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‘It Was Incredible’: Search Team Hailed As Heroes For Saving Missing Central Mass Boy
After a 5-year-old non-verbal autistic boy went missing earlier this year, a group of 60 police and civilians rushed and reunited him with his distraught parents in just a few hours. Now, they're being heralded as heroes.
Owen Goderre, 5, wandered off from his family’s home on Edson Road in Oakham with his dog, Tika, around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 20.
Owen’s mom and dad, Samantha Kendall and Andrew Goderre, and his sister, Addie Goderre, frantically searched the nearby woods and the Ware River Watershed before calling the Rutland Regional Emergency Communications Center.
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Winning Lottery Tickets Bought In Central Mass Will Expire Soon
You could be $50,000 richer and not realize it. Three winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in Massachusetts last year are set to expire next month, and officials are urging the winners to come forward.
Massachusetts State Lottery officials released the dates and where the tickets were purchased to spur the winners to come forward. They are —
M&M Market, 169 Lincoln St., Worcester on April 2 (Winning numbers are: 06-28-47-58-59, 18)
Honey Farms, 87 Main St., Rutland, April 16 (Winning numbers are: 15-21-32-62-65, 26)
Cumberland Farms, 581 Kelly Blvd., April 30 (Winner …
Covid-19: 9 New Central, Western Mass Communities Turn 'Red' - Local Data
Nine more Central and Western Massachusetts communities have been added to the state’s COVID-19 “red” list as infection rates climb across the state and nation.
This week, Nov. 27, there are 31 Central and Western Massachusetts communities in the red - meaning that they are at the highest risk to spread the virus.
Last week, Nov. 19, there were 21.
The week before that, Nov. 12, there were 9.
This week, the Massachusetts average daily COVID-19 rate per 100,000 people was 34.9.
Newly added to the red list are Belchertown, East Longmeadow, Leicester, Millbury, Monson, Paxton, Rutland, Sutt…
