Tech Talk is a weekly segment on The South Shore’s Morning News. You can listen to David Snell, of ACT Smart I.T. in Wareham, discuss the latest tech news that you need to know every Tuesday at 8:10am. On this week’s Tech Talk, we are saying goodbye to Microsoft’s iconic “Blue Screen of Death” error […]
Scituate voters elected two new select board members and approved two ballot questions in Saturday’s annual town election. Freya Schlegel and Nicolai Afanasenko won select board seats, defeating opponents Maryanne Lewis and David Dauphinee. Afanasenko received the most votes, 2,044, while Schlegel garnered 1,788. Lewis received 1,250 votes and Dauphinee, 1,064. Voters approved a […]
There is a new member on the Hingham planning board. Crystal Kelly fended off challenger Thomas Patch in the annual Hingham election on Saturday. Kelly defeated Patch by 745 votes. Kelly received 997 votes, and Patch 252. All the other races were uncontested. Julie Strehle was elected to a three-year term on the select board […]
Marshfield voters elected a new member to the select board while narrowly turning down an override for the new South Shore Regional Technical School. Trish Simpson defeated incumbent select board Chair Lynne Fidler by 340 votes for a three-year term in Saturday’s annual town election. Simpson received 2,139 votes to Fidler’s 1,799. In the three-way […]
There are two contested races in this Saturday’s Marshfield election. Incumbent select board chair Lynne Fidler is challenged by Trish Simpson. There is a three-way race in the school committee. Incumbents Lara Brait and Richard Greer Junior are challenged by Scott Swain. Other races are uncontested: Incumbent assessor Nicholas Giaquinto; incumbent board of health member […]
There are eight contested races and an override proposal in today’s (Tuesday) Milton town election. Voters are being asked to support a nine-point-five-million dollar override to cover shortfalls in town departments budgets and the schools, and to add to the stabilization fund. There is a four-way race for two seats on the select board and […]
We are sad to report the passing of a longtime member of the WATD broadcast family. Reporter Charles Mathewson passed away Tuesday morning surrounded by his family after a bout with cancer. Charles was smart, savvy, and surprisingly sweet. He had a broad institutional knowledge of international, national and very local politics, people and situations. […]
This December, 95.9 WATD will be celebrating its 45th anniversary and our first ever broadcast was the Hull vs. Ashland: Super Bowl from Nickerson Field in 1977. The station’s tower and transmitter were turned on two days ahead of schedule to cover the game. Bill Wilhelm was on that call, and for the next 40 […]
Cars were lined up on Enterprise Dr. in Marshfield Thursday as WATD played host to another Veterans Food Drive Thru. J. Richard Watkins, Commander of American Legion Post 35 in Brockton and author of “Vietnam: No Regrets”, says an event like this helps those going through a tough time. Phillip Pescatore, of the Marshfield […]