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9 Dead In Fire At Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility
Nine people died in a late-night fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, fire officials said.
The fire broke out around 9:50 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at the Gabriel House on Oliver Street in Fall River, according to Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon, Police Chief Kelly Furtado, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine, and Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III.
When firefighters arrived, they saw heavy smoke and flames at the front of the building with occupants trapped inside, officials said. Crews immediately went in, rescuing many residents while battling the fire.
The bla…
Walgreens Announces Dozens Of Upcoming Closures, Including Hudson Valley Store
Walgreens announced this past fall that it will close about 1,200 stores over three years amid a decline in prescription drug payments and a rise in online competition.
About 500 of those closures will be in 2025.
Now, the locations of some of the specific stores slated to go out of business are emerging and being posted at walgreens.com.
Connecticut
East Hartford, 922 Silver Lane: Permanently closing on Tuesday, May 20.
East Haven, 157 Main Street: Permanently closing on Thursday, May 22.
New Britain, 1350 Stanley Street: Permanently closing on Monday, May 19.
New Milford, 173 Danbury R…
Covid-19: GMA Host George Stephanopoulos Tests Positive Two Weeks After Wife Ali Wentworth
ABC-TV host George Stephanopoulos revealed he has tested positive for the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Two weeks ago, Stephanopoulos' wife, Ali Wentworth, confirmed her diagnosis for the virus.
Stephanopoulos announced his diagnosis remotely on Monday, April 13 on "Good Morning, America," which he co-hosts.
Stephanopoulos, 59, also hosts the Sunday morning ABC News program, "This Week With George Stephanopoulos."
He said he has been asymptomatic.
"I’ve never had a fever, never had chills, never had a headache, never had a cough, never had shortness of breath," h…
Artist And Award-Winning Novelist Barbara Hazard, Formerly Of Chappaqua, Has Died
Barbara (Booth) Hazard, a former resident of Chappaqua, died on Oct. 25. in Boston, surrounded by family.
Born in 1931 in Fall River, MA, the daughter of Albert L. and Lillian (Holland) Booth, she was raised and educated in New England. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1953 and was briefly employed by Ginn & Company in Boston as a Technical Editor. She married Donald T. Hazard in 1954 and next worked as a Graphic Designer/Artist for a Concord, NH-based advertising firm.
Originally trained as a musician, Mrs. Hazard also studied oil paint…
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