A combination of Easton police officers and firefighters and others rescued a missing Stoughton woman in a swampy section of Borderland State Park on Monday evening, July 3. The woman, Emma Tetewsky, 31, had been reported missing since June 26. At approximately 6 p.m. on Monday, Easton police officers were dispatched to Borderland after hikers […]
The Canton Fire Department, with assistance from the State Fire Marshal’s Office, is investigating a suspicious fire that broke out inside a vacant home under construction at 2300 Washington Street (Route 138) in the early morning hours on Thursday, June 15. According to Fire Lt. John Hutchinson, a Canton ambulance crew had spotted the fire […]
Jun 23 2023 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
A water rescue effort at Ponkapoag Pond in Canton ended tragically on Saturday after the victim, a 62-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at Milton Hospital. The woman, who was last seen swimming by the Appalachian Mountain Club cabins, was reported missing at approximately 7 p.m., and firefighters and paramedics launched two search boats from Fisherman’s […]
Jun 8 2023 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
A flurry of new pre-trial motions in the murder case against Karen Read, including a bid by her legal team to subpoena two key witnesses as part of an evidentiary hearing request for their cell phone records, culminated last Wednesday with another highly charged showdown between prosecutors and defense attorneys in Norfolk Superior Court. Read, […]
Jun 2 2023 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
Norfolk County prosecutors and attorneys for Karen Read, the woman charged with the murder of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, were due back in court yesterday to discuss new motions filed by the defense in advance of a previously scheduled pre-trial evidentiary hearing on May 25 (today) concerning access to the cell phone […]
Town officials on Tuesday announced a new temporary use for St. Gerard’s as the Fire Department prepares to relocate staff and equipment to the former church rectory while the Ponkapoag Fire Station undergoes needed repairs and asbestos removal operations. The work will commence in late May and will take approximately two months to complete. In […]
During a 15-minute public comment period held at the end of Tuesday’s meeting, a woman who identified herself as a new Canton resident expressed serious concerns about the leadership of the town in light of recent media reports related to the January 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. The woman said she had […]
New questions are being raised and assumptions are being reconsidered concerning the January 2022 death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer and Canton resident who was found dead in the snow outside a home on Fairview Road. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Read of Mansfield, was arrested days after his body was discovered and was subsequently […]
Apr 21 2023 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
A team of law enforcement investigators are working to determine the cause of a fatal pedestrian accident on University Ave. in Westwood last week that claimed the life of a Canton woman. The accident was reported to Westwood police at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, March 16. Two nurses stopped to render first aid to the […]
Mar 24 2023 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
No one was hurt but damage was substantial following an oil truck fire at Lamparelli Oil Co. on Turnpike Street on Sunday evening, March 5. Fire Lt. John Hutchinson said firefighters received a 911 call from a Lamparelli employee at approximately 10:30 p.m., and responding crews found two truck cabs fully engulfed with the fire […]
Mar 10 2023 | Posted in
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Mike Berger