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Film Shot In Boston Gets 5 Oscar Nominations, Including Best Picture Film Shot In Boston Gets 5 Oscar Nominations, Including Best Picture
Film Shot In Boston Gets 5 Oscar Nominations, Including Best Picture A dramedy about a Boston writer and filmed in parts of eastern Mass has picked up five Oscar nominations, the Academy Awards announced Tuesday, Jan. 23. “American Fiction,” based on the 2001 novel “Erasure” Percival Everett, follows a Black writer and professor, Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, played by Jeffrey Wright, as he returns to his hometown of Boston. “A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from ‘Black’ entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain,” the film’s tagline reads. Related:&nb…

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Police & Fire
Flooding, Power Outages Plague Mass After Storms Pummel Northeast Flooding, Power Outages Plague Mass After Storms Pummel Northeast
Flooding, Power Outages Plague Mass After Storms Pummel Northeast Heavy downpours led to widespread flooding and power outages across eastern Massachusetts on Monday, Dec. 18, and it could be days before authorities can restore electricity to all homes.  More than 270,000 people were left without power as of Monday afternoon, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said. Bad weather also led to more than 200 flight cancellations at Boston Logan Airport, according to FlightAware, with more than a third of flights coming to or leaving from the airport delayed. Cities in Plymouth and Bristol counties felt the brunt of the storm, with over 9…

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Lifestyle
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…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Search Suspended For Man Who Went Missing While Sailing From MA To FL Search Suspended For Man Who Went Missing While Sailing From MA To FL
Search Suspended For Man Who Went Missing While Sailing From MA To FL The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing 22-year-old man from Colorado who was sailing from Massachusetts to Florida. Matthew Dennis, who left Salem on Thursday, Sept. 22, was said to be taking a white 28-foot fiberglass sailboat to Florida, the Coast Guard said on Twitter. Anyone with info should contact #CG at 617-223-8555. 2/2#SAR #missing #NYC #NewYork #Atlantic #sailing #Massachusetts #Connecticut #RhodeIsland — USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) October 7, 2022 The last time Dennis was heard off the coast of Long Island on Sept. 29, the Coast Guard said. With no further…

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by David Cifarelli
Obituaries
Army Soldier From Agawam Dies At Age 27 Army Soldier From Agawam Dies At Age 27
Army Soldier From Agawam Dies At Age 27 One thing that stood out most about New England native Cameron Marshall was his passion not only for his interests, but for others.  He had a deep love for sports, cooking, his family and friends; but perhaps his greatest love was for his country.  Coming from a military family, the 27-year-old husband and father of two enlisted in the army shortly after graduating from St. Mary's High School in Westfield, Massachusetts in 2012. He first served in Korea and later came home to serve with the 18th Airborne Corps in Fort Bragg, NC and the Office of Court Administration at the Pentagon, accord…

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by David Cifarelli