by Site Admin | Jun 26, 2020 | News
Boston mayor creating ‘inclusion Cabinet’ to fight injustice. BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says he’s creating an equity inclusion Cabinet charged with helping the city fight racial injustice. The Cabinet will aim to dismantle what Walsh described...
by Site Admin | Jun 26, 2020 | News
School reopening plan unveiled and 25 COVID-19 deaths reported. BOSTON (AP) — Face masks and physical distancing are some of the changes Massachusetts students will find when they return to the classroom in September under a plan unveiled Thursday. State education...
by Lenny Rowe | Jun 26, 2020 | News
It was a welcome surprise for more than 200 seniors in Hanover. An anonymous donor paid for lunches to three senior communities in town. The South Shore YMCA and The Chef’s Table in Marshfield teamed up to deliver the meals to the residents on Thursday. Sheila...
by Dan McCready | Jun 25, 2020 | News
Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about the progress his city is making during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
by Christine James | Jun 25, 2020 | News
The state parole board hearing a request this week from a man who was convicted decades ago in the beating and strangulation death of a 79-year-old local man. Christine James spoke with Plymouth County District Attorney, Tim Cruz, about Jeffrey Roberio’s...
by Dan McCready | Jun 25, 2020 | News
A Plymouth man plead guilty to drug charges following his arrest in Middleboro. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office says that 30-year-old Lyle Dorgan was arrested in August of 2019 following an investigation into a drug operation out of his Plymouth home....
by Site Admin | Jun 25, 2020 | News
US virus cases continue to rise at near-record rate. NEW YORK (AP) — The daily U.S. count of new coronavirus cases stood near an all-time high Thursday. It’s hovering close to the late-April peak that marked some of the darkest and deadliest days of the crisis... by David Cedrone | Jun 25, 2020 | News
Today is the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War and the town of Marshfield held a ceremony honoring our soldiers. WATDs David Cedrone was there and files this report:
by Bobbi Clark | Jun 25, 2020 | News
In Plymouth, Sarah Cloud, Director of Social Work at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital told Moderator Steven Triffletti, during his COVID 19 PACTV broadcast, that the ongoing pandemic has caused people to find ways to cope and some of those coping skills can be risky....
by Lenny Rowe | Jun 25, 2020 | News
Norwell Fire Chief Andy Reardon says he will be retiring in July, after four decades with the Fire Department. The Selectmen met to discuss a new Fire Chief, and unanimously voted to hire Deputy Chief Jeff Simpson as the new Chief. Town Administrator Peter Morin told...
