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Ashland, MA

Newly Minted Multi-Millionaire Buys Lottery Ticket In Ashland; Keeps Identity Secret Newly Minted Multi-Millionaire Buys Lottery Ticket In Ashland; Keeps Identity Secret
Newly Minted Multi-Millionaire Buys Lottery Ticket In Ashland; Keeps Identity Secret The winner of a $10 million lottery payday has decided to keep their big win quiet. The winner chose to form a trust to collect the cash.  JJFM Trust of Wellesley won up the eight-figure prize playing the “$10,000,000 Lucky Bucks” $20 scratch-off game. They collected their prize on Oct. 19.  Trustee Anthony J. Barsamian opted to take the $6.5 million before taxes rather than the annuity.  The winning ticket was sold at Che’s Liquors, 300 Eliot St. in Ashland. The store will collect a $50,000 bonus for the sale. 
Drugs, Cash, Cars, Pablo Escobar Art: Massive Raid Seizes $1M, Busts 13 Across State: DA Drugs, Cash, Cars, Pablo Escobar Art: Massive Raid Seizes $1M, Busts 13 Across State: DA
Drugs, Cash, Cars, Pablo Escobar Art: Massive Raid Seizes $1M, Busts 13 Across State: DA Police carried out 19 raids across the state Thursday morning, April 13, and hauled in an amount of drugs and cash that would have made Pablo Escobar proud, authorities said. That's probably why officers found a painting of the former drug kingpin in one of the searches, authorities said.  Though, like their hero Escobar, 13 people involved in the drug trade found themselves in jail,  authorities said.  During the searches, investigators found —  40 pounds of amphetamine 15 pounds of methamphetamine 6 kilograms of fentanyl  2 kilograms of cocaine,  15,000 pre…
Hopkinton Military Vet Dies, Wife Hospitalized In Fatal 2-Alarm Easter Fire Hopkinton Military Vet Dies, Wife Hospitalized In Fatal 2-Alarm Easter Fire
Hopkinton Military Vet Dies, Wife Hospitalized In Fatal 2-Alarm Easter Fire In the early hours of Easter Sunday, a two-alarm fire tore through a home and claimed the lives of a military veteran and a dog, and sent a senior woman to the hospital for treatment of her injuries.  The fatal fire broke out at a house on Hayward Street in Hopkinton around 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, April 9, according to the Hopkinton Fire Department.  Officials have not yet released the name of the man who died in the fire, but WCVB identifies the man as Don MacNeill. He and his wife were beloved community members, according to WCVB.  Firefighters arrived at the scene and were greeted by heav…
$500K Keno Lottery Prize Claimed By Taunton Man, $1 Mill Ticket Still Unclaimed $500K Keno Lottery Prize Claimed By Taunton Man, $1 Mill Ticket Still Unclaimed
$500K Keno Lottery Prize Claimed By Taunton Man, $1 Mill Ticket Still Unclaimed A recent lottery drawing with five big winners has begun to pay out its prizes, including a check for $500,000 that was won by a Taunton resident.  Robert Taylor bought his lucky Keno lottery ticket at the Atlantic Café on Plain Street in Taunton using his usual set of numbers, one through 11, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery. His choice of numbers paid off on Wednesday, March 22 when the Keno game drawing won him a before-tax windfall of half of a million dollars. Posted by Atlantic Café on Thursday, March 23, 2023 Wednesday's drawing also awarded four other prizes, includi…
Woman, 56, Dies In Officer-Involved Shooting In South Massachusetts: Police Woman, 56, Dies In Officer-Involved Shooting In South Massachusetts: Police
Woman, 56, Dies In Officer-Involved Shooting In South Massachusetts: Police Authorities are investigating after a 56-year-old woman was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Southern Massachusetts this weekend. Officers responded for a well-being check at 32 Spooner Street in Easton after a man from Ashland called police saying his mother allegedly injected herself with a dangerous amount of insulin in an attempt to commit suicide, NBC10 Boston reports. This happened around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, according to Easton Police Chief Keith Boone.  Upon arrival, officers encountered a 56-year-old woman, later identified as Marianne Griffith…
Man Hit, Killed By Commuter Train In Ashland: DA Man Hit, Killed By Commuter Train In Ashland: DA
Man Hit, Killed By Commuter Train In Ashland: DA A commuter train hit and killed a 45-year-old man Thursday night, Jan. 19, in Ashland, authorities announced.  Jason Haywood was hit just after 7:30 p.m. near the MBTA's Framingham Station, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. Investigators believe he was trying to cross the tracks as the train approached.  Officials pronounced him dead at the scene.  The incident caused long delays for the MBTA Framingham/Worcester Line Thursday night as police and paramedics cleared the scene.  The Middlesex District Attorney's Office is investigating the incident alon…
Ashland Man Killed In Intoxicated New Year's Eve Car Crash: Report Ashland Man Killed In Intoxicated New Year's Eve Car Crash: Report
Ashland Man Killed In Intoxicated New Year's Eve Car Crash: Report A car crash early in the morning of New Year's Eve turned deadly for an Ashland man, Boston 25 reported.  Three people were heading north in a car on Route 146 when the driver, 25-year-old Christopher Vincent of Watertown, lost control of the car while trying to enter the access portion of the highway, according to Boston 25. The car smashed into the attenuator head-on.  Vincent and a back-seat passenger were injured in the collision but the front-seat passenger, 22-year-old William Molloy, died from injuries sustained in the crash, the news outlet reports.  Vincen…
Massachusetts Doctor Punched Police Officer During Jan. 6 Attack On US Capitol: FBI Massachusetts Doctor Punched Police Officer During Jan. 6 Attack On US Capitol: FBI
Massachusetts Doctor Punched Police Officer During Jan. 6 Attack On US Capitol: FBI Federal agents arrested an Ashland doctor and charged her with attacking a police officer during the January 6 attack at the US Capitol, authorities said.  Jacquelyn Starer, 68, faces charges of civil disorder, assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, the Department of Justice said.  The FBI alleges that Starer illegally broke into the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, during a "Stop t…