Three articles are on the warrant for the Hanover Special Town Meeting. Select Board Chair Vanessa O’Connor tells WATD News that there will be 47 articles on the warrant for Hanover’s Annual Town Meeting but one article is expected to generate the most debate...
*Update Police say phone lines have been restored.* Braintree Police Department phone lines are currently down. Town officials say this is NOT impacting calls coming into 911. Those who need to reach the Police Department’s non-emergency business line are being...
Crews are on the scene of a brush fire at Joint Base Cape Cod. Bourne Fire/Rescue says that due to weather conditions, smoke from the fire has drifted into several areas of town and it may be visible or detectable by smell. They are asking members of the public to not...
Milton voters say yes to a nine-point-five-million dollar override in Tuesday’s Annual Town Election with unofficial results showing that the override won with 5,556 votes compared to 3,215 no votes. The override was being sought to cover shortfalls in town department...
The “shot heard round the world” was fired once again for the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and WATD’s Dan McCready was there. To learn more about other upcoming events visit the Massachusetts 250 website. Observing The 250th...
Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian for the Massachusetts Historical Society, speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about the role many South Shore communities played in the early days of the American Revolution....
A Stay-In-Place Order was issued Thursday at Plymouth North High School. Police officials tell WATD News that there was a verbal altercation between two students and, due to the extent of the allegations, they issued the stay-in place while the incident was...
Crews were called to the scene of an early morning fire in Milton. Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Murphy tells WATD News the fire was reported around 2:30 a.m. and crews quickly got to work. The cause of the fire remains under investigation and the home has been...