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WNCW
April 29, 2018
In Rapid City, S.D., Carla Rae Marshall hopes the treaty will stop a Canadian mining company's current gold exploration in the Black Hills. ... CRISTINA QUINN, BYLINE: On the top floor of the Middlesex House of Correction and Jail in Billerica, Mass., there is a barbershop, a library, even a meditation room.
NPR
April 29, 2018
In Massachusetts, over half of young adult men released from jails and prisons go back within three years. The state's largest county wants to disrupt that cycle by ... In Bristol County, Mass., Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is known for a stricter approach. In 2017, he replaced in-person visits last year with videoÃâà...
New England Public Radio
April 9, 2018
During Pence Visit To Boston, Mass. ... Karyn Polito said that she too would be otherwise occupied while Pence was in town on Tuesday. ... Baker will be the featured guest Tuesday evening in Westport at an event hosted by the SouthCoast and Bristol County chambers of commerce and billed as "A DinnerÃâà...
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
April 9, 2018
By: Rebecca Turco. Email: rturco@abc6.com. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Local marijuana growers are keeping busy as Massachusetts gets closer to opening marijuana retail shops. Many cities and towns in the Bay State are doing everything possible to delay these shops from opening, but not the mayor ofÃâà...
SouthCoastToday.com
April 3, 2018
The Massachusetts State Police Bristol County Narcotics Unit, and police from Pawtucket and Central Falls also worked with the investigators. Central Falls Police Col. James Mendonca said fentanyl is a pervasive, dangerous drug that's affecting all walks of life, in cities and smaller communities. That's whyÃâà...
Leafly
April 2, 2018
Just last month, it acquired control of BCWC, formerly known as Bristol County Wellness Center, in Attleboro, Mass., with a $5 million investment and the issuance of 2.9 million shares. Future Farm expects revenue to begin in late 2018. The company recently posted an investor presentation that discussed its entire portfolio.
SouthCoastToday.com
March 25, 2018
While Massachusetts has some of the strongest gun laws in the country, there is an active community of firearm owners and sportsmen and sportswomen. .... It's also not fair that every time a gun is misused, especially in a high profile event like a mass shooting, people blame guns and gun owners. Why notÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 15, 2018
For the second consecutive year, Bristol County, Massachusetts, was ranked as one of the unhealthiest counties in the state, according to the ninth annual County Health Rankings report ... 13 of 14 Massachusetts counties, with Hampden County coming in at the bottom, where Springfield is its largest city.
Patch.com
March 13, 2018
Dozens of cities and towns have already got more than a foot of snow. The number of Massachusetts homes without power has dipped below 200,000. As of 6:32 p.m., the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said 196,270 were in the dark - a daunting number but one that falls well short of theÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
March 12, 2018
Fall River City Council meeting for Tuesday has been postponed to Thursday. Fall River Government Center closed. Bristol County Sheriff's Office, Emergency personnel only due to inclement weather. All visits canceled Tuesday. Fall River Public Library closed Tuesday. Westport town offices closedÃâà...
Patch.com
March 3, 2018
WAYLAND, MA—While a tree (pictured here) pulled some wires down on Woodridge Road on Friday, most of Wayland did not sustain major damage ... National Grid at the same time reports 183,490 without power, 43,932 of those in Bristol County, 75,437 in Plymouth County and 46,612 in Norfolk County.
Rhode Island Public Radio
March 2, 2018
Newport City Councilwoman Katheryn Leonard said she knew Beaver as a constituent and described him as an engaged member of the community. ... More than 250,000 National Grid customers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts remained without power through the Friday evening commute, as windÃâà...
The Sun Chronicle
March 2, 2018
As of Saturday night, 35,734 of National Grid's 114,938 customers in Bristol County had no power, and 34,326 of its 143,436 customers in Norfolk County as well. ... In Foxboro, most of the town, 7,770 of 8,273 National Grid customers, had no electricity Friday night, but that dropped to 2,549 Saturday night.
MassLive.com
March 2, 2018
The most severe number of outages occurred in the southeast. In Plymouth County and Bristol County communities like Rochester, Lakeville, Rehoboth, between 50 to 75 percent of customers were without power. Along the coast, from Rockport up north to Eastham on the edge of Cape Cod, several townsÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
October 17, 2017
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. ... The district is made up of portions of the city of Attleboro and the towns of Mansfield, Norton, Rehoboth and Seekonk in Bristol County — and the towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Sharon and ... Democrats hold overwhelming majorities in the Massachusetts House and Senate.
The Sun Chronicle
December 31, 1999
ATTLEBORO — A Rhode Island man is facing a variety of narcotics charges following a raid by city police and federal drug agents at a South ... City police were assisted by detectives with the Northern Bristol County Drug Task Force and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's New BedfordÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
December 31, 1999
It was tied with Eastham as having the ninth highest unemployment among the state's 351 cities and towns. The city had a workforce of 41,083 in March, up from 40,850 in February. There were 37,878 employed and 3,205 unemployed. MASSACHUSETTS: The state unemployment was recorded at 3.8Ãâà...
Fall River Herald News
December 31, 1999
FALL RIVER —The announcement that Philip Lighting is leaving the city is raising concerns once again about the lack of an economic development plan. ... the Community Development Agency, Work Force Investment Board, the chairmen of the Fall River Redevelopment Authority and the Bristol CountyÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
The cheaper spots to live in Massachusetts include Bristol County and parts of Central and Western Mass. "The latest update ... Even after adjusting for higher state and city minimum wages, the group said, there is "nowhere in the country" where a minimum-wage worker would earns enough. "It's clear fromÃâà...
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