The Azorean Maritime Heritage Society has awarded $5,500 in scholarships to five local students. The scholarships were presented by our Scholarship Committee on August 16th at Prince Henry the Navigator Park on Pope’s Island in New Bedford. This year’s scholarship winners: Christian Gwozdz Silveira, graduate of Dartmouth High School, is …

New Bedford, Massachusetts–COVID-19 vaccination clinics are planned for the next several days in New Bedford. No appointment is needed at these walk-up clinics. All New Bedford residents receiving their first dose will receive a $20 Dunkin’ gift card. Friday, August 20: Kruger Lot – 2:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Market …

Matt Murphy State House News Service The union representing prison guards and other corrections officials in Massachusetts said Thursday it was pursuing “all legal and legislative” remedies to thwart Gov. Charlie Baker’s newly imposed mandate that all executive branch employees be vaccinated by mid-October. Baker announced the new vaccination policy …

A Hurricane Watch means hurricane-force winds are possible somewhere within this area within the next 48 hours A Storm Surge Watch means life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, is possible somewhere within this area within the next 48 hours. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED – Fall River – …

Today, the Baker-Polito Administration, Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg and the Massachusetts State Lottery announced the winners for the fourth of five drawings for the Massachusetts VaxMillions Giveaway. As part of the giveaway, fully vaccinated residents ages 18 and older are eligible to enter to win one of five, $1 million …

Today, Governor Charlie Baker issued an executive order requiring all Executive Department employees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination on or before October 17, 2021. The COVID-19 vaccine is the best and most effective way people can protect themselves, their loved ones and their community from the virus. All Executive …

“The Bristol County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 Covid detection program is hitting another gear this month as the teams have started being deployed, and have also been training with the Delta and UK Variants. Detectachem Inc. has provided the Sheriff’s Office with liquids containing the Delta and UK Variant scents, as …

“Hello! I’m not sure if this is something you would be willing to post but my mother is in need of a kidney. She has been on dialysis for over 4 years. This will be her second transplant as she got her first at 22 years old and it lasted …

Leonard Thomas of South Dennis, MA is the winner of a $500,000 Powerball prize, claiming his prize one day before it was due to expire. The prize was won in the August 19, 2020 drawing. “I heard about a Powerball ticket expiring on the radio and then my nephew told …

By Katie Lannan State House News Service The federal government plans to begin making COVID-19 booster shots available next month to adults who have already received both doses of a Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, an announcement Gov. Charlie Baker indicated came without advance guidance for states. Baker said plans for …