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Grand entrance: Which former Westport athletes were inducted into the Hall of Fame?
WESTPORT — The Westport High School Athletics Hall of Fame swelled its ranks considerably during induction ceremonies on Sunday at White's of Westport. The Hall welcomed 13 athletes, including a pair of sibling combinations, as well as seven special award winners. MARTHA MANCHESTER. Class 1972. As part of two...
Morton Hospital president and CEO committed to Taunton hospital: Read her own words
Editor's note: Heidi Taylor is the president and CEO of Morton Hospital in Taunton. This letter to the community was submitted to the Gazette as concerns about the future of the hospital reach a tipping point. The Gazette decided to publish the letter unedited for the community to hear from Taylor. She is also scheduled to testify Wednesday afternoon in Taunton at a hearing on the status of health care affordability, quality and staffing at hospitals in southeastern Massachusetts, as well as Cape Cod and the Islands, hosted by the Senate Committee on Post Audit & Oversight, chaired by state...
Train takes down wires, crossing gates in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — A freight train took down a utility pole and crossing gates in New Bedford on Tuesday. Police said Tarklin Hill Road is closed after the train hit low-hanging wires, knocking down the pole and gates. Mayor Jon Mitchell added that the train collided with...
A freeze watch is in effect for RI tonight. What to know to protect your plants.
Spring weather in Rhode Island can be tricky. And cruel. A freeze watch will be in effect tonight Wednesday, April 24, as cold temperatures move in. Meteorologist Kristie Smith of the National Weather Service said Tuesday morning that "the freeze warning will be widespread" throughout parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She added the general temperatures from tonight through tomorrow morning will be between 28-32 degrees.
New Bedford to honor U.S. sailors and soldiers lost during Exercise Tiger
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The 749 United States soldiers and sailors killed during the April 28, 1944 attack on the U.S. training operation Exercise Tiger will be honored by the New Bedford City Veterans’ Advisory Board. The memorial ceremony will mark the 80th anniversary of the attack...
9-year-old narrowly avoids injury from toppled pole in New Bedford train accident
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A freight train brought down a pole and wires in New Bedford Tuesday night. NBC 10 obtained cellphone video from a witness, and talked with a family who said their 9-year-old daughter was hit by the wires. "Within a minute it was just chaos," explained...
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