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Fatal Crash: 36-Year-Old Massachusetts Man ID'd As Victim On New York Roadway
A motorist from Massachusetts was killed after his vehicle overturned on a Hudson Valley roadway. It happened just after 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct.19 in Rockland County on the Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) southbound, in the town of Ramapo. A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2006 Saab was traveling south in the village of Pomona when, for reasons yet to be determined, the vehicle exited the roadway,, New York State Police, said. The car struck multiple trees and overturned, ejecting the driver from the vehicle. The operator of the vehicle, Worcester County …
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$10M Lottery Jackpot: Central Mass. Chef Cooking Up Something Special With His Massive Win
Leave it to a chef to know when the temperature is just right. A Worcester County chef landed a $10 million lottery jackpot this week after noticing that many of the biggest prizes in several games hadn't been found. Michael Fitzgerald, of Boylston, chose to play the $20 scratch-off game “$10,000,000 Cash Blast” and walked away with the grand prize. Two $10 million prizes remain in that game. Fitzgerald chose to take the lump sum payment of $6.5 million (before taxes) rather than the annuity. He bought the ticket at Star Liquor at 507 Boston Turnpike (Route 9) in Shr…
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Lottery Luck: Weymouth Man Wins $25,000 A Year For Life
A Weymouth man said he will take his daughter on a well-earned trip to Florida after winning $25,000 a year for life in the Massachusetts State Lottery. Joseph Sciaraffa correctly guessed the first five numbers in the Lucky for Life drawing on Aug. 15. He claimed the ticket on Friday, Aug. 23. Related: Worcester County Man Will Buy Socks With His $2.64 Million Lottery Win Sciaraffa chose to take the lump sum payment of $390,000 (before taxes) rather than the annuity. He wants to take his daughter on a vacation with the cash. He bought his winning ticket at 7-Eleven, 11…
Obituaries
Worker Killed At Central Mass Quarry ID'd As Townsend Man
A 67-year-old Middlesex County man was identified as the worker who was killed when a rock ledge fell on Thursday, Aug. 22, and crushed an excavator at a Massachusetts quarry. Brian Curtis Derby, 67, of Townsend, died just before 8 a.m. when the rocks fell on his heavy machinery at the Sterling quarry along Stone Crest Way, the Worcester County District Attorney said. Firefighters and crews worked through the day and night to retrieve Derby's body from beneath the rubble. Sterling leaders ordered that workers stop all earth removal operations until the Occupati…
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Worker Killed After Rocks Crush Excavator At Central Mass Quarry
A worker at a Worcester County rock quarry was killed on Thursday, Aug. 22, when a rock ledge collapsed on his excavator, authorities said. The incident happened just before 8 a.m. at a Stone Crest Way quarry in Sterling, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. The man's name was not released. The man's body remained trapped beneath the rubble Thursday afternoon. State, local, and federal responders were working to retrieve it. Firefighters determined there were no signs of life using video equipment. Sterling authorities ordered that workers stop all…
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Police ID Suspect In Murder Of 16-Year-Old Boy At Central Mass House Party
Authorities have identified a 20-year-old man as the shooter at a Worcester County house party in May that left a teenage boy dead. Police are asking the public to help track the man down. Erik Coelho Dos Santos, of Brockton, is wanted on a charge of murder, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said on Tuesday, July 16. He is accused of fatally shooting 16-year-old Ygor Correia, of Milford, at a house party in Northborough on May 12. GoFundMe Investigators said more than 300 people were at a 21st birthday party at 333 Howard St. Around 1 a.m., one of the guest…
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Autistic 4-Year-Old Central Mass Girl Drowns In Neighbor's Pool
A 4-year-old autistic girl named Eva was found unresponsive in her neighbor's pool in Worcester County on Thursday, July 11, after she went missing from her home. She was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short time later. Police in Sutton received a 911 call around 3:50 p.m. that the girl had gone missing in the Peachtree Drive area, the Worcester County District Attorney said. Officers quickly began a search and found the girl in the pool. Responders rushed her to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, where doctors pronounced her dead, authorities said. Police did n…
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$1M Lottery Jackpot: Central Mass Man 2nd Person In Family To Win Million Dollar Payday
A Worcester County man who won $1 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery said he's been playing the same numbers for 20 years. That’s around the same time his wife won a $1 million jackpot in the lottery. Thomas Ensko, of Blackstone, claimed the seven-figure jackpot after correctly guessing five of the "Mega Millions" numbers in the multi-state drawing on Tuesday, June 11. Those numbers were 1, 5, 7, 22, and 24, with the Megaplier 8. Related: Blackstone Woman Is Newly Minted Millionaire He plans to use the money to help his children and grandchildren. Ensko b…
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Marine, 21, From Central Mass Killed In California Motorcycle Crash
A former US Marine from Worcester County who was killed recently in a crash in California was remembered by his family as a devoted boyfriend, caring son, and beloved younger brother. He was just 21 years old. Connor Patrick Kelly, formerly of Webster, was killed while riding his motorcycle after a woman turned into his path less than a mile away from the home he shared with his fiancee in Laguna Niguel, which is about an hour north of Los Angeles, his sister Danielle Beauregard said in an interview with the Daily Voice. His family created a GoFundMe to help his mother…
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