by Dan McCready | Nov 7, 2023 | News
Town Administrator Douglas Lapp gives WATD’s Dan McCready a preview of Tuesday night’s Special Town Meeting. The Board of Selectmen will have a meeting beginning at 5:45 p.m. at Scituate Town Hall. Special Town Meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at...
by Dan McCready | Nov 4, 2023 | News
A dog sustained injuries following a crash on Route 3A. Cohasset Police say that shortly before 10:30 a.m. Friday an on-duty officer witnessed a three-car chain reaction crash in front of 135 King Street which involved a 1995 Mack dump truck, a 2019 Toyota 4Runner,...
by Dan McCready | Nov 3, 2023 | News
The search continues for a person seen roaming around the Orchard Dr. area in Pembroke. Pembroke Police described him a white male, approximately six feet tall, with brown hair and a beard, wearing shorts, a T-shirt and no shoes. He was also said to be covered in mud....
by Dan McCready | Nov 3, 2023 | News
An investigation is underway after a dead body was found in Sharon. Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey and Police Chief Stephen Coffey said on Friday that a relative went to the home of 62-year-old Brad Larson where he found him with obvious injuries. First...
by Dan McCready | Nov 3, 2023 | News
Officials in Hanson say they will have to euthanize one of the bears seen roaming around town. Hanson Police say that on Wednesday night the bear, known as Pumpkin, got into a resident’s barn and killed a goat. They responded to the scene along with Massachusetts...
by Dan McCready | Nov 2, 2023 | News
An arrest warrant has been obtained for a Lowell man suspected of killing a Whitman woman whose body was located in a garage at Logan Airport. The Massachusetts State Police say 31-year-old Margaret Mbitu was reported missing by her family on Monday and was the...
by Dan McCready | Nov 2, 2023 | News
Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan spoke with WATD’s Dan McCready about the School Department Budget Deficit, rising COVID numbers, and the hiring of new police officers.
by Dan McCready | Nov 1, 2023 | News
Officials in Quincy say they have identified the individual who made threats against two public schools. School Superintendent Kevin Mulvey says that on Wednesday and Thursday of last week bomb threats were called in against Quincy High School and Point Webster Middle...
by Dan McCready | Nov 1, 2023 | News
Trick-or-treaters in Whitman and Hanson were asked to be aware of another scary sight on Halloween, a bear. Whitman Police say that at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday they received a report of a black bear in the area of Commercial St. between Linden St. and Dyer Ave. An officer...
by Dan McCready | Oct 31, 2023 | News
Peter Drummey, Chief Historian & Stephen T. Riley Librarian, for the Massachusetts Historical Society speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about Halloween’s origins and a local story. 
