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Siblings Reunite Sweet Western Mass Pooch With Original Owner After 2 Years Siblings Reunite Sweet Western Mass Pooch With Original Owner After 2 Years
Siblings Reunite Sweet Western Mass Pooch With Original Owner After 2 Years Shannen Viveiros isn't the type of person to sit back and hope for the best. She's a woman of action — it runs in her family.  But her compassion isn't just for her friends and loved ones. The Westport woman will help strangers, even if that means spending nearly $2,000 of her own money and weeks of hassle to reunite a woman and her lost dog. It started in January when Viveiros happened across a Facebook post from Tammy Proctor — a woman from Pittsfield she'd never met.  Proctor had been part of a guardianship program with a New York dog breeder and was taking care of a puppy named Radar.…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Recent College Grad Killed In Thanksgiving Day Crash In South Massachusetts Recent College Grad Killed In Thanksgiving Day Crash In South Massachusetts
Recent College Grad Killed In Thanksgiving Day Crash In South Massachusetts A recent college graduate who was gearing up to take on the world had his life tragically cut short this past week. Holdjer Decarvalho, age 22, of Fall River, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on I-195 in Westport on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 24, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office reports.  Decarvalho, who was the only person in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene after his vehicle burst into flames, the office continues.  "You were ready to start your life and take on this crazy, massive, unfair world by storm and make it your own," Decarvalho's sister Chue…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
FBI Agents, Police Raid Several Hell's Angels Clubs In Massachusetts: Report FBI Agents, Police Raid Several Hell's Angels Clubs In Massachusetts: Report
FBI Agents, Police Raid Several Hell's Angels Clubs In Massachusetts: Report FBI agents and Massachusetts State troopers raided several Hell's Angel's clubhouses in Massachusetts, including the North Shore, on Thursday, July 21, news reports said.  Agents wouldn't go into specifics about the raids, telling WPRI they were “court-authorized activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation.” The report said heavily armed FBI agents were seen at two of the gang's Westport clubs and Hell's Angel facilities in Lynn and Danvers.  ABC6 reported there has been escalating tensions between the famed outlaw biker gang and the Pagans Motorcycle Club.  A member of t…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Storm With Gusty Winds Leads To Power Outages In Massachusetts Storm With Gusty Winds Leads To Power Outages In Massachusetts
Storm With Gusty Winds Leads To Power Outages In Massachusetts A storm brought wind gusts approaching 50 mph to New England early in the afternoon, leaving hundreds in Massachusetts without power. In Eastern Massachusetts, 906 of Eversource’s 1.236,280 customers in Eastern Massachusetts were reporting outages as of 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, while 580 of the company’s 221,086 Western Massachusetts customers were left in the dark. The most outages were reported in: Westport: 360; Weston: 312; Longmeadow: 160; Milton: 80; Tolland: 59; Windsor: 51; Ashfield: 48; Conway: 46; Gill: 42. A complete list of outages in Massachusetts can be found here. “Wind…

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by Zak Failla
Weather
Henri Strengthens To Hurricane Status, High Risk For Power Outages, Flooding In Region Henri Strengthens To Hurricane Status, High Risk For Power Outages, Flooding In Region
Henri Strengthens To Hurricane Status, High Risk For Power Outages, Flooding In Region Updated story: Here's Where Hurricane Henri Should Bring Widespread Power Outages, Strongest Winds, Most Rain Packed with 75 mile-per-hour winds, Henri has now strengthened to hurricane status as it barrels toward the Northeast with millions at risk of flooding and power outages. It became a Category 1 hurricane around 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21. Hurricane and Storm Surge Warnings are in effect for portions of Long Island, and southern New England with Tropical Storm Warnings elsewhere. Henri (pronounced ON-ree) is now expected to accelerate northward on Saturday, and make landfall on…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
COVID-19: Only 3 'Red' Communities In Western/Central MA Under New System COVID-19: Only 3 'Red' Communities In Western/Central MA Under New System
Covid-19: Only 3 'Red' Communities In Western/Central MA Under New System Massachusetts has changed the system for local COVID-19 rates and infections in a move Gov. Charlie Baker will provide cities and towns with a more accurate picture of the risk. Last week (Oct. 30) there were around 30 red cities and towns in central and western Massachusetts.  In this reporting period (Nov. 6), there are 3: Fitchburg, Ludlow, and Springfield. Baker cited the influence the state’s reporting has on whether a community’s schools offer in-person, a hybrid, or distance learning. The governor has said that too many schools have been making the switch to distance learning e…

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by Kristin Palpini