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$1M Lottery Winner: Pembroke Woman Planning Family Vacation With Big Payday $1M Lottery Winner: Pembroke Woman Planning Family Vacation With Big Payday
$1M Lottery Winner: Pembroke Woman Planning Family Vacation With Big Payday A Massachusetts woman has big plans for her family after winning a $1 million prize in the state lottery.  Erin Cobb, of Pembroke, won the seven-figure payday in the "Jaws"-theme instant win game. Related: Mass. Lottery Winner Dreamt About Winning Ticket Before Buying It  She said she plans to invest the money and take her family on a well-earned vacation.  "This is life-changing," she told the lottery. "We will make the most of it and will have some fun!" Cobb elected to take the lump-sum payment of $650,000 (before taxes) rather than the annuity.  She bought the ti…

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$500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold In Pembroke $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold In Pembroke
$500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold In Pembroke Not everybody hates Mondays. One Bay Stater won a $500,000 prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery on Monday, July 8. The winning ticket was a $5 scratch-off game called "Big Blue Bonus Cashword." It was the biggest jackpot collected on Monday in Massachusetts.  The winner's name was not released.  Related: Marshfield Man Lands $1 Million Prize With July Fourth Ticket The ticket was purchased at Energy North at 145 Church St. in Pembroke. The store will receive a $5,000 bonus for the sale.  There were 795 winning tickets collected on Monday. Click here to see a list of th…

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‘Beautiful Boy’: 20-Year-Old Student Dies While Walking Dogs In Boston On New Year’s Eve ‘Beautiful Boy’: 20-Year-Old Student Dies While Walking Dogs In Boston On New Year’s Eve
‘Beautiful Boy’: 20-Year-Old Student Dies While Walking Dogs In Boston On New Year’s Eve “A sweet, smiling, confident young man” — that’s how friends and family described a college student from Pembroke, who died while out walking his dogs on New Year’s Eve. Callum Tomas DiCenso had just turned 20 when he suffered a cardiac arrest while walking his dogs, Piper and Kevin, on Sunday, Dec. 31. He was excited to see his friends and classmates at the University of Vermont, where he was a sophomore in the Honors College, his obituary read. DiCenso's brother-in-law said in a Facebook post: "My brother in law Callum suddenly passed away this past Sunday. We all loved him so much and …

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Support Floods In For Suffolk Deputy Who Got Life-Threatening Diagnosis Days Before Christmas Support Floods In For Suffolk Deputy Who Got Life-Threatening Diagnosis Days Before Christmas
Support Floods In For Suffolk Deputy Who Got Life-Threatening Diagnosis Days Before Christmas A Suffolk County corrections officer who suffered a series of seizures over the holidays is now recovering after undergoing a lengthy surgery to remove a mass found on his brain. Deputy Jonathan Corey, 37, has worked with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department since November 2011 and is assigned the South Bay House of Correction at Bradston Street. Corey, who is from Leominster and now lives in Boston with his wife Christine and their puppy Buddy, suffered through multiple seizures and from that found out he had a large mass on his brain just six days before Christmas, a Facebook post said…

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Hull Cop On Leave After Video Circulates Of Attack on 72-Year-Old Hull Cop On Leave After Video Circulates Of Attack on 72-Year-Old
Hull Cop On Leave After Video Circulates Of Attack on 72-Year-Old A Middlesex County police department took one of its sergeants off the streets after a video surfaced of him allegedly beating an elderly man.   Hull Police Sgt. Scott Saunders was placed on paid administrative leave following an incident in Pembroke on July 24, according to the Hull Police Department on Thursday. He was off duty when the alleged incident occurred.  A purported video of the alleged assault seems to show Saunders sitting on the 72-year-old man's chest on the side of the road and attacking his face. His daughter stands nearby and watches. It's unclear what sparked the alterc…

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Hull Quartet Busted For Trafficking Coke, Meth, Fentanyl: Police Hull Quartet Busted For Trafficking Coke, Meth, Fentanyl: Police
Hull Quartet Busted For Trafficking Coke, Meth, Fentanyl: Police A search warrant led to the arrests of four individuals, hundreds of grams of drugs, and thousands in cash, officials say.  Maureen Meade, Andrew Moscaritolo, Robyn Streiferd, and Leah Butt were all arrested from an apartment near the water on Bay Street in Hull for drug trafficking and related charges, according to the Hull Police Department.  Police executed a search warrant obtained through an ongoing investigation on Friday, March 17 around 5:30 p.m. with help from a Plymouth County Sheriff K-9 unit.  Inside the home was a stash of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine,…

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Massachusetts Woman Killed By Falling Tree In Tennessee Was 'Most Beautiful Soul' Massachusetts Woman Killed By Falling Tree In Tennessee Was 'Most Beautiful Soul'
Massachusetts Woman Killed By Falling Tree In Tennessee Was 'Most Beautiful Soul' A young woman from Massachusetts was killed in a tornado-related accident in Tennessee this week, reports said.  Laurel Flaherty, age 22, died after a tree fell on her car while she was driving on Old Natchez Trace in Williamson County on Wednesday, Oct. 12, Boston.com reports. The Belmont law student had just left a local stable after checking on her horse, News Channel 5 reports.  “Laurel Flaherty graduated from Belmont in May with her Bachelor of Social Work and started her first year as a Belmont Law student this fall," the university said in a statement, according to the outlet. "We a…

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