Mayor Hedlund Speaks Out Against School Committee Plan Regarding Full-Day Kindergarten. Weymouth Mayor Robert Hedlund is speaking against a School Committee plan to include free full-day kindergarten in the FY 21 budget. While he supports the concept, he says now is...
FRRACS Hold Mobile Protest at Compressor Station Site The Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, FRRACS, staged a mobile protest, calling for the stoppage of construction during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dozens of cars circled Town Hall and the compressor...
Local hospitals want people to know that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, they can still get emergency care. Christopher Smalley is the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth. He says they have capacity there....
A pre-trial detainee who was held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been quarantined. Sheriff Joe McDonald says the person arrived at the facility on April 24th and was housed in a special intake unit as part of the...
Scituate Town Administrator Jim Boudreau says based on state guidelines, the town will be able to open marinas for recreational boating on May 15th. “Only persons from the same households should be together on a boat at one time,” said Boudreau. “No gathering or...
It was a special day at the Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, as the Brockton Emergency Management Agency organized a parade to salute the staff. Inside the hospital, staff had another reason to celebrate. Nurse Donna Farquharson says that day, they had 12...
Kingston Selectman Tammy Murray announced her resignation from the Board. Murray posted a statement from her Facebook account over the weekend, saying in part that while she did not want to disappoint all of the people who voted for her, but the level of “immaturity...
In Weymouth, Mayor Robert Hedlund presented a draft budget for FY 2021. Hedlund presented the $177,573,130 budget to the Town Council via a Zoom meeting. He says the budget is in preparation of significant declines in state and local revenue. “This budget that we’re...
Five members of an Abington family were found dead inside their home Monday morning. They have been identified by the District Attorney as Deidre Zaccardi, 40; Alexis, 11; Nathaniel and Kathryn, 9; and Joseph Zaccardi, 43. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz...
An Easton woman has been arraigned on a civil rights violation after an alleged racial assault at a Brockton Market Basket. Gloria Downey, 65, of Easton was arraigned Wednesday in Brockton District Court on two criminal complaints. Downey faces a civil rights...
