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She beat cancer, then died in a car crash. Gisela Carrier's family says she deserves justice
She was a 16-year-old girl who conquered cancer, but was then tragically killed when a pickup truck piled into the car she was riding in, and now her family had come to court hoping for justice. Her name was Gisela Carrier, and I'd had the chance to meet her at Hasbro Children’s Hospital when she was 12. ...
'Piggy banks.' High rents and neglect claimed in Mass. trailer parks. What's the answer?
If Jeani Warish won the Powerball, she would buy Rocky Knoll Estates in Taunton. Warish, a 10-year resident of the manufactured housing community, more commonly known as mobile home or trailer parks, doesn’t play the Powerball, but she and other residents have long wished they could own the 158-lot park. “We would buy the...
Bridgewater special education teacher accused of assaulting 3 young students with disabilities
Kathryn Rousseau, who worked as an educator at Mitchell Elementary School, pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault and battery on a person with intellectual disabilities. A special education teacher allegedly abused three pre-K students at a Bridgewater elementary school by grabbing their mouths, force feeding one to the...
Brockton man's blood alcohol level twice legal limit when he caused deadly crash: DA
BROCKTON — A Brockton man was arraigned on second-degree murder and drunk driving charges in the crash that claimed the life of 24-year-old Ashley Cardoso of Brockton and seriously injured another woman, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said in a written statement. Jose Lopes, 40, of Brockton,...
New Bedford man indicted and arrested in connection to former Hawthorne Country Club Fire
“Shawn Lee Medeiros, 31, of New Bedford was indicted by a Bristol County Grand Jury today on a charge of burning of a building connected to the vacant Hawthorne Country Club in Dartmouth on May 7, 2023. On May 7, 2023, the Dartmouth Fire Department received numerous 911 calls regarding...
Narcotics trafficker arrested in New Bedford is sentenced. Here's how long he will serve.
NEW BEDFORD - A 49-year-old Braintree narcotics trafficker arrested in New Bedford in possession of nearly 500 grams of fentanyl was sentenced to serve six to six-and-a-half years in state prison last week, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Robinson Paradis-Feliz pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with trafficking fentanyl, according to a press release. ...
Early Morning Blaze Destroys Norwell Home; Two Displaced, Cause Under Investigation
Fire ravaged a house in Norwell, Massachusetts, leaving it in ruins and two people without a home in the early hours of Thursday. The blaze, which ignited around 3:30 a.m. off of Upper Ferry Road, presented challenges for the firefighters due to the gravel road leading to the residence. As they fought the flames, slipping on the unstable surface, the intensity of the situation grew.
Crash in Bridgewater sends 1 to hospital, closes road for hours
A crash in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, closed down a road there for a significant amount of time Sunday night, and left at least one person hurt. The crash on Pleasant Street was first reported by police in town at around 7:15 p.m., when they announced that a telephone pole was blocking the road between North Street and Vernon Street.
Will Taunton soon have free yard and food waste drop-off? What we know
TAUNTON — Could food and yard waste composting be a solution to reducing Taunton’s waste stream? The city wants to find out with a new request for proposals. In mid-April the city will be releasing an RFP looking for a company to start a composting program. The company that is chosen will also be taking over the city’s Convenience Center for trash drop-off, located at the former East Britannia Street landfill. ...
New Bedford 'career criminal' sentenced to 8-10 years in prison for cocaine trafficking
NEW BEDFORD - A 54-year-old New Bedford man who Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III called a "career criminal" in a press release, was convicted after a week-long, jury trial last month of trafficking cocaine and sentenced Wednesday to serve eight to 10 years in state prison. The...
Demand at Taunton food pantries, meal centers 'overwhelming.' Why's it so bad?
TAUNTON — Food pantries and free-meal centers in Taunton are seeing a marked increase in the number of people coming through their doors. “Net demand is overwhelming,” said Normand Grenier, director of Matthew Mission food pantry inside First Parish Church at 76 Church Green. Grenier, 71, has run...
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