virus has been reported in the Bay State, according to officials who are warning residents to take precautions against the disease. The Sharon Health Department has confirmed the town’s first case of Powassan virus — which, like Lyme disease, is...
Karen Read murder trial gets underway this week
The trial for Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused who is accused in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, gets underway Monday. Read, 43, of Mansfield, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges. The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking.
Rhode Island State Police make multiple arrests for outstanding warrants
WEST WARWICK — In a series of arrests, Rhode Island State Police took into custody individuals on outstanding warrants for various offenses, including driving with a suspended license and shoplifting. At 9:57 a.m., Angela Wilkinson, 48, of West Warwick, was arrested by troopers responding to the Rhode Island Traffic...
Providence man arrested after Johnston standoff over order violation
A Providence man was arrested Saturday after an hours-long standoff in Johnston. Chief Mark A. Vieira said Johnston police responded to the residence at 632 Greenville Ave. at around 9:30 a.m. for reports of a man at that address who was in violation of a domestic no-contact order. The victim...
See all homes sold in Norfolk County, April 21 to April 27
The following is a listing of all home transfers in Norfolk County reported from April 21 to April 27. There were 106 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,418-square-foot home on Holmes Street in Quincy that sold for $684,000. Avon.
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