by Tom Gorman | Mar 26, 2026 | News
Resignation follows Contentious Joint Meeting Marshfield select board member Trish Simpson has resigned her position. The resignation follows last night’s often contentious joint meeting of the select board and advisory board where three budget options were...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 24, 2026 | News
UPDATE: Breaking News Update: According to Marshfield Police, Callahan Pierce has been located in Duxbury. The 8-year-old is being taken to a local hospital for an evaluation after a night in the cold with temperatures below freezing. He will be reunited with his...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 21, 2026 | News
Bail Set at $2,500, Ordered Not to Use Public Restrooms A Marshfield man accused of secretly video recording people in a restroom at the Pratt Library in Cohasset was arraigned in Quincy District Court on Friday. Sixty-three-year-old Thomas Campbell is charged...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 19, 2026 | News
Officers Shoot Man with Knife at Webb State Park The man who died after a police involved shooting in Weymouth has been identified. The Norfolk County District Attorney’s office identified the man as 25-year-old Sean Barry of Weymouth. The incident...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 17, 2026 | News
Marshfield Faces $7.5 Million Budget Deficit The Marshfield April 27th town meeting will consider a proposed operating budget override. WATD’s Tom Gorman has details. Marshfield Town Meeting to Reconsider MBTA Zoning Bylaw Marshfield Argues Against...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 16, 2026 | News
Duxbury Town Meeting voters on Saturday approved a $1.8 million operating budget override and a $1.75 million feasibility study of the Alden Elementary School. Town officials said that the override was needed to cover increasing costs that are not keeping pace with...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 6, 2026 | News
Marshfield Appeals MBTA Zoning Act Marshfield town attorney Robert Galvin appeared before the state Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday, appealing a previous lower court ruling that upheld the MBTA Communities Act as constitutional. The town is arguing that...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 6, 2026 | News
Investigators Seized Numerous Drugs, Machine Guns A man with ties to the Brockton-based Harvard Street Gang was sentenced yesterday in Boston federal court to twelve years in prison. Twenty-nine-year-old Joshua Tavares of Brockton will also be on five years...
by Tom Gorman | Mar 3, 2026 | News
Marshfield Select Board puts the MBTA zoning act back before town meeting. The Marshfield April 27th town meeting will reconsider its October vote that adopted the MBTA Communities Act. WATD’s Tom Gorman has details. Marshfield Approves MBTA...
by Tom Gorman | Feb 28, 2026 | News
Snow cleanup will continue into upcoming week in Pembroke. Officials say that town crews are continuing efforts to clear and treat sidewalks throughout the community in the wake of the blizzard. Cleanup of secondary roads will continue in the upcoming week as...