Gun range opens Saturday in North Smithfield
NORTH SMITHFIELD - Starting this weekend, a guns and ammo supply store on Quaker Highway will also be a place to practice the sport,...
Advocates in Mass. push for ‘social consumption’ of cannabis
BOSTON - The latest buzzworthy phrase associated with cannabis in Massachusetts is"social consumption." Social consumption is the ability to go to a public place...
This Mass. groundhog has a better spring forecast record than Punxsutawney Phil
Friday is Groundhog Day! Its roots stretch back to ancient traditions, but as we know it today, it emerged in Pennsylvania Dutch communities by...
Thousands of CT residents wait years for housing vouchers, officials say
The need for housing assistance has rapidly outpaced voucher supply in the northeast, leaving tens of thousands of people on waitlists that often...
Mass. groundhog Ms. G sitting out Groundhog Day 2024, but here’s who else to...
For the first time in Massachusetts history, Ms. G, the State Groundhog of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, won't go outside on Groundhog Day to...
Mass. House passes bill granting paid time off to workers on Election Day
By Samantha EngThe Massachusetts House passed Bill H.4217, which protects employees’ right to paid time off in order to be able to vote. The...
Massachusetts Drivers Risk Fines for Warming Up Cars
As we head into a weekend where temperatures are expected to drop into the 20's again on the SouthCoast, here's a warning about warming...
Worcester nursing home accused of neglect, overmedication in report
A Worcester nursing home has been accused of neglecting and overmedicating patients and understaffing its facility, in a new report by the Disability Law...
Mass. State Police sergeant dishonorably discharged amid CDL bribery scandal
Authorities issued a dishonorable discharge to a Massachusetts State Police sergeant charged in connection to a commercial driver’s license bribery scandal ...
Tackling homelessness: New supportive housing units opened on Wyman Street
WORCESTER ― The Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council opened a set of 15 modular housing units for chronically homeless individuals Thursday.Located at 6 Wyman St.,...
