There were no injuries reported, but a family was displaced after a fire at the Village Apartments in Marshfield. Fire Chief Jeff Simpson says the fire took place in Building 3 Sunday afternoon. Numerous people called 9-1-1 to report the fire, and Marshfield crews...
At Thayer Academy in Braintree, professional hockey players joined local police officers on the ice for the third Hold the Line Foundation hockey game on September 1. WATD’s Lenny Rowe files this report.
Officials in West Bridgewater say Hydrant Flushing will be taking place Wednesday evening from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The operation will be taking place on, Crescent, Copper Beech, Oakwood, West, Prospect, W Center, Manley, and United. Officials say there will be some...
Unofficial results from Brockton’s preliminary election. In Brockton’s preliminary election, Mayor Robert Sullivan topped the ballot with 4,236 votes (70.98%). Tina Cardoso had 1,330 votes (22.29%). Cardoso and Sullivan will face off in the Mayor’s race during the...
Photo via PauliesPush.com. Paulie Veneto completed a 219-mile journey, where he pushed a beverage cart from Boston to Ground Zero in New York in honor of flight crew members who died on 9/11. After 22 days, the 62-year-old Braintree man reached his destination on...
Floodplain bylaws and a 36-acre open space purchase headlined the warrant for Rockland’s Special Town Meeting. Voters approved the purchase of the former McCarthy Farm property for $930,000 dollars. Donald Cann, the chair of the open space committee, says plans for...
On the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks, the Duxbury Fire Department unveiled a new granite monument in front of the town’s fire station. WATD’s Lenny Rowe files this report: The Duxbury Fire Department ladder truck bell rang in four sets...
Plymouth County Sheriff Joe McDonald says today, his office is giving notice to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they are terminating the 287(g) program. He explains the decision to WATD’s Christine James, listen to the interview...
South Shore towns are planning ceremonies to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, some towns are not hosting formal ceremonies. Abington Friday at 9:15 p.m. at the Abington 9/11 memorial in front of the...
Duxbury Fire Chief Kevin Nord and Kingston Police K9 Officer Mike La Natra joined WATD’s Christine James to detail their experiences in New York City after the 9/11 attacks. In 2001, La Natra worked as a Brooklyn North Gang Squad Detective for the New York City Police...
