More than 65 Massachusetts beaches were closed for swimming on Sunday, Aug. 11, due to dangerously high bacteria levels or cyanobacteria blooms, according to the state’s beach closure dashboard.The city of Salem was most affected with nine beaches closed, but both Boston and Worcester also...
Detectives are investigating after law enforcement pulled a body from the Charles River Saturday morning, according to Massachusetts State Police. State police responded to the river around 9:30 a.m. after receiving reports about a body floating in the river, police said. Law enforcement from the...
A woman died Saturday afternoon in a drowning at a Taunton pond, according to police.Taunton police and firefighters responded to Bunk Pond, which is just north of I-495 on the Raynham/Taunton town line, around 4:30 p.m. for a report of a drowning, police said in...
Jayson Tatum made his return to the court for USA’s win over France on Saturday in the gold medal game. However, his lack of playing time throughout the tournament has fueled uncertainty over Tatum’s future with USA Basketball. The Celtics All-Star did not play in...
SPRINGFIELD — In the summer of 1994 when Tammy Marie Lynds disappeared, a missing teen was not unusual.As many as 20 young people were reported missing each weekend in Springfield and by November of that year, more than a thousand young people had been reported...
* Sometime soon, perhaps as soon as later this week, the Red Sox will get Triston Casas back on their active roster and Casas will rightfully again become the everyday first baseman.In theory, that could put Dom Smith’s roster spot in some jeopardy. The Red...
AMHERST — Something seemed off about the salt grinder Amherst Police officer Joseph Worthley found in the driver-side door while searching Belchertown resident Will Samot Bidot’s vehicle one night in early June.The grinder was sealed, Samot Bidot’s attorney would later claim. But Worthley thought the...
New York Giants Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells pauses by a bust of himself as he is honored during the halftime show of an NFL football game between the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in East Rutherford, N.J....
NORTH ADAMS — A painter’s legacy will help make two museums in Western Massachusetts more environmentally sustainable.Both the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and the Williams College Museum of Art have been selected to receive grants from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to help meet specific...
DEAR ABBY: I am a retiree with diabetes and heart trouble. My husband is disabled. I’m his sole caregiver when I have the energy to do it. Our adult daughter lives with us and works full-time in the medical field on weekends. She does practically...
