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Mass. Native Sets Yankees Rookie Home Run Record Mass. Native Sets Yankees Rookie Home Run Record
Mass. Native Sets Yankees Rookie Home Run Record The Yankees are among the greatest franchises in sports history, but none of the team's Hall of Famers did what Massachusetts native Ben Rice was able to pull off.  The Cohasset native hit three home runs in the Yankees' 14-4 shellacking of the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, July 6 in the Bronx. It was the most times a rookie has ever gone yard in a single game for the Yanks. “It’s definitely a day I’ll never forget,” Rice told MLB.com. “I’m just pumped that it was a big-time win for us, a good bounce-back win, and over my hometown team. So it’s pretty cool.” The Yankees' social med…
Popular Restaurant Chain To Open 4 Restaurants Across Mass Popular Restaurant Chain To Open 4 Restaurants Across Mass
Popular Restaurant Chain To Open 4 Restaurants Across Mass There’s nothing like arguing with family on the holidays over a nice hot pot of Korean food and barbecue — that’s why the popular KPOT restaurant chain is opening its first four locations in Massachusetts. The all-you-can-eat hot pot and Korean BBQ chain is bringing Asian cuisine to Dedham, Malden, Methuen, and West Springfield. No official open dates have been announced.  The author of this article dropped by a KPOT location in Jersey City, New Jersey, for Christmas, and the K-pop song "Euphoria," sung by BTS member Jungkook, was playing on the speakers as we were promptly seated.&nbs…
Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones Movie Filmed In Mass To Premiere On Paramount+; Watch The Trailer Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones Movie Filmed In Mass To Premiere On Paramount+; Watch The Trailer
Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones Movie Filmed In Mass To Premiere On Paramount+; Watch The Trailer A new crime thriller with a star-studded cast that was filmed across Massachusetts is set to be released this week on the streaming service Paramount+.  "Finestkind," stars Jenna Ortega, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster, and Toby Wallace, will premiere on Friday, Dec. 15. It first premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival.  The movie is set in the coastal town of New Bedford and was filmed there, and in nearby Dedham, Stoughton, Scituate, and Fairhaven, according to IMDB.  "Finestkind" is the latest offering from director Brian Helgeland, who mad…
High-End Prostitution Network Serviced Mass's Elite, Elected Officials: Feds High-End Prostitution Network Serviced Mass's Elite, Elected Officials: Feds
High-End Prostitution Network Serviced Mass's Elite, Elected Officials: Feds Three people were arrested and charged with running a high-end prostitution network in Massachusetts and Virginia that catered to VIP customers and elected officials. It was so exclusive that potential "Johns" had to provide references to book appointments, federal authorities said.  Han Lee, age 41, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, James Lee, age 68, of Torrance, California, and Junmyung Lee, age 30, of Dedham, Massachusetts, were all charged with running the operation that serviced elected officials, high-tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers, government…
Barnes & Noble Brings 2 New Locations To Massachusetts, Bouncing Back After Pandemic Barnes & Noble Brings 2 New Locations To Massachusetts, Bouncing Back After Pandemic
Barnes & Noble Brings 2 New Locations To Massachusetts, Bouncing Back After Pandemic Massachusetts book lovers will have two new options for their next binge as bookseller giant Barnes & Noble continues to expand at an "unprecedented" rate.  Barnes & Noble announced that it would open 30 new stores in 2023 on top of the 16 stores opened in 2022, a sharp contrast to the store's pandemic-era closings and furloughs reported by Publisher's Weekly. At least two of the 30 new stores will open in Massachusetts, one in Sherwood Plaza in Natick and the other in Wareham, Barnes & Noble told Daily Voice. Both are scheduled to open in June.  The chain opened two new locat…
'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds 'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds
'Cheated': Recovery Centers Across Mass Close, Operators Charged With Millions In Fraud: Feds Instead of fostering recovery, the operator of a chain of addiction treatment centers used his position to launder money, steal millions of dollars, and write prescriptions under doctors' names without permission, said the US attorney's office.  Michael Brier, of Newton, used his position as operator of Recovery Connections Centers of America to rake in millions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and other such organizations by falsifying healthcare claims, back-dating documents, and writing prescriptions using the names of doctors without their permission, according to Unite…
'Swatting' Hoax Threats Send Multiple Massachusetts School Into Lockdowns 'Swatting' Hoax Threats Send Multiple Massachusetts School Into Lockdowns
