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Police Investigate Fatal Shooting

Police Investigate Fatal Shooting

An investigation is underway following a deadly shooting in Brockton. A police spokesman says that shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday officers were dispatched to 17 Nason St. after receiving a report that a person was shot in a car. Anyone with information is being...

Quincy Holds Menorah Lighting At Hancock-Adams Common

Quincy Holds Menorah Lighting At Hancock-Adams Common

Quincy observed the first night of Chanukah with a Menorah lighting Thursday night. Mayor Thomas Koch kicked off the event, at the Hancock-Adams Common by discussing some of his ties to the city’s Jewish community.   During his remarks Rabbi Alfred Benjamin, of...

Broadcast Highlights from the MIAA Super Bowls

Broadcast Highlights from the MIAA Super Bowls

This season, the WATD Sports Team was on hand at Gillette for six different Super Bowls involving South Shore teams.  Five of those games were broadcast on our flagship, 95.9 WATD, with Quinn Kelly leading the play-by-play, Bill Vose and Johnny Rorke on color, and...

Phone Service Disruption At Pembroke Town Hall

Phone Service Disruption At Pembroke Town Hall

Phone lines are down at Pembroke Town Hall. Town officials also say the non-emergency telephone lines at the Pembroke Police Station are temporarily out of service while technicians work to restore service conducted through the underground infrastructure lines. Phone...

Three Rescued After Boat Runs Aground Near Plymouth

Three Rescued After Boat Runs Aground Near Plymouth

Three people were rescued after their boat ran aground in Plymouth. Fire Chief Neil Foley says that at around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, there was a 911 call reporting a sailboat that appeared to be in distress and in danger of running aground in the area of 92 Center Hill...

Three Displaced Following East Bridgewater Fire

Three Displaced Following East Bridgewater Fire

Crews were called to the scene of a fire in East Bridgewater. Fire Chief Timothy Harhen says that at 10:14 p.m. Tuesday, a 911 call came in for a fire at 46 Bixby Dr. Upon arrival, crews found a fire in a first-floor bathroom. They were able to confine the fire to the...

Hanover Crash Leaves One Person Hospitalized

Hanover Crash Leaves One Person Hospitalized

One person has been hospitalized following an early morning crash in Hanover. Fire officials say the two car head-on crash took place on Webster St. (Route 123) on the Norwell town line. One patient was transported from the scene and the road was closed but Hanover...

Water Shut Down In Scituate

Water Shut Down In Scituate

A water shut down is being reported in Scituate. Town officials say the Department of Public Works is doing maintenance to the water service line on Egypt Ave. and a water valve malfunctioned during the shutdown. As a result there is a loss of water pressure, or in...

Attention please: Mac needs a new home!

Attention please: Mac needs a new home!

We are doing a hail Mary post for Mac!! The team at Buddy & Friends Animal Rescue in Pembroke tell us Mac is miserable in boarding and needs a very experienced handler. His boarding bill is $1,200 a month and we cannot allow him to continue to be miserable and...

State Senator Susan Moran Will Not Run For Re-Election

State Senator Susan Moran Will Not Run For Re-Election

A local State Senator will not be seeking another term. WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more. In Plymouth, folks who showed up this Wednesday, the 29th, at the Waterfront Bar and Grill for a fund raiser to re-elect State Senator Susan Moran were told the event was...

Police Incident Closes Norwell Roadway

Police Incident Closes Norwell Roadway

A roadway in Norwell was closed Thursday night due to a police incident. Norwell Police say officers responded to a home on Forest Street for “a person in crisis.” The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. and officials were asking people to avoid the area of Forest...

Police Investigating Theft From Norwell Car Dealership

Police Investigating Theft From Norwell Car Dealership

Police are investigating after two cars that were stolen from a Norwell dealership. Norwell Police say that on November 24 officers responded to a local car dealership for a report of two vehicles that had been stolen from the dealership parking lot during the...

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