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Brewster, MA

Norfolk, MA
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Brewster's Million: Mass Man Scores $1M Lottery Jackpot Brewster's Million: Mass Man Scores $1M Lottery Jackpot
Brewster's Million: Mass Man Scores $1M Lottery Jackpot A Brewster man said he knows how he'll spend his winnings after landing a $1 million jackpot in the Massachusetts State Lottery.  Steven Enos won the payday playing the $20 scratch-off game "$10,000,000 Premier Cash.” He chose to take the one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes) rather than the annuity.  Enos plans to buy himself a new truck, take his family on vacation, and invest the rest of the money.  He bought the winning ticket at Cumberland Farms, 4460 State Hwy #6 in Eastham. The store will get a $10,000 bonus for the sale. 

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by Josh Lanier
Southborough, MA
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Southborough's Timmy Howard Dies From Allergic Reaction Days After College Graduation Southborough's Timmy Howard Dies From Allergic Reaction Days After College Graduation
Southborough's Timmy Howard Dies From Allergic Reaction Days After College Graduation Timothy “Timmy” Howard had just graduated from college. Days later, the 22-year-old died from a severe allergic reaction to peanuts, his family said. Timmy, a Southborough, MA native, passed away on May 24 surrounded by loved ones, following what his mother Patty Howard described as “a severe anaphylactic reaction.” “We just celebrated his college graduation and he had his whole life ahead of him,” Patty Howard wrote on social media. “Our hearts are broken and we now have joined a club no one wants to be part of.” Timmy had just received his degree in communication studies from the Un…

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by Cecilia Levine
Millbrook-Dover, NY
News
Fatal House Fire: Couple Charged In Airbnb Blaze That Killed Mother, Baby In Clinton, Cops Say Fatal House Fire: Couple Charged In Airbnb Blaze That Killed Mother, Baby In Clinton, Cops Say
Fatal House Fire: Couple Charged In Airbnb Blaze That Killed Mother, Baby In Clinton, Cops Say A Westchester County couple has been formally indicted on manslaughter charges in connection with a devastating Airbnb house fire that killed a Massachusetts mother and her 1-year-old daughter in Dutchess County, authorities announced.  Hastings-on-Hudson residents Meredith Darcy, 55, and Dennis Darcy, 57, were charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter each after a Dutchess County Grand Jury determined that their failure to provide working smoke detectors in the short-term rental home led to the deaths of Shannon K. Hubbard, 35, and her infant daughter, the Dutchess County D…

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by Ben Crnic
Pleasant Valley, NY
Police & Fire
Double-Fatal House Fire: Mother, 1-Year-Old Daughter ID'd As Victims In Clinton Double-Fatal House Fire: Mother, 1-Year-Old Daughter ID'd As Victims In Clinton
Double-Fatal House Fire: Mother, 1-Year-Old Daughter ID'd As Victims In Clinton A mother and her 1-year-old daughter were killed in a large house fire in the region that left another child and a man were seriously injured. The blaze broke out in Dutchess County in the town of Clinton at 10:40 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13. According to New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks, troopers responded to a residential house fire with the East Clinton Fire Department on Clinton Hollow Road in the town of Clinton. Troopers and first responders found the caller outside the residence, who stated two children and their mother were inside the house on the second floor, Hicks said. Hicks…

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by Kathy Reakes
Cambridge, MA
Lifestyle
Trio Of Mass Hotels Named Among Top 100 World Wide, New Report Says Trio Of Mass Hotels Named Among Top 100 World Wide, New Report Says
Trio Of Mass Hotels Named Among Top 100 World Wide, New Report Says Nearly 165,000 travelers voted to determine the very best places to stay in the world, and multiple Massachusetts hotels made the list, according to a new report.  A new list of the best hotels in the world includes safari lodges and idyllic beach hideaways, as well as three Massachusetts locations, according to a report from Travel + Leisure. The report analyzed data from a 2023 survey of Travel + Leisure readers and determined the top 100 stays in the world.  The first Massachusetts hotel to make the cut is the Newbury Boston, which scored the number 52 spot.  The hotel is aptly locate…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Second Victim ID'd, 5 Hospitalized In Fatal New Bedford Fire Second Victim ID'd, 5 Hospitalized In Fatal New Bedford Fire
Second Victim ID'd, 5 Hospitalized In Fatal New Bedford Fire Residents jumped out of windows to escape the fire that has now been revealed to have caused the death of two people, according to officials.  A 31-apartment building located at 1305 Acushnet Avenue caught fire at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, according to the New Bedford Fire Department.  Firefighters initially attacked the fire from the interior, but had to fall back and begin a defensive attack as the building deteriorated.New Bedford Fire Department Firefighters arrived on the scene to see heavy smoke and fire, some residents standing in windows waiting for rescue, a…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Port Chester, NY
Obituaries
Benjamin Florer, 58, Port Chester Librarian, Dies After Flu Complications Benjamin Florer, 58, Port Chester Librarian, Dies After Flu Complications
Benjamin Florer, 58, Port Chester Librarian, Dies After Flu Complications Westchester native and Orange County high school graduate Benjamin Johnathan Florer – a devoted son, brother and uncle, a good friend to many, and a librarian and scholar – died peacefully on March 7 at his home in White Plains from complications related to the flu.  Ben, as he was known to his friends and family members, was born Jan. 19, 1960 in Yonkers. He attended St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s in Manhattan, Monroe Woodbury High School and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, from which he graduated in 1983. He then attended graduate school in library science at the University of Was…

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