A former Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) employee was sentenced today for embezzling nearly $70,000 in VA funds. Michael Donaher, 41, of Lakeville, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to time served (approximately one day), three years of supervised release with the first six months to be …

Twenty-eight years ago this morning, the body of Susan Taraskiewicz was found in the trunk of her car, which had been left outside an auto repair shop on Route 1A in Revere. So much time has passed since then. But the determination of the Massachusetts State Police and Revere Police …

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s ban of offshore drilling only off the coast of three southern states, Senator Ed Markey joined New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell, State Representatives Chris Hendricks and Chris Markey, New Beford Fishing Advocate Jim Kendall, and Environmental League of Massachusetts’ Casey Bowers in New …

“The Town of Acushnet has received a grant totaling $32,000 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the purchase of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and disinfecting equipment and supplies. Funding for this grant was made possible through $4,000,000 the state received in federal Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding. The goal of the …

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $64 million in federal grants to support cities and towns across Massachusetts as they combat the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The CARES Act established $5 billion in supplemental Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to help …

A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and carfentanil. Rickey Depina, 32, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000. …

On Sunday morning, Charlestown police, firefighters and ambulance personnel were called to Route 1 just after 12:30 a.m. for reports of a crash. Upon arrival, they found a car on the side of the road that had apparently collided with a tree head-on. First responders immediately pulled the driver out …

On Saturday, September 12, at about 8:54 p.m. Wareham Police responded to Old Onset Road near Midway Street for a report of a disturbance in the street involving firearms. As officers were approaching, several people fled the area. Officers stopped a vehicle on Onset Avenue, but determined it had not …

On Monday, September 14, 2020 at approximately 10:48 a.m., Dartmouth Police, and other emergency responders, were dispatched to the Dartmouth Town Hall after receiving a call that a vehicle had struck the front of the building. Upon arrival, officers observed a 2020 Subaru Forester resting against the front of the …

A 20-year-old Weymouth woman was arrested yesterday in connection to the ongoing investigation into the Friday afternoon fatal stabbing of Kimberly Duphily in Attleboro, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office, Attleboro Police and Rhode Island State Police …