'Swatting' Hoax Threats Send Multiple Massachusetts School Into Lockdowns Multiple Massachusetts schools have been forced into lockdowns because of fake gun and bomb threats, otherwise known as "swatting" incidents, over the past four days.  "Swatting" is defined as "the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address," according to Oxford Language.  These incidents have seen an uptick across the Commonwealth in the wake of the deadly shooting at the Michigan State University on Monday, Feb. 13 in which three students perished. T…
Bed Bath & Beyond To Close More Stores In Massachusetts Bed Bath & Beyond To Close More Stores In Massachusetts
Bed Bath & Beyond To Close More Stores In Massachusetts Bed Bath & Beyond this week raised the number of stores it plans to close across Massachusetts from seven to at least 12.  The retailer said it is struggling with debt obligations and will shutter some of its least profitable stores.  Last month, executives announced it had or planned to close seven locations in the state. On Tuesday, they added five more to that list.  Those include locations in: Hadley Dorchester Seekonk North Attleborough Leominster Milford Burlington Raynham North Dartmouth Pittsfield Hudson Dedham Eight Bed Bath & Beyond locations in the state…
New Bed Bath & Beyond Store Closures Include 7 MA Locations New Bed Bath & Beyond Store Closures Include 7 MA Locations
New Bed Bath & Beyond Store Closures Include 7 MA Locations Yet another slew of planned Bed Bath & Beyond store closures was announced, including multiple stores in Massachusetts. The struggling company announced the upcoming closures on Monday, Jan. 30, following a list of 62 store shutdowns announced earlier this month. The soon-to-shutter Massachusetts spots are: 230 Fortune Boulevard in Milford 35 Highland Avenue in Seekonk 3 Abbott Park in Burlington  600 South Street West, Suite 13 in Raynham 458 State Rd, Rt 6, Suite 100 in North Dartmouth 665 Merrill Rd in Pittsfield 820 Providence Highway in Dedham…
Mass Contractor Who Stole $78K From Customers Indicted On Felony Charges Mass Contractor Who Stole $78K From Customers Indicted On Felony Charges
Mass Contractor Who Stole $78K From Customers Indicted On Felony Charges A paving contractor who allegedly stole over $78,000 from customers, including the disabled and elderly, has been indicted for a laundry list of criminal charges, according to court documents. William Pusateri, owner of Priority 1 Paving in Dedham, was arraigned on 23 charges including larceny from disabled persons over 60 years old on Tuesday, Jan. 3, according to Middlesex Superior Court documents.  Pusateri, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, scammed customers from 2020 to May 2022 by taking deposits or payments in full for services that he never completed or only completed basi…
MrBeast Burger, Delivery-Only Fast-Food Restaurant Chain, Catching On In Massachusetts MrBeast Burger, Delivery-Only Fast-Food Restaurant Chain, Catching On In Massachusetts
MrBeast Burger, Delivery-Only Fast-Food Restaurant Chain, Catching On In Massachusetts A delivery-only burger chain created by a YouTuber with millions of subscribers is catching on in Massachusetts. MrBeast Burger was created by Jimmy Donaldson, who has more than 94 million subscribers on his MrBeast YouTube channel, in partnership with Virtual Dining Concepts. The business operates out of other restaurants' kitchens, and its burgers are available to order through food delivery apps. The menu includes burgers, chicken sandwiches, and Impossible burgers.  The locations have expanded across the United States, including a number of locations in Massachusetts. According …
For Pan Am Flight Tragedy's 32nd Anniversary, US Charges Alleged Bomb-Maker For Pan Am Flight Tragedy's 32nd Anniversary, US Charges Alleged Bomb-Maker
For Pan Am Flight Tragedy's 32nd Anniversary, US Charges Alleged Bomb-Maker More than 30 years after it happened, charges have been filed against a former Lybian Intelligence Officer and bomb-maker in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. More than a dozen of the passengers who perished were from Massachusetts - including people who lived in South Hadley and Shrewsbury. On Monday, Dec. 21, the U.S. Department of Justice announced new charges against Abu Agela Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, aka Hassa Abu Ojalya Ibrahim, or Masud, for his role in building the bomb that killed 270 people in the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland 32 years ago. The U.S…
These 21 Communities Can't Take Next Step To Reopen State Economy These 21 Communities Can't Take Next Step To Reopen State Economy
These 21 Communities Can't Take Next Step To Reopen State Economy There are 21 communities, including several in Western and Central Massachusetts, that won’t be moving on to the next step in the state economy’s reopening. On Monday, Oct. 5, communities will be able to move onto Step 2 of Phase 3 in Massachusetts re-opening plan if they are considered low-risk for COVID-19 infection. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, Gov. Charlie Baker said commonwealth communities that have not been “red” for the last three weeks can proceed to Step 2. Being a “red” community refers to the state’s COVID-19 infection, color-coded maps. Communities in the red have the highest rate of…