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Stone Soul Festival celebrates culture, legacy in Springfield
10+ hour, 38+ min ago (42+ words) The 37th annual Stone Soul Festival brought the Springfield community together for a celebration filled with music, food, and local history. The 37th annual Stone Soul Festival brought the Springfield community together for a celebration filled with music, food, and local history....
Milford Public Schools Bans Door-to-Door Fundraising
9+ min ago (431+ words) Milford Public Schools has banned door-to-door sales, roadside canning and reward contests in a sweeping new fundraising policy overhaul....
Jacob, 16, Awaits Adoption in Massachusetts Foster Care
9+ min ago (340+ words) Jacob is 16, and he is waiting for someone to adopt him. Described as resilient, driven, and fun-loving, Jacob brings laughter and energy to the people around him, according to his profile in the long-running Sunday's Child series. The feature is…...
Asian American Day Festival Returns to Boston Common
33+ min ago (298+ words) The Asian American Association of Boston, which hosts the festival, describes its mission as sharing culture between Asians and Americans, and it bills the event on its website as the largest outdoor celebration of Asian Americans in Greater Boston. The…...
Ludlow, MA Plane Crash Kills Two, FAA and NTSB Respond
33+ min ago (410+ words) Two people are dead after a small plane crashed into dense woods near the Springfield Reservoir along the Ludlow-Belchertown line, following a search that lasted for hours. Massachusetts State Police and local first responders later located the wreckage and confirmed…...
Taunton Weir Street House Party Shooting Injures Several
33+ min ago (163+ words) That pattern has become a recurring headache for police leadership. Taunton Police Chief Edward Walsh publicly addressed the city's back-to-back summer shootings in late June, laying out what his department was doing to get ahead of escalating neighborhood gun violence…...
West Springfield Woman Pleads Guilty in $10M Ponzi Scheme
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (398+ words) Barbara Hirshfield, 83, admitted defrauding 204 investors out of $10.9 million through her family's West Springfield finance firm, prosecutors say....
Nahant Boat Rescue: Two Knocked Into Water Off East Point
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (150+ words) A disabled boat lost power off East Point in Nahant on Saturday afternoon, and as a second vessel pulled alongside to help, a sudden wave knocked two people into the churning Atlantic. One of them would go unresponsive in the…...
William Lambert, 106, Oldest Male Scuba Diver, Beverly MA
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (474+ words) To stay in shape for deep-water diving as a centenarian, Lambert kept up a daily exercise regimen that included riding a stationary bicycle for 30 minutes, six days a week, the same outlet reports. That kind of cardiovascular conditioning matters because…...
Sandy Neck Beach Rip Current Rescue in Barnstable, MA
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (254+ words) Two bystanders swam out into a strong rip current off Sandy Neck Beach in Barnstable on Friday morning and helped pull four swimmers back to shore before the water could carry them farther out to sea. Two children were struggling…...